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I'm not that bothered with Kinect jacking up the price, although it might still influence my purchasing decision. Being able to unplug it is a step in the right direction however.
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Xbox One Will STILL Function if Kinect Isn't Plugged In.
- Thread starter Speedy Blue Dude
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Bam Bam Baklava
Member
I just thought of something. What if a retailer or people online started selling xboxes without kinect for cheaper. Would be a cool way to get one at a lower price.
Not sure why someone would spend 500$ to turn around and sell it for 400$. Especially when there will be nearly zero demand for a Kinect 2 by itself.
BruiserBear
Banned
lol at these posts.
An actual member of the Xbox One development team has posted in this thread acknowledging that was their policy prior to this change.
Believe it or not, there are people that sell wii u's console and gamepad separately on ebay.
Alx
Member
They would only do that if they could also sell the kinect on its own, and have both sales make them more than the original cost. But nobody would be interested in buying a standalone kinect, apart from a few hobbyist developers, if/when it gets hacked.
Probably already said but this is a huge win for all gamers out there. It shows that they can't just ram whatever they want down our throats and we'll just take it.
The Crazy DRM, Always Online, and a Live Camera into our homes.
Since it's apparent that we all hated it, wanted nothing to do with any of those things, and (I'm more than sure) showed up on their pre-order numbers how they arn't doing as well as they thought, they had to reevaluate their policies and practices and go back to what we want in a gaming console.
And that, my friends, is another Win for the Gamer.
The Crazy DRM, Always Online, and a Live Camera into our homes.
Since it's apparent that we all hated it, wanted nothing to do with any of those things, and (I'm more than sure) showed up on their pre-order numbers how they arn't doing as well as they thought, they had to reevaluate their policies and practices and go back to what we want in a gaming console.
And that, my friends, is another Win for the Gamer.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Oh, so MS were just sitting though this shitstorm for no reason? They just forgot to mention you didn't need to plug in your kinect. Gosh,they could have saved themselves so much pain if they'd only mentioned it earlier..
Well, lets see.. Ryse was dropped from being a kinect game to being a normal game (hint 1)
The kinect sports game took a break and wont be available day 1 (hint 2)
In my opinion, the "killer app" for kinect is ready, microsoft did it already as they told us some time ago.
Problem is, its not game related. Its the API for kinect they made for advertizing use.
Your prediction my friend, if you are afraid to predict the quality of the kinect games that will be shown, then pretty much is in line with my predictions, and not opposing them.
If microsoft has put all this money and time into kinect, decided to force it on the consumer, but still will fail to show us the killer game -even on the second version of the thing- then it doesnt take a genius to realise that maybe more things are happening than what one sees with a first glance. My 2c's.
GodfatherX
Member
alright almost all the 180's are complete (still have my preorder from the first hour amazon put them up), now it's time to focused on the biggest change we need to make happen at microsoft
bring back j allard - if we complain enough its sure to happen right? even if just in a "spokesman/press conference" capacity
bring back j allard - if we complain enough its sure to happen right? even if just in a "spokesman/press conference" capacity
SwiftDeath
Member
Well, lets see.. Ryse was dropped from being a kinect game to being a normal game (hint 1)
The kinect sports game took a break and wont be available day 1 (hint 2)
In my opinion, the "killer app" for kinect is ready, microsoft did it already as they told us some time ago.
Problem is, its not game related. Its the API for kinect they made for advertizing use.
Your prediction my friend, if you are afraid to predict the quality of the kinect games that will be shown, then pretty much is in line with my predictions, and not opposing them.
If microsoft has put all this money and time into kinect, decided to force it on the consumer, but still will fail to show us the killer game -even on the second version of the thing- then it doesnt take a genius to realise that maybe more things are happening than what one sees with a first glance. My 2c's.
Yeah we're in agreement there
I don't see MS valuing kinect as a gaming device
They have kinect games to try and justify it's place with the console
I think it's half remote control features (benefits) and advertising potential that makes MS push it so hard
I really really dislike ads on devices i buy
www.sticktwiddlers.com/2013/06/28/xbox-one-dashboard-created-with-advertising-in-mind/
BruiserBear
Banned
In my opinion, the "killer app" for kinect is ready, microsoft did it already as they told us some time ago.
Problem is, its not game related. Its the API for kinect they made for advertizing use.
If microsoft has put all this money and time into kinect, decided to force it on the consumer, but still will fail to show us the killer game -even on the second version of the thing- then it doesnt take a genius to realise that maybe more things are happening than what one sees with a first glance. My 2c's.
This right here is why the Kinect is so important to Microsoft.