Xbox One System Discussion

[Hidden Jitsu]

Will there be an Xbox one console without all the connect stuff?

 

[angelo07stang]

no plans as of yet there really trying to push kinnect i prob won't use it but hopefully there will be hardcore games that use it not just kiddy games battlefield 4 is supposed to use but not sure for what

 

[darthviper107]

The best thing that could happen is if they actually produce some kind of VR/AR headset, that combined with Kinect would definitely be worth it. We'll wait a year and see what happens. (Sony might do something similar).

 

[Scareb]

Considering that Microsoft recently announced that you can completely disconnect the kinect from the one and it still plays, I'd say it isn't out of the realm of possibility that they will release a version sans kinect in the next year or so.

 

[snappahead]

The best thing that could happen is if they actually produce some kind of VR/AR headset, that combined with Kinect would definitely be worth it. We'll wait a year and see what happens. (Sony might do something similar).

This is the only thing that makes the Kinect somewhat interesting and practical to me. They need to move beyond crappy shoehorned (and pointless) compatibility with third party games or having it used as a dance game peripheral if its ever going to be taken seriously by the majority of gamers.

 

[darthviper107]

Considering that Microsoft recently announced that you can completely disconnect the kinect from the one and it still plays, I'd say it isn't out of the realm of possibility that they will release a version sans kinect in the next year or so.

If they weren't going to do it now, when it would matter the most, they probably won't do it any time soon.

 

[Scareb]

If they weren't going to do it now, when it would matter the most, they probably won't do it any time soon.

That's why I didn't say in the next 3 months. They usually throw a price drop in there after about a year or so and start with bundles, especially around Christmas so I could see them dropping the kinect as well.

 

[Centurion]

I think it'll depend on whether or not MS likes the sales numbers they're seeing. I could definitely see a 'stripped-down' version being sold for $100 less without Kinect. After all, it's no longer a necessary peripheral.

 

[darthviper107]

If they do really bad, but Microsoft has only dropped the price of the Xbox 360 like twice.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Will there be an Xbox one console without all the connect stuff?

You don't have to use it

 

[csi]

Wait, you're saying the majority of gamers don't play dance games???

This is the only thing that makes the Kinect somewhat interesting and practical to me. They need to move beyond crappy shoehorned (and pointless) compatibility with third party games or having it used as a dance game peripheral if its ever going to be taken seriously by the majority of gamers.

 

[Hidden Jitsu]

You don't have to use it

Yes very true , but why pay £450.00 for a console with no game and an item I will never use?

 

[MandoMan531]

Had both XB1 and PS4 preordered.
Just cancelled my PS4, ican wait for that. Only exclusive title I wanted at launch was Killzone.
Can't wait to get this though, got it through gamestop.com with release day delivery. Dead Rising 3, AC4, BF4, Forza and Killer Instinct!!

I just hope they don't authorize/charge ridiculously early, I need a week or 2 to get some cash in my account.

 

[RagingBull]

Yes very true , but why pay £450.00 for a console with no game and an item I will never use?

I must admit I didn't want the Kinect at all at 1st but the more I've seen of it the more I've been impressed by it. I'm sure MS will release an Xbox without one now that it doesn't need it to work.

[ame]https://youtu.be/Opl3wXbl2vE[/ame]

 

[Scareb]

For all us Canuck Xbox users, this went up today and is also on the dashboard.
https://www.xbox.com/en-ca/onesource

 

[user 1190]

This is the only thing that makes the Kinect somewhat interesting and practical to me. They need to move beyond crappy shoehorned (and pointless) compatibility with third party games or having it used as a dance game peripheral if its ever going to be taken seriously by the majority of gamers.

Kind of like the way they made you use the 3 axis crap in ps3 games.

 

[snappahead]

Kind of like the way they made you use the 3 axis crap in ps3 games.

For sure. Motion control in general has been a bust IMO. The Kinect works great for dance games, but other than that, it's all been an answer to a question no one asked. VR could change all that though. At least with the Kinect. I'm not sure if the Eye will have a practical application.

 

[user 1190]

For sure. Motion control in general has been a bust IMO. The Kinect works great for dance games, but other than that, it's all been an answer to a question no one asked. VR could change all that though. At least with the Kinect. I'm not sure if the Eye will have a practical application.

The Star Wars force game was fun for a bit.

 

[Natrix]

Someone asked about media capabilities and I came across this tidbit in an article.

https://blogs.seattletimes.com/brie...ft-expands-music-service-but-limits-xbox-one/

But Microsoft made a concession to openness, with a backdoor on the first two versions of the Xbox. That enabled people to use the console to display and access content they owned outright and had stored on PCs in the home.

Unfortunately, that door has been removed from the Xbox One. Last week the company confirmed that the console won’t come with the “media extender” feature that enabled people to use the console to stream music, photos and video from a PC.

So far we mostly have details how the Xbox One handles music. It turns out that it will not be able to play music you own and have stored on a PC or home network, at least not directly and without a fee.

“For now it’s a $10 subscription per month on the console to get access to that,” Porter (left) said, adding that more options may come after the Xbox One is launched.

In other words, if you want to play your music collection through the console’s default music app, you’ll have to subscribe to the premium version of the app, which costs $10 per month or $100 for a yearly subscription.

Then you can upload your music collection to Microsoft’s cloud storage service, and stream it back to the console via the Internet.

That’s in addition to the $60 per year that you must pay for premium Xbox Live Gold membership to use the music app in the first place.

Why? It’s partly because the company is still new to this stuff and figuring out what capabilities to include. The initial emphasis is on building a tight, crisp service and not one with loopholes and extensions.

But the company also is trying to get more people to subscribe to its online services, which will make more money per user than a console or operating system that’s replaced every five years.

Maybe I’m too old-fashioned, but I’ve watched Microsoft spend more than a decade encouraging people to use their PC as the hub of their digital life. For a while it even said families should have servers at home to securely store and stream their music, photos, videos and files.

Now it would prefer that you move that hub to a Microsoft data center, accessible for only $10 per month.

This is the path that beckons in a closed garden.

 

[MandoMan531]

I was under the impression that Kinect was one of the first steps into VR territory. It's kind of like a primitive holodeck, or reverse holodeck.

The way the cam detects and distinguishes objects, to me, seems like VR but backwards.