Microsoft Removes Mandatory Kinect Connection

[mon0]

hah. f&$ck microsoft is becoming more and more lame.

I mean it is good that they got rid of that...
but they are not gaining in credibility if you ask me.

I´ll boycott them. That´s for sure. Reasons enough already.

 

[JulietStMoon]

Logistics and the fact that they want people to continue to buy their consoles. Microsoft is not a cartoon villain luring the heroes into a trap; they'd gain nothing from such a move (well, nothing but a drop in sales, angry customers, and even more shitty press).

Precisely what I was saying. Microsoft isn't an evil mastermind that's trying to get away with things they know they can't get away with. The fact that they're changing their policies proves that.

 

[Dork]

Yes, because simply repeating yourself makes your point more valid, right? Perhaps respond with reasons?

Because the DRM is already on the Xbox One. In order to disable it, you need to download a patch, thus connecting to the internet. Also with games like Forza 5, the game you bought from the store is incomplete, and requires that you connect to the internet.

 

[JulietStMoon]

Because the DRM is already on the Xbox One. In order to disable it, you need to download a patch, thus connecting to the internet. Also with games like Forza 5, the game you bought from the store is incomplete, and requires that you connect to the internet.

As much as they suck, day one patches =/= always online DRM.
To make a comparison, The Wii U required a day-one patch to add tons of features. Does that mean the Wii U has the same DRM?

 

[emigre]

As much as they suck, day one patches =/= always online DRM.

You could say Microsoft are worse than the Nazis

 

[stae1234]

Kinect is good for everything BUT gaming...
sell them to Robotics people. They want more and more every day lol (I know cuz I needed 3)

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

Kinect is good for everything BUT gaming...
sell them to Robotics people. They want more and more every day lol (I know cuz I needed 3)

I know why they need them!!! lol

 

[Originality]

I can't decide what to call the Xbox One. Xbone, or Xbox 180?
Either way I won't get one until maybe a year after release, if they have good games and no RRoD scenarios.

 

[retKHAAAN]

I can't decide what to call the Xbox One. Xbone, or Xbox 180?
Either way I won't get one until maybe a year after release, if they have good games and no RRoD scenarios.

Is your username intentionally ironic?

 

[Taleweaver]

hah. f&$ck microsoft is becoming more and more lame.

I mean it is good that they got rid of that...
but they are not gaining in credibility if you ask me.

I´ll boycott them. That´s for sure. Reasons enough already.

Look...of course you're entitled to your opinion. But are you sure you've given yours enough thought?

You agree it's a good decision to get rid of a feature that isn't enhancing gameplay that much. So how is it at the same time a lame decision?

I think that what they'll lose in credibility, they'll make up with "actually listening to the community".



No, I'm not going to talk you out of it. Rather the contrary. I'd like to see you try boycotting microsoft. You do know they make this OS called "windows" that is insanely popular in companies, right? Or that "office" program? Because...it won't be an easy task landing a job while at the same time boycotting them.

 

[SuzieJoeBob]

I predict, there will be a lower cost xbox one with out a Kinect... that will be 100 cheaper.

More like $50. Drops usually occur in multiples of $50, but if the price were to be lowered by $100, then they will be cutting their profit margin to a very small amount.

$50 is enough to convince most people to buy a product/bundle without the undesired feature, but later on, the companies will be able to force the consumers' hands by making something that they want & requires the missing feature (Kinect), thus getting them to buy the feature (Kinect), but for a substantial amount more than price difference (Ex: $100 to $150), thus generating more revenue for the same set of products.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

They can now come out with a SKU that doesn't have the Kinect and is priced closer to the PS4. Too bad for the launch day buyers, though.

my thoughts exactly.. probably a "core" version with less HDD and no kinect. Perhaps priced lower than PS4.

 

[fafaffy]

Do you perchance have a hat made out of tin foil?

Pfft, tin? We all know steel is all the rage...

 

[chavosaur]

Pfft, tin? We all know steel is all the rage...

Good, now bash your head in with it ;O;

 

[fafaffy]

Good, now bash your head in with it ;O;

I did, and now my hat is red, and I don't know why, but my head seemed to get bigger? Either I'm getting smarter, or I'm getting taller I just don't know.

 

[mkdms14]

In other news Microsoft is just copying the same policy as Sony. Boring, let's move on to something else now.

 

[macmanhigh]

Seems M$ should have just released the Specs of the Xbox Dumb and Games coming to the system and said nothing else.......


Its Almost as if we were all trapped in the Twilight Zone

 

[tronic307]

Microsoft's blatant game of catch-up with the PS4 is hilariously "me-too".

 

[Aqua1234]

I appreciate what Microsoft is doing now, to hopefully increase their sales, and make their supporters happy. But what they did at first, is like taking a shit on our faces. Realizing what they did, and trying to clean it up. They hope that we'll forget about what they did, and let bygones be bygones. Some are just resilient to forgive them, and I understand that. I appreciate what Microsoft is doing, but I didn't like them from what they did from the start. And on top of that, I'm a Sony Fanboy . I wouldn't mind picking a X1, in a year or two. But for now, I'm sticking with my PS4.

 

[nando]

I don't know what I respect less, their initial asinine policies, or their cowardly retractions.

 

[chavosaur]

"HEY MICROSOFT, I WON'T BUY YOUR CONSOLE UNLESS YOU FIX THIS, THIS AND THIS"
>Microsoft fixes
"HEY MICROSOFT! I WONT BUY YOUR CONSOLE BECAUSE YOU'RE A LITTLE BITCH FOR RETRACTING THE THINGS I WANTED YOU TOO"

Fucking people are more indecisive and greedy then a 600 lb woman at an all you can eat buffet.