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Xbox One will function without Kinect

Every system will ship with camera, but it won't need to be plugged in for console to function, Microsoft confirms.

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Microsoft chief product officer Marc Whitten has confirmed that though every Xbox One will ship with a new version of Kinect, the camera will not need to be plugged in for the next-generation console to function.

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"Like online, the console will still function if Kinect isn't plugged in, although you won't be able to use any feature or experience that explicitly uses the sensor," Whitten told IGN.

He added that users will have the ability to "completely" turn off the Kinect through system settings. When toggled "off," the Kinect is not collecting any information at all, Whitten said.

"You can turn the sensor back on at any time through settings, and if you enter into a required Kinect experience (like Kinect Sports Rivals for instance), you'll get a message asking if you want to turn the sensor back on in order to continue," he said

Whitten also confirmed that there will be no cross-platform voice chat between Xbox 360 and Xbox One, though players will be able to send text messages between the consoles. He also revealed that an Xbox One user will be able to see what their Xbox 360 friends are playing and vice versa.

The Xbox One launches in November for $500.

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What does the PlayStation have in common with the comment section for each XBOX article?

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@instigator81 full of hypocrites?

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@instigator81 It attracts Xbots?

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@jrcast84 @instigator81 Each iteration is pretty much like the previous one.

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@instigator81 @jrcast84 clllllllllASIC!

Call ass sick.

But its more powerful and has cross-game chat!!!!!!!!! And a free flashlight with every controller?!?!

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@krystyla @instigator81 @Slade968 I see what you did there.

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@instigator81 @Slade968 wouldnt that be One-and-a-Half-Life then?

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@Slade968 Did you hear that Valve confirmed Half-Life 3?

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@instigator81 @jrcast84 booo, if I had a tomato...

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@malokevi @instigator81 @A_Rabid_Dog @Dienheart Sorry. STD joke. You left an opening.

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@instigator81 @malokevi @A_Rabid_Dog @Dienheart Because shes so.... hot?

Or is that an STD joke?

Im sad now.

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@malokevi @A_Rabid_Dog @Dienheart That's what your mom gave me. A huge burn.

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Meh. Maybe a gaggle of Russian bourgeoisie.

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Microsoft it's obvious that you didn't do market research before unveiling the Xbox One, but removing the features that made the Xbox One the Xbox One and not just a next-gen 360 is not how you're going to recover.

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@Musicsvictim They did market research that is why they realised that pretty soon anything that is worthy will be connected to the internet pretty much constantly. God we even have fridges and TVs that connect now pretty soon there won't be much that won't be.

The only thing Microsoft are faulty of is selling the idea very badly. They fumbled their delivery and now they are paying for it. It doesn't mean they weren't onto something. At least they had a go at making something new unlike fucking Sony who never even bothered to try and innovate they just gave us the PS3.5.

Now because everyone has bullied Microsoft into changing we have Xbox 360 mk.2 and PS3.5 to look forward to and six years of consoles that are basically the same except a bit more powerful before next next gen when they both do what Microsoft did with the Xbox One policies but they won't **** up the delivery.

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@Dannystaples14 That's very true, their delivery was terrible and as we move forward connectivity will be a large part of gaming. However, some of the other issues were not a large part of gaming's future, that is what I should have said.

The lack of indie publishing meant that it would be more difficult for new companies to get on the Xbox One, and in the current day and age indie developers are able to take more risks to bring more interesting games.

The kinect being made a mandatory part of the console would mean that many developers would have to shoe-horn in kinect features. Motion controls are a nice gimmick, but nothing more. All you need to look at is the Wii and the Playstation Move: while the Wii sold well, it was for games from Nintendo themselves and the fact that it was dirt cheap. The Playstation Move bombed dramatically, no games and very little third party support on both of those. The kinect had a bit more going for it, but it ended up having a similar problem of little to no third party support.

I'll admit that, at the moment, the next generation of consoles are looking to bomb completely unless they can bring out fun, interesting and, most importantly, cheaper games. Because the exclusive titles are all they seem to have left.

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@Musicsvictim Hey, I'll have you know they spent hundreds of millions on their controller design. Obviously the priority. I mean, now we have concave thumb grips!

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@xeoneex66 @malokevi @neotheinstein there is no god only happenstance

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Xbox one, how many 180s can you do?

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@Dienheart All of them. Every single 180 until there is nothing left and the console ceases to exist.

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I just knew this was going to pop up eventually. Now, they've pretty much back-peddled on everything we screamed about before, ne?

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FTW! CHEERS!

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a wise man is the master of his brain, a fool its slave.

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@neotheinstein so you can die at will without physically hurting yourself?

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@neotheinstein You just disenfranchised many generations of unwilling, yet subservient, surfs, whose only crime was being born into a life of ill-repute.

How do you feel about that?

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M$ be easy on our wallets and drop the 2 things (price and kinect)

even if you manage to sell it, there is no guarantee that the games will use that thing, even with the installed user base.

almost all the games i see on the list (at least in the foreseeable future) dont use that thing

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@FULGOREY2K I agree with you that there is no guarantee. All it will take is one great implementation though to change that.

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@instigator81 @FULGOREY2K or a bunch of good, small implementations. the next gen is all about details.

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@FULGOREY2K Actually all of the games that are listed for the xone have said that they will support the kinect.

Even Battlefield.

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@valknight well, cant see it on the previews at least.......i had seen only controller there

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@FULGOREY2K @valknight True. I would also like to see real use. They do show it's voice capabilities in the showing for project spark. He uses voice commands to change certain things. That's the biggest one i've seen so far.

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@valknight fair enough. but not just as an added gimmick.

i want to see a REAL use of that thing

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@FULGOREY2K @valknight You also don't see the reviving in the previews in battlefield. It's still there. They don't go into details about the repair kits or med kits or even what all their guns are going to be. Games can't show everything. In interviews they have said that they will incorporate it.

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@valknight @FULGOREY2K Just because they support it doesn't mean that the game will properly make use of its functions.

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@malokevi @jeffcliff @A_Rabid_Dog @valknight @FULGOREY2K that wasn't your stain on your sheet

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@jeffcliff @malokevi @A_Rabid_Dog @valknight @FULGOREY2K mulling over it now...

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@malokevi @A_Rabid_Dog @valknight @FULGOREY2K your dad uses your mom's functions... on your bed. think that one over

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I'll make use of your moms... functions. YES!

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don't let the sony guys ruin xbox one. the sony fans are all over every blog every video because they are not playing games like we are. xbox rules!!!

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@rodd76dog Nothing can ruin the Xbox One, so no worries! A few menial surface policy changes to appease some whiners, not taking away from the core experience at all.

Luckily, 95% of 1st and 3rd party exclusives will be dependent on a connection.

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@malokevi "Luckily, 95% of 1st and 3rd party exclusives will be dependent on a connection."

I genuinely hope nothing like that ever happens. Nothing good for the consumer can possibly come from it.

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@rodd76dog Or because the little xbots getting their panties in a twist at every mention of their disgraceful console is just positively hilarious.

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Xbox Diskinected

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people people kinect 2 is there for your own protection.

at least thats what the NSA always says

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@FULGOREY2K Oh. Well if we get added protection AND a sticker, I might as well preorder now!

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@A_Rabid_Dog the government is proud of your patriotism

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People here seem to have a dismal understanding of how Capitalism functions.

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Kinect 2 is going to be awesome...............said no one ever

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and watch all the Kinect watching me complaining dudes never turn it off. sony boys is the ones doing all the complaining.

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Many people will like this because of the stupid "spy cam" nonsense. I'll keep mine plugged in. I think the Kinect 2 is going to be awesome.

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