**XBOX ONE** Official Thread
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MS have already stated the Kinect settings can be changed so it isnt listening for "Xbox on".
From what i've read, you can have total control on what Kinect is watching\listening for, just by turning it off.
The Kinect issue is a non-factor in my opinion.
Caporegime
Several missing from that (Crimson Dragoon, D4 and Kinect Sports Rivals just at a glance)
So if you can turn it off, why require it to be plugged in?
I don't know, but that's what has been said.
Edit:- maybe in case features require it? All I am saying that people who are outraged at the idea of it monitoring everything in your playing space are just making it up.
Indeed, that's my viewpoint.
They claim to have added the option to turn it off but for some reason not the option to unplug it.
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All you know is you can turn it off, does that mean its in "Hibernation" mode and can be turned on when the console needs it? Speculation of course.
I think people just don't want to be told what to do with there £400 purchase and have a choice to do what they want.
I think its far more to do with having to pay for it when you dont want it, then any real issues about privacy (the whole PRISM affair was poorly timed that exacerbated the issue). You also have to remember that MS had to clarify after the reveal exactly what the user can do with it as initially it was sold as something that had to be on to allow the XO to function.
I think that probably colours a lot of the responses youve read rather than assume its just down to unsubstantiated rage (which of course there is some)...
ps3ud0
Of course all speculation, but I read it as the Kinect can be turned off. Although if it is needed you would need to turn it back on, or maybe a game wouldn't launch before it checked the Kinect was on?
Technically at least, the motion capture stuff does on paper very impressive and a big step from Kinect 1. I've not seen anything show it off really though, just the voice recognition.
I'd be interested to see the next Kinect Sports game and what they do with it as that's usually a showcase for the device.
This may not come over right and Im sure Ill get shunned, but the non-game features of Kinect are gonna be awesome, far more so than the game ones...
ps3ud0
I'd love to see MS extend the X1 capabilities to being able to control home automation by voice etc. It certainly should be possible given it's network connection and Windows based media OS VM. I don't know it it would be useful but it certainly appeals to my geeky side 
This (among other reasons) is why I will be avoiding the One.
I want to choose if I want a camera plugged in.
I want to choose if I need to have my internet connected to the device. I'm not a big multiplayer fan and as such would have no real intention of having my internet plugged in.
I want to choose if I want to use the One as a media centre. I don't want to have to pay another subscription to access a subscription service I'm paying for.
I don't want these decisions made for me and thrust down my neck.
Yes I have a stable connection, yes I have Steam and the One system is similar, but I CHOOSE if I want Steam to start.
That is your choice, I just don't see the issue of having to have Kinect plugged in.
If you don't play multiplayer or like the TV features, then Xbox One probably isn't for you. But that's your choice
That's all perfectly fine and I'm happy for you in your decision.
Sorry, why are you here again?
There's the door.
Im thinking more as a marketing tool where it now has the ability to read your face when you watch an advert and if its favourable send/hold that information for future contact.I'd love to see MS extend the X1 capabilities to being able to control home automation by voice etc. It certainly should be possible given it's network connection and Windows based media OS VM. I don't know it it would be useful but it certainly appeals to my geeky side
Decent targetted marketing is worth its weight in gold - Kinects very much a 'Minority Report' possibility.
Again people think Im having a go, Im not, I just think theres a lot of opportunities there that I know MS would have thought of. They are definitely playing the long game on a number of fronts, very hard to dismiss them...
ps3ud0