endimion said:
0815user said:
Machiavellian said:
0815user said:
TimCliveroller said:
0815user said:
the always connected camera is the main reason why you should not trust them. not because of someone maybe hacking in and watching you, no. because of the possibility that the camera could be used to monitor how many people are watching/playing movies/games. and due to certain drm laws, which pretty much say that only the product buyer has the right to use it, the software might block you and your friends from watching/playing until you pay a fee for additional rights. call me paranoid but i think they might try it out when xbox-one becomes a success. |
cuz phuck... nobody has camera phones, nobody has notebooks with cams, nobody knows your location. But please, trust the other guys... coz they don't have any 3d cameras. Don't you realize... a company would be stupid not to patent this shit... everybody patents everything. And if you come to put it that way... it's not about you not trusting them, it's about them not trusting you. So this must be a trap. A 5GB trap.
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if the camera is just ment as a gaming/control tool, why don't they let me unplug it? last time i checked the camera always has to be plugged in even if you do something with the xbox-one where you don't need the camera. there has to be a reason for that and so far i have nothing heard or read from microsoft that would explain how an always online camera would be superiour to a camera that i simply can unplug. oh by the way: the xbox-one camera is not built in like a phone or laptop camera.
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You probably cannot unplug it because the cosole expects certain information form the camera. Cheap way out for MS is not to code a lot of conditions if the camera is not hooked up. Things like the voice turn on in standby, profile matching and controller recognition. There is probably a slew of other things that the camera and audio does. It also could be that MS just had this one sided view that the Kinect is X1 and people would prefer it on then off. In the end, MS gave youthe ability to turn Kinect off in the options but the hardware boot up which is physical probably still need the connection and changing at this time would cost to much.
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and that is exactly the problem. right now i simply cannot see why this certain information should contribute to media entertainment only. i maintain that there is a bigger plan behind the xbox-one camera but to execute it they first have to get us used to having a turned on camera in our rooms.
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how could they pull that off since you can be offline ???
you DL your content you turn off your connection and you are good to go if you are worried about anything....
I don't see what could be the issue.... the only time you need to be online and stay online is if you play MP or you stream media....
and even if the patent would be enforced, why do people have to think it would be a bad thing. for all we know it would drive the cost down for single persons and have the same ceiling price....
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because so far they have not said or proven why it is or will be a good thing and we pretty much all know what cameras, with the right software backing it up, can be used for. also keep in mind they wanted the xbox-one always online in the first place. the fact that they change that now with an day one patch does not mean everything is ok. they just removed one part of the puzzle but the other, imo more concerning one, still remains. only if they make the camera optional too i see no further problem.
