Don Mattrick resigns as Xbox CEO moves on to be CEO of Zynga

Xbox chief's sudden exit reportedly due to upcoming Microsoft reorganization | The Verge

He's pretty much fully responsible for the mess that was the Xbox One launch. Not necessarily because of their DRM policy, but the way it was explained (or not explained)

read about this few days ago..didnt know he was local talent and oversaw all the EA studios at one point.

Xbox One No Longer Requires Kinect to Function - IGN


maybe soon enough it'll be $400

so are they going to sell a kinectless bundle? ;)

at least they're really trying to remedy their clusterfuck

i wonder if it will be enough to get the bad taste out of everyones mouths though

I dunno. I think they should have stuck to their guns and kept most of what they're seemingly dumping. How are things supposed to progress into something better if companies don't risk things now and again. Based on the Wii, we know there's a demand for motion tracking games, so why not try and take it to the next level? If the Kinect isn't required hardware for a game, most developers probably wont even bother coding a use for it in their next game.

I just hate seeing new technology and ideas being grounded into dust by old tech simply because people were too stubborn to try change.

I believe the problem with the kinect was that it was require to be ON whenever the Xbox is. Because it is on even though u may not be using it for gaming (as its supposed to be a multimedia box too) they believe Microsoft is trying to spy on them, etc especially with the NSA fiasco. Now that it doesn't need to be on even for games or programs that doesn't necessarily use the kinect, people may start buying it more. If Microsoft really wanted people to use the kinect, they should provide better deals to developers to entice them to incorporate kinect, and not just shove it down to the consumers.
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If they drop the Kinetic and $100 price tag, then I would only start to consider buying a XboxOne over a ps4 or take me away from the PC... =x still a long way to go.

they just dropped the launch from 21 countries to 13. the developers of battlefield 4 and minecraft won't even be able to play their own games (if they were to try to buy it at retail), haha.

:lol at xbox going back on EVERYTHING they initially said. Backlash and poor preorder #'s vs the PS4 must be killing them. They might as well come out and say that they have a kinectless bundle at $399 as well to compete with the PS4

Any word on if they will sell the new xbox without kinect on the day of release?

Nope you're getting Kinect if you want an xbox
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Bumpercars


an Unboxing of the "standard edition" not the "day one edition"



I felt the packaging is a lot better than the PS4s until those two little foam pads for the actual system, which don't even go completely around the console... aside from that though i like the packaging

that Power Brick... HOLY SHIT that is Huge! that looks bigger than the PSU in my htpc

Yeah I'm still trying to wrap my head around the 200W power supply in the PS4 being so small :fulloffuck:

What's in the xbox that makes it so big and they still couldn't fit the power brick in there?
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Everything has to be bigger in the US mang

What's the demand like on these things? Bought one but will probably be getting rid of it.

Only bought it cuz shop.ca had a pretty good deal on it, ended up getting it for $400ish. With the ps4 out, I think all my time will be taken up.

XBOX has some extra hardware on it for the various TV related things it does, but I don't think it needed to be that big, especially with an external power supply

Still :fulloffuck: over all this. Can't wait to see the teardown

Soo you Xbox preorderies excited??? I'm so excited for the next generation of gaming it makes me giddy. The PS4 and XOne are only babies right now, can't wait to see what they can produce a couple years down the road.

the 'brick' is quite literally a cinder block...
it's only big because the PS4 is compact...if they dont make it big how's Microsoft going to come out with a slim version?

that's why i'm not buying until then

Hmmm to bite the bullet now or wait til hypes over....hmmmmmmm.......

^ Wait it out. Prices will drop, and less buggy/broken machines will be in store shelves.

just pre-ordered mine and got the extra warranty

already picked up the ps4, might wait a few months before getting this system. Forza makes it soo tempting!