Epic tells Fortnite players on Xbox One to unplug their Kinect

From The Verge: "If you’ve noticed some issues with Fortnite on Xbox One today then Kinect could be to blame. Epic Games is encouraging Fortnite players to disconnect their Kinect camera due to “stability issues” when starting up Fortnite. The issues appear to have started happening today, just as the 10th season of Fortnite, dubbed season X, began. “We’re investigating a fix for this issue, but players can work around it in the meantime by disconnecting their Kinect,” says Epic Games on Twitter.

It’s not clear why Kinect is causing Fortnite issues, especially as it has been five years since Microsoft stopped reserving GPU resources for Kinect. Microsoft used to reserve 10 percent of GPU bandwidth for Kinect, before unlocking this for developers to use as they wish."

[Nu]

Welp that's going to kill Kinect

[DigitalDaniel]

Can't kill what is already dead.

[NotoriousWhiz]

What is dead may never die.

[DarXyde]

Sure you can.

That's what seances are for.

[scoot_n_loot]

valar morghulis

[brich233]

lol sarcasm? ofcourse.

[traumadisaster]

I’ve wondered over the years if the Kinect on 360 and x1 doesn’t pull a few resources to slow things down a bit. I still play Kinect on 360 with the kids and they love it and the ps3 move games.

[Cobra951]

I think its own hardware does all the heavy lifting. There are probably some system resources allocated to it, but not enough to impact performance--in properly behaved games, that is. If Fortnite is screwing up because of Kinect, that's on Epic.

[rainslacker]

It has its own resources allocated within the overall OS regardless of if its plugged in or not. That's a downside of consoles, that variances have to be considered and a game can't be allowed to use resources potentially used by something else.

Nit sure why kinect would cause problems with epics code, unless it has something to do with the directx apis and how they interact with unreal. But, I suppose epic did some testing to say this.

[gamer7804]

sounds like fortnite devs messed something up, I've never had a game not launch because of Kinect. Not really a good permanent solution to turn it off. They need to fix this.

[Cobra951]

Perfect statement on the issue--downvoted on this site, because of course it is.

[sprinterboy]

Why, nobody uses kinect, it was dead b4 kinect ever came out.
Seriously name some games most gamers could say was above average or great? Maybe 1 or 2. Ask a casual =none.

[andibandit]

Because you generally want to have your code working properly?

Whats next? Unplug your screen?

[ApocalypseShadow]

Just lol!

Leave Kinect alone. Hasn't it suffered enough this Gen?

[sprinterboy]

Suffered since birth, I blame social services, sorry I mean Microsoft.

No kinect was hurt in the typing of this comment.

[sixthelement]

PSVR will join it soon

[gtxgamer2]

False. Psvr is thriving, and with an updated release on ps5 it'll keep thriving especially with the support behind it.

[xVOLTx]

More like unplug Epic.

[AK91]

Does anyone still actually use kinect anymore?

[sprinterboy]

No this information will be aimed at 0.1% of xbox owners.
Edit: plus out of that 0.1% only a total number of xbox owners who play fortnite with a kinect plugged in is 0%

[traumadisaster]

It’s unpopular in gaming circles for several fully detailed reasons listed elsewhere, but for those who except it for what it is and want to have fun with it (and Move) then it’s possible.

I introduced it to my kids as they became of age over the years and presented in the right way at the right age it’s a lot of fun.

I’ve seen a roomful of neighborhood kids have a blast with games like Happy Action Theatre and many others. I’ve got several dozens.

Ps3 Move has those westerns live action games that are excellent for family party’s on a huge big screen tv.

There are some move/Kinect games that are about broke though. Also can get so cheap over the years. Really for the amount of family laughs vs price Kinect/move have had a great success with us.

[rainslacker]

Doesn't just dance still exist? It was always pretty popular.

[TheColbertinator]

The sooner Kinect is a distant memory, the better.

[Tross]

I didn't know Kinect was still a popular thing.

[Bismarn]

The Kinect doesn't affect Fortnite or anything, Epic is just offering a public service announcement. The Kinect has been dead for years so people have no reason to leave it plugged in; it's just a fire hazard. As the Kinect cannot be resold as it has no value, and it is not environmentally responsible to put in landfills, gamers should dispose of the Kinect through the proper channels as they would a car battery, pesticide bottles, used needles, or Wii U's.

[kreate]

I really like Kinect.