I figured out why the 720 requires Kinect to work

[thranx]

hinch said:

thranx said:

mrstickball said:
One thing about having a Kinect 2 as mandatory: It makes sense if they're going to push the multimedia aspects. Everything on the UI will be voice-activated. Netflix, Hulu, Music, and so on. Without it, you'd get a diminished experience.

i agree with that. It also adds the ability to turn on your console by voice since they have the low power mode rumored also. I use kinect as my biggest  multimedia device simply due to the voice controls and my lack of an ability to keep a controller around

Or... you could just press the home button. oO

I usually dont have a controller close by becuase i use the voice controls for everything. But that does work too :)