Kinect : The dark age of Xbox

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Published 2016-04-23
The Kinect ride started back in 2009 and lasted 5 years, forced all the way up to the next generation of consoles. A major reorganization of the Xbox team happened after the departure of Don Mattrick in 2013. Kinect is no longer advertised or bundled with the console. Today in 2016, Phil Spencer is still trying to recover the Xbox brand's image.
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All Comments (21)
  • @Yurumates
    I'll never stop laughing at how they pretended you could play a violin with Kinect.
  • @nitinanku
    “This wasn’t acted. She felt the need to reach down.” That’s because it was acted
  • @Daniel-jz9td
    I love how they dropped the more serious stuff like playing instruments, helping in surgeries, education/learning and physical rehabilitation in the trailers but they didn't elaborate further.
  • @alexp3997
    I’m honestly surprised Microsoft didn’t get more backlash with the Kinect, they straight up committed false advertising.
  • @Ziabetus
    "It's not about reinventing the wheel... it's about no wheel at all" I guess we know why it never got anywhere.
  • @BBQDanTheMan
    If i saw my surgeon using a kinect to help with his procedures, i'm outta there...
  • @codywork-us7wu
    The amount of people who joined COD lobbies with crying babies, barking dogs, beeping smoke detectors, and rap music blasting all at once is my soul memory of the Kinect
  • @KingKimwer
    can't imagine how stupid those people felt just waving their hands around for no reason, the way that cello player really immersed herself into the role is just comedy gold
  • @WeskerXM96E1
    The only thing Kinect is actually good at is finding shadow people that live in your house.
  • @pikachu896
    Can we please never get children on stage in E3 anymore? It's one of the most cringeworthy stuff I've ever seen. 2023 edit: RIP E3. Such a shame, always looked forward to it each year :(
  • The most useful thing the Kinect did was allowing me to shout “XBOX OFF” into the mic to shut off all the echoey Kinect users’ Xboxes in a match
  • @adamparry2335
    If the Kinect had actually scanned that skateboard, that kid’s fingers would’ve shown up on the selection screen.
  • @evanellis9178
    “The patients condition is critical, what should we do now doctor?” Pulls out Kinect
  • @qqq386
    That guy Don Matrick single-handedly handed this generation to Sony
  • This is probably one of the biggest lies in gaming history. They were up on that stage just bullshitting us completely.
  • @TheXenoxen
    "The kinect has the power to analyze movements better than the human eye....." wat
  • @aaaaaaaa12225
    This is honestly still so incredibly difficult to watch. The secondhand embarrassment kills me.
  • I have fond memories of the kinect, one time i was playing some 2d fighting game(can’t remember the name) and my dog stepped in front of the screen, the kinect picked him up and he appeared in the game, his body dealt damage to the enemies which made my family and I burst out in laughter
  • @jkadoodle
    Even if Kinect worked perfectly nobody would want to play like that for more than ten minutes