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[Rumor] Inside Gaming: Lower-priced, Kinect-less Xbox One coming summer 2014
- Thread starter salromano
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True, outside the gaf bubble, joe blow cares not.
Do you think the post launch kinect-less guys will laugh at the launch kinect guys; when the kinect guy is giving voice commands mid game to record his kill? Rough times ahead.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
Sure hope so. Will be able to put that pos back in the box.
jayfrontz08
Banned
only thing that their is to do is to wait and see how well the console sells then come up to this afterwards
I don't follow them so I don't know much about them, other than that they have a large following on YouTube and Facebook.
Do you know of any rumors they've posted in the past that were false? If so, I can edit them into the OP.
R3TRODYCE
Member
-_-
Can Crusher
Banned
What's the point in trying Kinect as a standard then?
"You're the controller" becomes reality
eddfromtheriver
Banned
I'm sure it will happen sooner rather than later.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Why so late doe
Virtua Ben
Member
This. They wouldn't forcefully bundle it now just to inexplicably pull it a half-a-year later. If they were going to do it, they would've done it during the xbox 180.
They aren't that bad all the time...I feel insider news/rumor wise they are usually a few mins/hours behind other media outlets.
but yea sometimes it's shaky tho
ZombieSupaStar
Member
kinectless id be interested, only if the s4 zombie game is exclusive to xbone.
Arkam
Member
Selling a Kinect less model would be the worst thing MS could do and undermine any potential support.
When it is a guaranteed available resource for a developer it has a MUCH more likelihood of being supported in a meaningful way. If it is only a portion of the user-base, that likelihood drops fast.Having to factor in users who bought the HDD-less Xbox 360 was such a hindrance.
Standard features are the best features.
When it is a guaranteed available resource for a developer it has a MUCH more likelihood of being supported in a meaningful way. If it is only a portion of the user-base, that likelihood drops fast.Having to factor in users who bought the HDD-less Xbox 360 was such a hindrance.
Standard features are the best features.
I realize you're joking but I'd buy that. My wife wants SSB and I'd like to play Windwaker HD.
makingmusic476
Member
I highly doubt Microsoft is going to pull the most drastic price drop in a console's first year ever as part of some genius strategy to make a few extra bucks.
Evolution_1ne
Banned
they don't post rumors, they don't have sources
the show was started by a random gamers who used to exclusively report halo news, in fact the show used to be called inside halo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3YeLA1P9SU
and by report Halo news I mean read the forum and post news, The show got traction on Machinima because Mechinima was a massive gaming channel and Halo was and still is a very popular game. Because of increased traffic they changed it up from just reporting Halo news to reported gaming news in general, with again the "news" being articles and forum post from around the internet. There is nothing legitimate about it. This "rumor probably came from N4G, they are no more legitimate that any random gaming blog
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
I thought they said the system wont even function without Kinect.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Kinect is supported right now with a 30% attach rate. Are there really people crying out about no Kinect support in game ____? Are there any developers crying out about lack of Kinect penetration? You don't want to make a habit out of answering questions nobody asked.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
the very reason why you say it would "make no sense" -- they would have to gut out everything that is mandatory for kinect to be connected.
then it would make a lot of sense because then it would work.
makingmusic476
Member
But they wouldn't be planning to do that now. They'd be taking a wait and see approach, given the Xbox One could still well enough post-180.
The idea that such SKUs are already set for next year is absurd.
They also said that the system's drm cannot be easily turned off.
Yea Halo 3 and tbh MW2 made Machinima what it is today. Especially MW2.
They are basically a blog/vlog with personality
BleachAndPepsi
Banned
Not only would that piss off everyone who choked down the $500 forced-Kinect SKU, but it would absolutely destroy the one and only still-existing piece of their original vision for the console. It would also kill their entire justification for forcing Kinect on users in the first place (so devs will take advantage of it knowing everyone has one).
If this happens anytime in the next two years, I'll live stream myself eating my underwear.
If this happens anytime in the next two years, I'll live stream myself eating my underwear.
Tenshi
Banned
Microsoft will not abandon Kinect like this. Too much money and effort went into that pit.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Not every game requires it, and the UI can be controlled exclusively with the controller. How is it "integral"?
makingmusic476
Member
There's no doubt that the system could easily function without Kinect if they modified the firmware to do so.
The question is whether they are already planning to throw Kinect 2.0 under the bus. It took a hell of a lot of negative feedback (manifested in a most tangible way through pre-order figures) for them to nix DRM.
family_guy
Member
Even at $350 it couldn't compete with Sonys momentum, first party games, indie support, or system specs. Might as well just wait a year and release a more powerful console.
famousmortimer
Banned
I don't believe this rumor but i do think, eventually, there will be a sku without the kinect.
crazy buttocks on a train
quite possibly the greatest username
fckn lool
darkressurection
Banned
He has spoken.
CassiusLonginus
Banned
The only reason I see they would roll out Kinectless SKU's down the line is if they just want to try to build a potential Kinect audience during the first year.
But for this to be even remotely possible (or rather, make sense) in the SKU with Kinect would have to be optional. Not like they've been saying so far that XBone won't even work without Kinect connected.
If they kept it mandatory for it to be connected, then the people who have it but don't use it would get pissed as hell that they have to have it connected.
But then if they make Kinect connection optional, then many people might just sell it or jsut get rid of it and then the idea of building a Kinect audience could go out the window.
In other words... it seems like a really bad idea overall and I doubt MS would be this daft. I take this rumor with a mine's worth of salt.
But for this to be even remotely possible (or rather, make sense) in the SKU with Kinect would have to be optional. Not like they've been saying so far that XBone won't even work without Kinect connected.
If they kept it mandatory for it to be connected, then the people who have it but don't use it would get pissed as hell that they have to have it connected.
But then if they make Kinect connection optional, then many people might just sell it or jsut get rid of it and then the idea of building a Kinect audience could go out the window.
In other words... it seems like a really bad idea overall and I doubt MS would be this daft. I take this rumor with a mine's worth of salt.
Kacho
Member
Welp. Didn't buy it and Cboat confirms. gg
reddmyst
Member
Same here, except when that happens it'll be a couple more years before I eventually get one (unless they release s4 on PC).
Anything is possibke. Speculation is fun either way.
maplelord93
Banned
Not surprised.