Can we trust Microsoft anymore?

[sales2099]

Captain_Tom said:

sales2099 said:

They want us to pay for it....for reasons people like you have overlooked completely.

The 360 kinect userbase was split from the rest. This made it unattractive for developers to make kinect based games or kinect add-ons to gamepad games. This provides a unified instal base for developers to integrate kinect into whatever game they see fit, because everybody has one. Thats the reason why. And yes, its also convienent to sue for voice searching the marketplace, controlling your media, or making a skype call. For MS's purposes, itll help with targeted ads based on what we play.

Seriously, that is the real reason why its included, at least those are the pros of it being included. I acknowledge your side, truly, but at least tell me you acknowledge the reasons above, whether or not you would personally want it.

No one has overlooked these things:

-The camera interface is just no quicker than using buttons.  I found out Windows 7 can be controlled by voice so I tried it out for fun.  Even when it worked at its best it was no faster than just using a mouse.

-A unified user base is nice yes, then why are no games being shown using it for more than gimmicks?  Because it is one!

So we have established that we (The people who agree, not everyone) don't care about kinect.  Ok then they tell us it costs $100 more because of it, and it spies on us.  Yes so that is why we talk about that aspect.  It is the only one we care about.

Don't just say matter-of-factly that kinect 2.0 spies on you. It isn't out yet and MS has only been known to dish out Outlook and SKype stuff. Nowehere was their evidence that they gave away Kinect 360 based info.