Microsoft in talks to boost performance of Kinectless consoles - utilising extra 10% graphics resources

[vivster]

Richard_Feynman said:

vivster said:

Richard_Feynman said:
*Hypothetical user*

"Excuse me MS, but does that mean my games will run worse if I actually like to have Kinect plugged in?"

And so the fragmentation problems they've created for themselves start.

Yep. MS went from "Kinect is core to the Xbox experience" to "Please unplug Kinect for the best Xbox experience"

And you have to seriously wonder what unplugging kinect will bring to the table. A few extra fps? Better textures? 

Do devs now have to build their software around two seperate sets of resources? That's a lot of extra work for hardly any benefit.

While MS's move to remove kinect is probably for the best,  serious fragmentation headaches will result from this. Those extra resources will most probably just go to waste. One can argue anyway one likes, but this aspect of the situation is not ideal at all.

It's all just marketing blub. Even if developers would start embracing the new resources it wouldn't bring 10% more performance.

How was this handled last gen with Kinect?