Microsoft isn’t holding back on their U-turns to appease those who have harshly criticized them. Yes, because of the many gamers that have expressed their concerns Microsoft is changing their ways. Marc Whitten, Corporate Vice President, stated the following in an interview with IGN
You have the ability to completely turn the sensor off in your settings. When in this mode, the sensor is not collecting any information. Any functionality that relies on voice, video, gesture or more won’t work. We still support using it for IR blasting in this mode. 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.
…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.
Considering the recent NSA leak here in the US regarding government spying some gamers were quite worried about such a device and what it meant for your privacy. There’s also no denying that the Kinect sensor is quite powerful and it can even detect your heat beat. Now, it seems that Microsoft is okay with the gamer unplugging the Kinect from the Xbox One, which is quite a reversal from their original always Kinected stance.
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Look how much the Xbox One has changed for the better since all the uproar. I’ll still get the PS4 but it will no longer be as one sided I don’t think. Many people complained about the ‘entitled’ gamers complaining, but now the console is a lot better.
Yeah, it was the same with D3, people said stop complaining the game is fine… Well, it wasn’t and look at how it turned out. In fact, we could use more complainers, because it is what drives companies to get their heads out of their rear end and start implementing changes that consumers actually care about and want.
I really don’t understand this whole argument against the so called “entitled” gamers or “entitled” consumers. It really comes down to the fact that we are buying a product and if we don’t like said product we have a right to complain and voice our opinion about how we dislike it’s features, packaging, functionality, hardware, etc.
Anyway, this is a good move on Microsoft’s part. I mean if you think about it , a camera plus microphone that must always be on and connected to the system is a very intrusive and very restrictive enforcement that really turns a lot of consumers away from their console.
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