wraggster
May 25th, 2013, 00:14
Former PlayStation boss turned Microsoft exec says standard camera input is 'game-changer'
Phil Harrison says having the second-generation Kinect packaged with every Xbox One will be a 'game-changer'.
The former boss of PlayStation is now the head of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment business, and his experience working for the competition seems to give him an added enthusiasm for the new features of the Xbox One.
"The fundamental, most impactful thing is that there’s a Kinect in every box now,"Harrison told GamesBeat (http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/23/phil-harrison-says-microsoft-will-invest-1b-in-games-for-xbox-one-interview/).
"There’s the ubiquity of the platform having Kinect whereas before it was always a subset. That made it difficult for developers to invest against 20 per cent of the installed base or whatever it was."
The combination of the new Kinect's greater sensitivity and the certainty that customers will have access to it means developers can afford to experiment with the device.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/44294/Kinect-is-Xbox-Ones-edge-says-Harrison
Phil Harrison says having the second-generation Kinect packaged with every Xbox One will be a 'game-changer'.
The former boss of PlayStation is now the head of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment business, and his experience working for the competition seems to give him an added enthusiasm for the new features of the Xbox One.
"The fundamental, most impactful thing is that there’s a Kinect in every box now,"Harrison told GamesBeat (http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/23/phil-harrison-says-microsoft-will-invest-1b-in-games-for-xbox-one-interview/).
"There’s the ubiquity of the platform having Kinect whereas before it was always a subset. That made it difficult for developers to invest against 20 per cent of the installed base or whatever it was."
The combination of the new Kinect's greater sensitivity and the certainty that customers will have access to it means developers can afford to experiment with the device.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/44294/Kinect-is-Xbox-Ones-edge-says-Harrison