hmm yeah well when I said essential for Kinect 2 with XB1, it was more for menu navigation.... from what I have seen joypad navigation will be vastly less practical than using Kinect.... just the switch between apps or the snapping look like it will be completely impractical with the pad....
but yeah apparently more and more 3rd party dev seem to be interested in Kinect possibilities and look like they are willing to integrate some Kinect features in their game....
but beside games I think a kinectless SKU will not happen this gen.... dashboard navigation looks clearly Kinect oriented and if it's like the current Kinect in better... it will be definitely faster and more practical for that than the pad.... that's already what I use Kinect for today, because it is more convenient and usually faster to navigate the dashboard with it than the pad....
