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thranx on 15 July 2013
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Carl2291 said:
tuscaniman99 said:
@Carl2291
Why is it a big deal?


Because people dont want a camera and microphone device sitting in the living room, or even bedroom, connected at all times. It doesnt matter how many "off" functions it has, its still connected at all times. Now answer my question or I will report you for being off topic and derailing.

Why does it have to be plugged in at all times?

Do you leave your cellphone outside when you are at home? Or do you just not use one?

 

There is another therad with a dev ama on reddit where he says kinect is basically integrated into everything (as it should be, voice controls for the win). Given that its integrated with everything, and the ONE is designed to be used with it they decided to make it a requirement. Chances are that those that wont use kinect wouldn't want a ONE anyways. Why pay 100 more for something you wont use? jut get a ps4.

 

Edit: I will also add I think the one of the main reasons it needs to be plugged in is because it is part of the start up process. They wanted you to ba able to turn kinect on with your voice when the system was in a low power mode. to do that they probably have kinect connected to the main power source in some way. I could be wrong. But from what ms has said, kinect is very much integrated intop the system as a whole. The ONE was built with kinect in mind from the getgo. It is what they are pushing as the next interface for computing, and they will push it hard.