Phil Spencer On Kinect: We Won’t Force It On People
In other words, Microsoft’s priorities changed and they started to focus on games and left the Kinect behind. And it seems this will continue to be so in the future. In an interview with Gamespot, Xbox boss Phil Spencer explained that they will still support Kinect where it makes sense. For example, the Xbox One S does not have a Kinect port although users can buy an additional adapter if they are interested in using the device. And then there is the upcoming Cortana support for the Xbox One which will be dependent on Kinect. However Microsoft does not plan to make it a requirement, at least for the time being.
“It’s kind of like any technology in our ecosystem–its success and popularity will come from how people use it. And I like what Kinect brought to the 360, I like some of the games that have come to the Xbox One. We’re going to continue to focus on making sure it’s a supported part of the platform, but we also won’t force it on people and say that we’re somehow going to make it something that’s a required part of the platform,” he stated in the interview.
Well, I guess it more or less means that Kinect is no longer the priority for team am Xbox, and that in my opinion is the right call, specially given Microsoft’s recent initiatives such as the Play Anywhere feature.
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ZachPosted:
Never even used the Kinect myself, but always hated when people just used those as a mic. The quality was so unbearable that you would have to mute them.
ODSTPosted:
waiting for kinect 3.0 to be forced onto yall again. It's bound to happen lol. Microsoft should've learned when their 1.0 was a failure and form the backlash of "the always on camera" debacle from E3 2013.
B19Posted:
RaizelNinetySix I think Microsoft is slowly giving up on the Kinect and moving towards VR.
Which is what they should do.
I totally agree with you to be honest.
GigaPosted:
Kinect was never appealing to me. Kind of a useless and incompetent feature that Microsoft tried throwing at us.
JastyPosted:
I have had a kinect since release, and over the past couple months if not long I believe they have already moved on from it anyways.
EvoVIIIPosted:
NinetySix I think Microsoft is slowly giving up on the Kinect and moving towards VR.
Which is what they should do.
9ntyPosted:
I've owned an Xbox console for many years but sold many consoles in the past but never been into as the Kinect mics are bad for starters.
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