Kinect localisation issues behind Xbox One delays

'People assume there's a volume issue which in fact there isn't,' says Microsoft exec

The complexities behind localising Kinect for numerous languages are causing Xbox one launch delays across eight European territories, Microsoft has claimed.
It was recently announced that The Xbox One’s launch has been delayed in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland.

Speaking to OXM, the firm’s head of product development Albert Penello said the delayed release was not down to a shortage in supply of the console, as many had believed.
He said that the more integrated nature of the motion sensing and voice recognition Kinect tech compared to the Xbox 360 meant there were added complexities to localising the peripheral and hardware.
Penello added that it was frustrating to see people on the internet assuming it was a volume issue, which he insisted was not the case.

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