Xbox One no longer requires plugged-in Kinect, Whitten says
It's unclear whether this is a shift in policy or phrasing, but Whitten says that while ditching Kinect may limit the console's capabilities, the sensor isn't a necessary piece of equipment at all times. Instead, you'll only need it for voice- and motion-based navigation features, or to play games like Fantasia: Music Evolved, which rely on the sensor.
"Games use Kinect in a variety of amazing ways, from adding voice to control your squad mates, to adding lean and other simple controls beyond the controller, to full immersive gameplay," he says. "That said, like online, the console will still function if Kinect isn't plugged in, although you won't be able to use any feature or experience that explicitly uses the sensor."
Clean out some extra space on the entertainment center or in the closet: it depends on what you play.
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/12/xbox-one-wont-require-plugged-in-kinect-whitten-says/
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3OH3Posted:
Now sell me one that doesn't include the kinect for $100 less and then maybe I'll buy it.
Vex-Posted:
Ok now theey just need to sell this console without the stupid kinect because nobody wants it
LWRPosted:
Aggie Now if only you can buy the console without the Kinect in the first place.
Yeah but, MS will want more people to play Kinect
HelloThereEveryonePosted:
Antonio_CesaroroekzorsSnipp-Mafia- wow thank god, seems like this new xbox wont really be to bad, i like that Microsoft is listening to what the people want
You think they are listening to us? Oh, you're **** nuts.
At one point they were listening to us, the reversal of DRM, through the power of their sales falling below Sony. . What got them to change Kinect, that I do not know.
they only changed all of those things to make more money
Yea but I thought they should've kept everything how it was...just my opinion.
LBK117Posted:
Scared_of_Water-DreamScared_of_Waterbuddamen124 #4- drm without the bad stuff is good which is what Microsoft is doing
None of the good stuff are there too. Disc free play, family sharing, instantly switching games and playing 2 games at once. The things that made it unique a gone
Most of that is still there.
For downloaded games but we still lose disc free and family sharing.
The family share is still there man. There was a post about it not too long ago.
Truth-Posted:
I don't even know what they have changed and are still retarded decisions.
They need to give a list out of shit they have done.
They need to give a list out of shit they have done.
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