The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStation 4

Re:The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStati... by shock-value on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @02:24PM (#5752790)

Not necessarily -- the Xbox include a Kinect in the box which will increase its price/lower its profit margin. The PS4 has a camera but nothing as sophisticated/expensive as the Kinect.

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Re:The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStati... by josh2600 on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @03:08PM (#5753059)

Total Tangent: I just saw Jaron Lanier speak in SF last night and he was very proud of the work he did on the Kinect.

I find that particularly interesting in light of his sort of decrying the digital-social culture we've developed in the last decade. Strange guy with a lot of really different opinions; was a lot of fun.

The Xbox including the new Kinect definitely lowers margins, but if Kinect becomes an integral part of the gaming experience it will be a sound bet.

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Re:The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStati... by rbanffy on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @05:00PM (#5753671)

> The Xbox including the new Kinect definitely lowers margins, but if Kinect becomes an integral part of the gaming experience it will be a sound bet.

Indeed. Bundling it is the best way to ensure the Kinect is used in every title.

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Re:The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStati... by scott_s on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @05:32PM (#5753884)

I don't think the goal is to make sure the Kinect is used in every title. Rather, it allows any title to use it.

Currently, the Kinect is a peripheral, which means that developers can't assume that it's there. If they want to use it, they have two options: be a full-on Kinect game that doesn't make sense without the device, or have controller-only options for everything. That's a lot of pain. But if they can assume that the Kinect is always there, there's no tradeoff.

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