Kinect Is Not Dead, Microsoft Says

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Kinect is not dead. That’s the message from Microsoft, despite the fact the peripheral was not mentioned once in its Xbox E3 press conference earlier this week.

“We are absolutely continuing to support Kinect," Xbox’s Aaron Greenberg told GameSpot. “We're continuing to support Kinect where it makes sense [and] innovating with Kinect in a different way.

“We really want Kinect to be a choice for customers. For me, I love it; I turn my Xbox One with Kinect; I use it for entertainment; I use it to do screenshots and all that. I like to be able to have my hands on the controller and use voice commands. But, frankly, a lot of people also want a better value and don't want to have to pay for it. So we're not going to force people to do that. We give people the choice."

Greenberg went on to cite Microsoft’s digital assistant Cortana, which will be making its way to Xbox One at some point down the line. What he didn’t mention, though, were Kinect-specific games.

One of his colleagues has, however.

Xbox’s general manager of global games publishing Shannon Loftis claimed earlier this week that not only is the device still coming to Windows 10, but also that unannounced Kinect games are currently in development internally at Microsoft.

"It's still an option for gamers and it still powers what's special about how you can navigate the dashboard," she said. "They wanted a choice and they got a choice. It's still a going concern. More creators than you might expect are now engaging with Kinect for Xbox One."

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VauxhallPosted:

Kinect has been dead for ages now

-Robert-Posted:

Mickers Don't think i will ever have Kinect.


Neither will i dont need it for anything

MickersPosted:

Don't think i will ever have Kinect.

SkittlePosted:

It's good that they are giving people a choice whether to have Kinect or not, that is probably why sales were lower in the beginning.

ProJimmyRustlerPosted:

*Continues to kick the dead horse*

Microsoft, why?
The kinect was a neat idea a few years ago when motion control was a fad.
Just shift your focus to VR. That is where the money is.

slapshot101Posted:

It's just a glorified microphone at this point. It's great for voice commands and navigation which I personally use it for but it has so much potential in the motion capture sense. I never really liked the whole idea of integrating the kinect into games but rather having stand alone games like kinect sports. Kinect sports was a good game but the one they released for Xbox one was really disappointing unlike the ones on the 360 that I quite enjoyed.

PutPosted:

I actually like Kinect. It works well and makes everything easier. It has never been dead in my eyes.