Speaking with Polygon, Microsoft’s Yusuf Medhi has said that games that don’t utilise Kinect will free up Xbox One processing power for the games themselves. This news comes after Microsoft yesterday announced they’ll be selling a Kinect-less Xbox One bundle.
“We remain deeply committed to the Kinect as a core component of a next-generation console,” Medhi added, despite the claim. “We think that the bio-metric sign-in, voice controls of the menu, ability to say ‘record that’ and capture a moment of gameplay are all critical to the experience.
“We have never wavered from that since the launch.”
Medhi thinks people will buy the cheaper, Kinect-less bundle, and then buy the peripheral later when they have more cash.
“The decision we’re announcing today is offering a choice to people that would allow people to buy an Xbox One and then ramp up to Kinect when they can afford to,” he said. “We have over 80 million people who have yet to buy Xbox One.”
“Our view is that the Xbox One with Kinect is the premium experience,” he insisted. “The things you are able to do are pretty magical. I think that (early adopters) are hopefully delighted as well with their usage.”
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