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Designer Carl Ledbetter tells Develop how Microsoft considered building the motion sensor into the console itself, and why he’s not sad to see it unbundled
Read More »Rare suffers layoffs as Kinect Sports Rivals struggles
Microsoft says changes being made to "development process and methodolgy" at Twycross studio
Read More »Layoffs at Rare following Kinect Sports Rivals sales disappointment
An unspecified number of jobs have been lost at Microsoft owned developer Rare. Eurogamer reports that the move comes after sales of recent Xbox One release Kinect Sports Rivals, which was made at the Twycross studio, were lower than expected, resulting in a significant loss” for the project. It reports …
Read More »What will Rare do next?
Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Microsoft and Rare are 'evaluating' their next step
Read More »Mehdi: Bundling Xbox One with Kinect at launch ‘was the right call’
Microsoft has insisted that not having a Kinect-free Xbox One SKU at launch was not a strategic error. That’s despite earlier this week revealing that it will in June launch a discounted Xbox One SKU without the much-maligned motion camera. I think it was the right call to bundle with …
Read More »Microsoft’s decision has ‘killed original Kinect games’; PlayStation Camera could outsell it
Microsoft’s decision to remove Kinect from the Xbox One bundle has destroyed any possibility for developers to make games that realise the potential of the motion-sensing camera. That’s according to Zumba Fitness developer and UK studio Zo Mode, whose studio head Paul Mottram said: "We’ve been closely involved with Microsoft …
Read More »Microsoft backtracking “kills chances to make original Kinect games”
Zoë Mode says Kinect-less Xbox One is "a shame" while David Braben reminds devs that there is still an audience
Read More »Mehdi – Xbox One with Kinect is still the ‘premium experience’
Microsoft may have bowed to market pressures and cut Kinect from Xbox One, but it hasn’t given up its Kinect charm offensive. Even now the company is still refusing to acknowledge the camera’s unpopularity and is instead insisting that the 349 Kinect-free SKU is still just the first step in …
Read More »Dropping Kinect will push Xbox One ahead of PS4 in US – analyst
Microsoft decision to slash the price of Xbox One by dropping Kinect could propel the console to the front of the American next-gen race. IDC had previously predicted that Xbox One would take the lead in the territory by 2016 but now the firm reckons this will happen in 2015 …
Read More »No compensation planned for Xbox One early adopters following new price cut
Microsoft says it does not intend to compensate those who paid full price for an Xbox One in November following yesterday’s price cut. Microsoft’s machine arrived last year for 429 with a free game included in a limited number of SKUs, or in vanilla form for the majority. In February …
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