Phil Harrison: Xbox One Will Never Come Without Kinect

[wilco]

Gnac said:

wilco said:
Problem with Microsoft is they never really committed to the future they were preaching about. If they really believed in all digital they would have gone disk-less and if they really believed in kinect it would have been built into the actual game system. Nobody will be convinced if you half ass it.

This is typical of the whole industry though. You could argue that Nintendo were never really committed to WM+, or Sony not really bothered about EyeToy. The balance board got used for maybe a dozen things despite being SOME BIG SHIT, and let's not talk about how many things actually required a PSMove / WonderBook setup. Project Morpheus, IllumiRoom and Wii Vitality Sensor also have a lot in common: they are hype objects.

Thats true and its a shame because when these companies do commit they win big. Nintendo committed heavily to motion controls and won big. Sony committed to CD/DVD/Blu Ray and succeeded (less so with blu ray but still a success). Microsoft committed to broadband, the list goes on. People know when a company truly believes in something and I think everyone could see that Microsoft didn't really believe that kinect was integral to the xbone experience.