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Nsanity on 23 January 2012

Eurogamer

Microsoft has set up two new Kinect-focused development studios, judging by a set of recruitment ads.

As spotted on NeoGAF, Microsoft's careers page lists an opening at something called LEAP. It wants developers who, ideally, can boast "experience with Kinect or other motion control technologies".

"We're the people that developed Kinect and profoundly changed the way people interact with technology. Now our incubation team is ready to change the world again, but we need your help!" notes the blurb.

Another ad on the site for an HR manager mentions Platform Next Studios, which is apparently responsible for "pioneering experiences on Kinect".

There's no word on exactly what either studio is working on. Both are based in the platform holder's Redmond HQ, outside Seattle.

A Eurogamer report last November suggested that a second, more powerful iteration of Microsoft's motion control tech is currently in the works.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-01-23-microsoft-staffing-up-two-new-kinect-studios



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Slimebeast on 23 January 2012

MS is prioritizing the wrong things. I believe this will backfire in the next gen. You can only ignore the core gamer for so long.



denniswaterman on 23 January 2012

DAYYYYUUMM even more xbox exclusives.



yo_john117 on 23 January 2012
Slimebeast said:
MS is prioritizing the wrong things. I believe this will backfire in the next gen. You can only ignore the core gamer for so long.

They aren't ignoring the core gamer and now that they have so many studios set up for next gen you can expect an absolute huge amount of first party exclusives (both Kinect only and one's that can be used with a controller and Kinect)



Slimebeast on 23 January 2012
yo_john117 said:
Slimebeast said:
MS is prioritizing the wrong things. I believe this will backfire in the next gen. You can only ignore the core gamer for so long.

They aren't ignoring the core gamer and now that they have so many studios set up for next gen you can expect an absolute huge amount of first party exclusives (both Kinect only and one's that can be used with a controller and Kinect)

A huge amount of Kinect games yes, but we have no evidence of many exclusives for traditional controls.

Even if some of the Kinect games are planned to be "core" Kinect games I am suspicious because I hold the belief that Kinect is near useless for core gaming except for the odd arcade style title such as Child of Eden (which would have been a cool experience with Kinect 2.0).



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yo_john117 on 23 January 2012
Slimebeast said:
yo_john117 said:
Slimebeast said:
MS is prioritizing the wrong things. I believe this will backfire in the next gen. You can only ignore the core gamer for so long.

They aren't ignoring the core gamer and now that they have so many studios set up for next gen you can expect an absolute huge amount of first party exclusives (both Kinect only and one's that can be used with a controller and Kinect)

A huge amount of Kinect games yes, but we have no evidence of many exclusives for traditional controls.

Even if some of the Kinect games are planned to be "core" Kinect games I am suspicious because I hold the belief that Kinect is near useless for core gaming except for the odd arcade style title such as Child of Eden (which would have been a cool experience with Kinect 2.0).

I will say this again. MS won't abandon the core gamer...it's really as simple as that.



Slimebeast on 23 January 2012
yo_john117 said:
Slimebeast said:
yo_john117 said:
Slimebeast said:
MS is prioritizing the wrong things. I believe this will backfire in the next gen. You can only ignore the core gamer for so long.

They aren't ignoring the core gamer and now that they have so many studios set up for next gen you can expect an absolute huge amount of first party exclusives (both Kinect only and one's that can be used with a controller and Kinect)

A huge amount of Kinect games yes, but we have no evidence of many exclusives for traditional controls.

Even if some of the Kinect games are planned to be "core" Kinect games I am suspicious because I hold the belief that Kinect is near useless for core gaming except for the odd arcade style title such as Child of Eden (which would have been a cool experience with Kinect 2.0).

I will say this again. MS won't abandon the core gamer...it's really as simple as that.

I will hold you to that promise.



Zlejedi on 23 January 2012
yo_john117 said:
Slimebeast said:
yo_john117 said:
Slimebeast said:
MS is prioritizing the wrong things. I believe this will backfire in the next gen. You can only ignore the core gamer for so long.

They aren't ignoring the core gamer and now that they have so many studios set up for next gen you can expect an absolute huge amount of first party exclusives (both Kinect only and one's that can be used with a controller and Kinect)

A huge amount of Kinect games yes, but we have no evidence of many exclusives for traditional controls.

Even if some of the Kinect games are planned to be "core" Kinect games I am suspicious because I hold the belief that Kinect is near useless for core gaming except for the odd arcade style title such as Child of Eden (which would have been a cool experience with Kinect 2.0).

I will say this again. MS won't abandon the core gamer...it's really as simple as that.

Only because they abandomed them in 2010.



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Argh_College on 23 January 2012
Zlejedi said:
yo_john117 said:
Slimebeast said:
yo_john117 said:
Slimebeast said:
MS is prioritizing the wrong things. I believe this will backfire in the next gen. You can only ignore the core gamer for so long.

They aren't ignoring the core gamer and now that they have so many studios set up for next gen you can expect an absolute huge amount of first party exclusives (both Kinect only and one's that can be used with a controller and Kinect)

A huge amount of Kinect games yes, but we have no evidence of many exclusives for traditional controls.

Even if some of the Kinect games are planned to be "core" Kinect games I am suspicious because I hold the belief that Kinect is near useless for core gaming except for the odd arcade style title such as Child of Eden (which would have been a cool experience with Kinect 2.0).

I will say this again. MS won't abandon the core gamer...it's really as simple as that.

Only because they abandomed them in 2010.

XBLA, Halo Remake, Forza 4, Gears of War 3, amazing 3rd Party games and my 360 is so hot i think its gonna get fire...

Yeah hardcore gamers have gone, they are no more on 360.

lol



Seece on 23 January 2012

You'd have to be an idiot to think they've abandoned the core gamer. They just don't need to try as hard this late in the gen, they have those users, they buy the 3rd party games. Now it's time to build up a casual base.

Early next gen they'll behave a lot like they did early this gen.