2016 was seemingly a bad year for Microsoft’s Kinect device. Sure, there were a few interesting Kinect games, such as Fru, that received a lot of praise from critics and gamers but overall consensus among even the most die-hard Kinect supporters was that Microsoft was planning to phase the device out, eventually discontinuing support for it completely.
An independent UK developer says it’s been forced to announce and postpone its game on the same day, and lay off more than half of its staff, due to the sharp downturn in investment in the games industry.
The armadillo returns.
I personally do remember Infogrames in the years prior to merger. They really did have a portfolio that stuck out and I enjoyed. I wonder what value they see in reviving it now though?
The good old days of Driver and Stuntman. Unfortunately both games are long gone.
Meta writes: "Xbox and Meta teamed up last year to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) to Meta Quest, letting people play Xbox games on a large 2D virtual screen in mixed reality. Now, we’re working together again to create a limited-edition Meta Quest, inspired by Xbox."
i agree, the author makings good points, i for one recommended an xbox 360 even over the xbox one, they were primarily interested in the kinect games and fitness as well. While the xbox one has some games, the xbox 360 has far more, and with the ousting of Xbox Fitness this year, there will be no real solid workout games. There are also very few xbox one games using kinect vs the 360. I really hope they release it again, sure it isn't a replacement for traditional games, but its a nice option for a different kind of fun.
I don't see Kinect coming back anytime soon unless they use it for a VR headset for Xbox/Scorpio
I find it hard to imagine them bringing it back given it's been completely abandoned with Xbox One S marketing and will be even further from view when Scorpio releases as a 4K-centric gaming device.