Xbox 720 requires Kinect?

Always online and a required Kinect ?! Big Brother is watching you ....

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Also  - looks like the Play Station 4 is going to be 799 or 899 - wonder what this will cost - PC  gaming is starting to look cheaper...

outrageous

"if my grandmother had wheels, she would be a wagon" - Scottie

One to watch.... or will it be watching  Y O U !!

Fuck this, I just switched to pc gaming and guess it's a good thing I did, i was planning on just playing exclusives to consoles and any game I condone to be better but fuck that for xbox 720, i hope microsoft dies

Back to PC gaming I go.

Not everyone wants to look like morons while playing video games, why won't Microsoft learn that?

Result, thanks for the heads up.

Well with new tech for console and kenct they made it more expensive and less accessable to the public who would LOVE a console to replace their PC. I think Sony and Microsoft missed the mark here however it looks as if Sony is not forcing people to buy costly gimmicks.

That said this Xbox fanboi likely will go Sony this time around. My money goes to what I want. period.

Now if someone would actually make a console that could replace a PC for practical applications. (like a form of Word and video editing for software and keyboards,mouses and printers for optional hardware)

Requires a constant internet connection and kinect? look like Sony might win the console war yet again lol.

I already decided I'll stick to 360 and PS3 for a couple more years. 

Knowing M$, that Kinect will have to be purchased separately.

Hate to break it to everyone but the details of this article are pretty much spot on. My brother is a game dev & has been working with the 720 for a while now. It's also true that the new xbox WILL require constant internet connection. When his team quizzed the rep from Microsoft what happens when you move & need to set up a new internet connection or your connection is down, his response? "Not our problem that's what users should keep their 360's for!" 

Well done Microsoft keep it up you morons and all Google will have to do to make you irrelevant is release a Google Console...sigh

I have no desire to use kinect. I have my 360 set up to plug into my PC monitor so I play it on a desk like playing PC games with a controller. A part from having no interest in the move controls (I have tried kinect, by the way), it isn't really workable in a space like my room, its more of a living room thing to be properly calibrated. All I hope is that the inclusion of kinect with every console doesn't drive up the price a super amount.

My main contention about new consoles? The games! I'll just be hanging back, waiting for the games and exclusives, and when I do pick up a new console, my choice will be based on that

Look over there in the horizon over yonder... What could that be?  Why it's the fall of the gaming industry *overly hyped-exaggerated gasp*.  I definatly will not be buying anymore consoles if this is true.  I rarely play my xbox now as it is.  PC never failed me and will continue to supply me with my gaming addictions as much, if not moreso, than any console, save the nintendo and super nintend systems, could ever.  This is going to put a major crimp on the gaming industry as we know it.  In fact I wouldn't be surprised if the second video game crash isn't too far off, and I'm going to say right up front the indie devs are going to be excluded since they are actually whats going to save the gaming industry, kinda like nintendo eh?

I still use the first xbox and the PS2. I like my PS3 and think I'll still be playing it long after the 720 and PS4 are released. I am saving judgement until these machines are released and I get to see them in action.

No  thanks. I like to relax on my special couch when I play my videogames. If I wanna break a sweat while having fun, the gym never fails me.

With that said.. I'm sticking to the older gen, or switch over loyalty to Sony, IF they don't do the same that is...

No Xbox1/360 game compatibility, No used games allowed, Kinect only... Microsoft is gonna lose hella lot of loyal fans.

If they really call it the Xbox 720 I'll hurt myself.

lol is that the specs for the next gen of consoles?lol weak

If sony still doesn't charge you for multiplayer and doesn't require the move ,but Microsoft will for theirs I'm going back to sony. did ps1 xbox bought a ps2 when it was dirt cheap for exclusives, then the 360. Halo is the only thing that holds me to xbox at this point.

As long as they don't shove it down our throats in terms of function in game. Then they can do what they like.

I don't another lame kinect.. I'd rather a cheaper version without the dumb thing. Looks like instead of great first party games they will continue the same stupid kinect failures. Such a shame.

Weird headline.  I think most folks would say that they bought a car with power steering built in.  Do you buy cars that "require power steering"?

The mandatory kinect connection is not a deal breaker for me since it will be sold with every console. Of the rumors that I've heard, blocking used games and requiring a constant online connection are the features that would keep me from buying one.

FFS ms ditch the Kinect BS

I have nothing against consoles, but I think people are getting a bit too obsessed with them and forgetting what the greatest thing for gaming is - a computer. Can it not run amazing games? Can it not be played without the use of "controllers", and with a mouse? Is gaming not the only thing it can do well? I have a PSP and that is probably the console I'll ever get (okay, I have to admit, I would like a console, but there is no way for my parents to let me get one, and I'm only 12 so I can't get it myself, so - lost cause).

P.S.: People, be more positive when you say things. I mean, just because you had a crappy day at work it doesn't mean that you have to pour your stress in forums.