No Kinect 2 for Xbox Next ?

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...s-kudo-tsunoda



This sounds very, very bad. F that noise. They need a 100 percent revised Kinect 2. They can try all the software tricks in the book, but if the next Kinect doesn't feature dramatically improved cameras, microphones, etc, etc. Kinect needs to be improved in many ways.

This guy still works for Microsoft... right ? If he still works there, then he definitely knows whats up with Xbox Next, and if that's the case, then it appears that there is no revised Kinect on the horizon.


How lame.

I think you need to read the article again. He never said anything about "No Kinect 2 on the current console". If he did, then there would at least be some reason to hope.

The gist of what he was saying is that people that are talking about a "new" Kinect should probably stop thinking about a new Kinect, because it's not happening. That's pretty much the gist of what he's saying. Does he come right out and say that specifically? Not exactly, but if you read what he actually says, it's pretty easy to understand that this is what he's trying to get across.


I'm sure Kudo see's the various posts on message boards and the tweets and such. He hears the podcasts. There is a general feeling among the gaming Illuminati that a new, and improved Kinect is a given with the next Xbox. He seems to suggest that folks ought to "curb their enthusiasm", because they have no plans whatsoever to bring out any new Kinect hardware.

Now, one may argue that he's only saying this, because if he were to say anything about a "Kinect 2", it would have an adverse effect on the current sales of the Kinect. I would certainly understand this sentiment, but at the same time, if this is the case, then why would he open up his pie-hole in the first place? The way I see it, he's trying to prepare people for the disappointment that they really don't have any next level Kinect on the horizon. This wouldn't be the most shocking development in the world, either. There are many reasons for Microsoft to just stick with the current Kinect hardware, but I'm not going to get into that right now.

Kudo.... is that you?


You basically made Kudo's argument for him. First, you say that MS is definitely working on Kinect 2, and then you have two paragraphs listing exactly why new Kinect hardware really isn't needed. You made my case for me. Thanks.

I post in all the various forums on AVS and it's funny to me how the Xbox forum seems to be the most sensitive... When did this happen? I thought Nintendo diehards were the sensitive ones...


Look, when I read that article, the first thing that I thought was.... "Damn, no new Kinect for the next console". Other people can read that article and think of something totally different. To each their own. His comments to me, sounded like he was trying to curb everybody's enthusiasm in regards to a new version of Kinect, because it just ain't happening...(at least not for launch...)

Again, he didn't actually say that, but after reading that article, that's what I took from it. I listen to a ton of gaming podcasts, and read a bunch of gaming blogs and forums, and I'm sure Kudo is the same way. It's probably part of his job to know how the gaming public is reacting to things. The common perception out there, among the gaming press, etc, etc, is that a Next-Gen Kinect is a given. Like there is no question whatsoever that a new Xbox console is going to have a brand new, next-gen version of Kinect packed inside it.


Is that not the general consensus?


To me, Kudo is trying to let these people down gently, because he knows the general gaming press is going to be very disappointed when they find out that a new Kinect isn't coming anytime soon. Reading those comments, to me, it sounds like he's trying to get in front of that potential negative reaction and diffuse it a bit, before it's confirmed.

The timing of those comments is a bit curious with e3 only a week or so away now.

I totally understand what you're saying but at the same time... I do think that Motion Controls could have value in certain games. A first person Tennis game, that used a new, more advanced Kinect, in addition to a Move like controller device that works in collaboration with the Kinect, would give us a sensational tennis simulator. The Kinect just needs to pay attention to the floorspace, and where the feet are moving, and the Move like wand thing would give all the rest of the info. Plus, with a wand, you'd have rumble.

Also, baseball ? Ping-Pong ? Volleball ? Light Gun style shooters ?


Why not ?

Look, certainly very few people have a living room that large, but I'm sure the game could exaggerate your movements, so that when you lunge to the left, it kind of automatically reacts to how far your player would need to go left. The larger your living room, the less it would have to fudge, but those with smaller living rooms could still play the game.


I rented that Personal Trainer game one time. The Ubisoft one that is widely considered one of the best Kinect games. When playing that game, there is this certain part, where it really seems like Kinect can see a 8 foot wide, 6 feet deep space in my living room, and as I would move around within that space it would perfectly track me. The first time I saw that, I immediately thought about the potential for that in a Tennis game. It just seemed so obvious. The only thing is, playing Tennis with my hand just seems rather .... how do I say it.... the word I'm searching for just isn't very appropriate, but give me a damn Move wand Microsoft... For the love of God.

I want the rumble too, and the more accurate wrist movement tracking for slicing and such.