Came here to post EXACTLY THE SAME DAMN THING!

This seems to grind against all other experiences I've read by various independent sources at Gamescom and PAX who say it works exactly how the original Kinect should have worked.

I thought vertical-standing consoles was a novelty that lived and died with the PS2.

Does this mean games will be 50% more fun on the PS4?

I guess you would rather have a desktop on your Xbox.

Only if it's not Kinect, apparently.

People aren't generally just blindly "sticking up" for Microsoft. What they're seeing is that while Sony did have a competitive advantage, the Xbox One product as it will be at launch is now very much on a par with the PS4 - better in a lot of respects, including launch lineup. Since Sony don't have much that's now a…

It was generally just a brilliant war sim, despite the name.

It's good, but it's not quite Wargasm.

If that's what you choose to beleve then that's fine. But it really does not imply that.

"Part of the ecosystem" does not equal "required".

They haven't implied it won't work without it. If anything they've catagorically said it will work without it! The only thing they've implied is that the whole system is designed to be best used with Kinect included and turned on.

You are basing what is essential or not on your own specific requirements. Kinect is not the only part of the system that a set of people would not need. Some people will download all their games - they don't necessarily need a bluray drive. Some people never speak during multiplayer - they don't need a headset. Some…

The Xbox One can run without a controller being on too. Should that be an option rather than included?

This reads like "gay sportsman gets recognition he deserves in game", when "game based on soap opera has gay character, nothing to see here" would be far more accurate.

Nope, that's an awesome idea. Get it done!

Personally I think this more a question of "when", not "if".

You know what? I enjoyed AC3. I'm a UK resident that is really interested in early American history, and to run around during the battle of Lexington etc. was great.

I have to admit, I thought the same. And I feel a little bit ashamed and little that I did.

Q3 never needed gimmicks to make it good. It was just raw in its combat.