Kinect is officially dead

[LivingMetal]

AlfredoTurkey said:

GribbleGrunger said:

Remember that last year MS started pushing Kinect deals even though they'd released an update for Kinect that removed the motion control software. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/12/xbox-one-console-dumps-kinect-hand-gestures.html

And now all those people who bought Kinect because of those deals, got home and updated Kinect only to find motion control no longer worked, now find that the Kinect has been discontinued and will no longer get supported. MS will always be MS. 

What about Nintendo selling 2DS consoles and pushing them knowing damn well the thing will be DOA in a year? Or Sony selling PS2's in 2010, even though they had absolutely no intention of developing AAA games for it anymore?

All three companies do this. It's not exclusive to Microsoft.

The 2DS and the PS2 weren't forced peripheals.  It was a handheld and a console that played games with plenty of support that people wanted.  Not the same as Kinect.  Not even in the same league.