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Re: Xbox Gets Slim, Natal Becomes Kinect
Old 06-18-2010, 12:48 AM   #16
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Default Re: Xbox Gets Slim, Natal Becomes Kinect

I guess this can be the thread to discuss Kinect, and boy after e3 this thing has not come out smelling good at all.

The reveals (both of them) didn't seem to go over well with the press, but I'm sure that could work itself out in time.

The two big pieces of information that may hurt it,
a) Can't patch in support for older titles. Sure people probably wouldn't use it, but if Bungie or CoD wanted to throw in a Kinect mode just for people, won't happen.
Also as for the reason (it takes a hit of the 360's processor power), it also means there is a slim chance you will see major titles supporting both traditional controls and Kinect.

b)According to both IGN and Kotaku, it appears that Kinect can not recognize a person when they are sitting down. Even when doing the cool menu interface stuff you need to stand up. And yeah it was demo-ed in the video, but of course that was staged.
I'm hoping they work that problem out before this is released.
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