The Xbone

[ODX]

But why is it so hard to just leave it plugged in, even when not in use? It's not going to do anything, and it'll just help if you want to use any voice commands or recognize entering players. Sure, I guess it's good now that if you break it, you don't have to go and buy a new one necessarily, but if you're smart and place it on a stable surface it shouldn't break in the first place.

[Donut]

Because of this:

because not everyone wants a camera staring at them the entire time they're playing a video game and having said camera decide how much to skewer prices when it comes to renting movies and shows based on how many people are in the room.

Also, you're from the US right ODX? I'm sure you've heard of the whole thing about the NSA assembling a gigantic portfolio of internet usage for every american. I can't think of too many people that would be very excited to add the xbox's kinect camera to that. There's nothing hard about leaving it plugged in. It's the fact that you have (or had) to for the unit to even function. Seems suspicious.

[=sw=warlord]

...Did anyone even mention the kinect breaking?
No? then what does that have to do with the price of cheese?

The bones of contempt lay in A: the kinect is always watching, always listening, B: mandatory, now it's no longer mandatory I no longer have to wonder whether some NSA jerk is making crude photoshop mustaches on video feed taken from the kinect whilst i'm gaming.

[ODX]

The breaking part was one of the only good reasons I can think of for it not being mandatory anymore, so if it does break your console isn't rendered useless.

Oh god, the NSA thing. Don't get me started. All I can say is my personal opinion is that it doesn't freaking matter if someone sees me staring at a TV screen playing games. But that's another thread.

[Kornman00]

Oh god, the NSA thing. Don't get me started. All I can say is my personal opinion is that it doesn't freaking matter if someone sees me staring at a TV screen playing games. But that's another thread.

Good thing it's not called the ODXbox

[PlasbianX]

If your biggest argument against buying the new xbox is the NSA, you might wanna just throw your cellphone away, get rid of your pc, and go hide in a bunker. We all carry phones with front facing cameras, if they wanted to spy, it wouldn't be with your console. Jesus.

[Donut]

So what was the excuse for leaving it always on then? I can't think of any other reason other than the pay-per-person movie pricing, which seems difficult if not impossible to even enforce.

[Ki11a_FTW]

So what was the excuse for leaving it always on then? I can't think of any other reason other than the pay-per-person movie pricing, which seems difficult if not impossible to even enforce.

Just put a picture of an empty living room infront of the camera, then you won't even have to pay for one person

[Donut]

Hence why I said it

...seems difficult if not impossible to even enforce.

At that point, why even bother? Honestly, I don't think Microsoft had some global evil genius plan with making the Kinect always on. It really sounds like they were trying to promote the use of the Kinect by ensuring developers that people would always have one, but like everything else, they went about it the wrong way. They could have just as easily (and much less controversially) said "Hey guys, all Xbox One units come with the Kinect sensor, that way developers can integrate it into their games knowing everybody will have one!" They didn't have to pull a big brother on us.

[Bodzilla]

When microsuck has been implemented as a willing paticpate in the biggest infringement on privacy in our history, as well as providing day 0 exploits to government agency's to exploit diplomatic computers from other nations, i think it's wise to not be indifferent to a fucking camera and microphone in your living room. on at all times.