Microsoft: Xbox One and Kinect are not separate systems

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Even though Microsoft has now said that the Xbox One will work without the included Kinect sensor if it is not plugged into the game console, the company is sticking with its original message that the Kinect and the Xbox One are a team.

In an interview with Computer and Video Games, Microsoft Xbox exec Phil Harrison is blunt when it comes to the link between the Xbox One and the Kinect. He stated, "Xbox One is Kinect. They are not separate systems. An Xbox One has chips, it has memory, it has Blu-ray, it has Kinect, it has a controller. These are all part of the platform ecosystem."

Harrison added that he has an Xbox One in his home and claims that the Kinect sensor's features, including being able to launch the Xbox One and load his player profile just by the sensor "seeing" him is a "very magical experience."

In the same interview, Harrison said that they have yet to announce a specific launch date for the Xbox One, beyond just "November 2013", due to "a certain number of marketing reasons." Sony announced this week that the rival PlayStation 4 console will launch in the US on November 15th and in Europe on November 29th. Recently, Microsoft revealed that a number of European countries will have to wait until sometime in 2014 to get a localized version of the Xbox One.

Harrison would not comment on if the North American Xbox One bundle will get a free digital game like the company is offering in Europe with FIFA 14. Microsoft will also make more announcements about its non-gaming media partnerships for the Xbox One at a separate event in the near future, according to Harrison.

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LinearPosted:

everyone said this about a mouse and controller once.

you will all look back in a decade and think you're retarded.

AlbericiPosted:

OhDavidLuiz Kinect is one big dissapointment


Its just a tool for the NSA to spy on you...remember microsoft shows all your info to them.

Cinema4DPosted:

Dr-J
M249 It would be better if they sold them separately. Some people don't want kinect with their xbox, it would also bring the price down a bit.



No it wouldn't. Now developers have a chance to intergrate it


So then we have games that suck. How can you integrate it without ruining a game? Have you played the kinect games? They aren't really the kind of games that I or many others would want to play. They remind me of WII games. I do not want to have to use kinect to play Call of Duty or pretend to steer a wheel to play Forza. If it aint broke don't fix it.

OhDiegoCostaPosted:

Kinect is one big dissapointment

OverlapPosted:

i think, after a while, it will be released separately.

generalhunterPosted:

I bet they will release a bundle without Kinect by the time Titanfall comes out look at how many 180s they done they just don't want people to cancel their pre-orders and wait

GossipPosted:

I still will not be using it.

CokesPosted:

Well obviously lol.

_BalePosted:

I hate kinect, wish they could sell them separately.

VeraPosted:

yes agreed they should be sold separately depending on people likes and dislikes


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