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Insomniac dev getting tired of coworkers yelling "Xbox OFF" over intercom
- Thread starter shinobi602
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Well, hey, new feature: X-BOX OFF disabled in ranked matches. *trollface* Still have to pull the plug, unless it really IS the one... to ragequit.
"X-BOX OFF" to become "YES, X-BOX, OFF!"
One word modification, same trollin'?
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
quoted for new page for you 50 posts per pagers (seriously, change that).
Domstercool
Member
I wonder if there is a reverse for this, as I know you can say "Xbox On" when the connect is plugged in. Do it while someone is watching a important live event and have one of those TVs that changes to the new HDMI channel when it detects a feed.
Certainly for the 360 that isn't true at all.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/new...es-Trouble-for-Viewers-During-Xbox-One-Reveal
So how come the Insomniac guy has been having this exact problem, the Kinect responding to someone else voice?
crazygambit
Member
If you can confirm by voice, it doesn't really change anything.
And if you have to confirm with a controller it's totally useless, so really there's no way to win.
Garrett 2U
Member
I presume it works like:
person: "Xbox Off"
Xbox: "Would you like to turn off the system?"
person: "yes"
so it can still happen, no? Also, wasn't the Kinect 2.0 supposed to eliminate this by voice recognition magic anyway? Saying you can disable it or require confirmation doesn't eliminate the problem of the voice recognition not recognizing someone else's voice as a different person.
Edit: Also, as others pointed out, the prompt popping up could be enough to ruin one's gaming experience anyway, if timed well.
Beta console bro.
Won't this make turning off the system more of a chore than a button? I mean, the whole point to Kinect based controls is to make for more fluid and intuitive controls. If we wind up having to confirm everything under the sun this will be way more of a chore than just using a controller.
eddfromtheriver
Banned
Ha!!!, yeah... and what prevents the same prankster from confirming the "off" order?
Still some pretty funny stuff sailor,
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
Anyone think of that episode of 30 Rock where Jack's voice control remote was messed with by the characters talking on the show on the TV?
So, we are moving to a world where people are texting, messaging, updating and tweeting - rather than voice calls. While in Xbox One's world's, MS think folk want to talk to their console, rather than use button/key presses?
The more you hear, the more it seems like an entire console had been built around gimmicks.
The more you hear, the more it seems like an entire console had been built around gimmicks.
Lol it will be funny if this happens during events
be funny if this is how we test if a game is running on real hardware now
Miles Quaritch
Member
You're comparing two very different things.
Yeah this feature can't really win. Unless you can program it to only recognize your voice, which I doubt it could even do that, then that particular voice command should be disabled.
Ah, well that explains it
Beta software bro
This confirmation hasn't been implemented a little over a month before launch?
disastermouse
Banned
This is the ghost of Vista having it's revenge. The damned 'confirm or allow' dialogue box was one of the many banes of that version of Windows.
serversurfer
Member
Your mad auctioneer skillz.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Since 90% of the online population uses party chat this is a non-issue.
This is an issue even if you don't want to admit it. Microsoft was saying this couldn't happen now we hear it happens quite easily. It suggests that Kinect 2 has problems that we are not being told about.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
The videos that come out of this will be hilarious, I can see it now..
Kid in a lobby is AFK, and everyone starts giggling. One of them shouts "XBOX, OFF!", and the rest follow with "YES!" in complete unison.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Its a "problem" that can't be fixed. Prank/troll/douche/asshole behavior can never be eradicated. Yelling Xbox Off would fall into that category.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
It'll be hilarious if the confirmation interrupts the gameplay and the message covers the whole screen, similar to the PS button that renders the game controls and goes to the menu in XMB.
That is also waiting to induce rage, and destroyed kinects.
intheinbetween
Member
maybe I'm wrong but I guess this "issue" would have an easy fix, just put an option to enable/disable voice commands for turn on/off the device. that could even be automatically enabled when playing a game (sp or mp)
They said Kinect 2 could tell it was not you talking. I understand it is still in beta but voice differentiation is not a last minute feature add.
Alfred Saxon
Banned
I wear headphones.
Haunted
Member
"reset previous order"
"...resending previous order"
made me laugh out loud
So you're just going to be confused when the "turn XB1 off?" prompt comes up because you don't know what caused it?
It actually sounds more like a rerunning gag that some employees in the studio are doing and it seems like it's getting old LOL.
Anyways, the original Kinect doesn't have this problem, why would the new one have it?
But hey, I guess people need to have a few laughs at MS expense.
Anyways, the original Kinect doesn't have this problem, why would the new one have it?
But hey, I guess people need to have a few laughs at MS expense.
TheLegendary
Member
Why not "Xbox, Off" followed by a prompt to wave goodbye? It eliminates long range douchiness. And if you have a roommate or family member that is taking the time to do that, they're the idiot for not just pressing the power button which solves their goal of pissing someone else off much quicker.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I've got friends who are already dreaming of yelling "Xbox! PORN!!!"
I can only imagine how bad the 13 year old boys on Xbox Live will be with this.
3rdamention
Member
I thought Microsoft Assured us that this was not possible. That the Xbox could tell who was talking or who was in the room and this wouldn't work. People always joked about someone saying that, "Xbox Off" and shutting someones system down, but I swore Microsoft said it doesn't work that way.
I guess Microsoft was wrong? Or maybe this is the Kinect killer app everyone has been waiting for at launch. The "Xbox Off Game"
I guess Microsoft was wrong? Or maybe this is the Kinect killer app everyone has been waiting for at launch. The "Xbox Off Game"
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
They didn't think though the DRM. =p
semiconscious
Member
actually, a better question might be: what aspects of the xbone launch would lead one to believe that ms has REALLY thought about much of anything?
...I wouldn't equate an entire platform strategy to something like preventing kinect griefing but I guess you do have a bit of a point. Microsoft has made a few mistakes but I don't see something like this slipping through the cracks.
Fox Mulder
Member
won't having to confirm/cancel still interrupt game play or whatever you're doing though?
I bet the voice control/kinect gets disabled after the first COD:Ghosts match. Even a brief interruption in those games or distraction would cause a death.