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twesterm said:

Well, for starters  people don't typically sit a foot in front of their TV...


This! 

Near Mode is 40-50cm or 15-20" from the Kinect.  Ideal for when you're sitting or standing in front of a small display (i.e. an ATM) but not ideal when you're trying to play a game on 50" LCD TV.

At best what you can hope for with Kinect 2 is that Microsoft includes an variable focus depth, wide-angle lens.