Topic: Xbox720 - that's 2 full revolutions - not till 2014? ~News/Rumor/Speculation~

[pokepal148]

LOL Tom Baker. Trying to recall what ep that is from.
Face of Evil?

no clue, haven't gotten into classic who much,
doesn't help that there is only a trickle of it on netflix.

[ShyGuy]

Since the Kinect camera and the Kinect microphone are always on, some people are voicing concerns about hacking and privacy.

Personally I think this is a great opportunity for third party hardware makers. I present, the Xbone Muffler by Mad Catz. Block the eye of the camera, cover the ears of the mike!

[Shorty McNostril]

Has this been mentioned yet?

http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/24/xbox-one-kinect-2s-visual-drm-functions-found-in-patent-file-report/

A patent for Kinect to see how many people in the room watching and will restrict access to things if there is too many.  Have to cough up some cash to allow access.

[nickmitch]

There goes my annual Super Bowl party.

[ShyGuy]

There goes my annual Super Bowl party.

From the conference: "Can you imagine what we could do with the Superbowl?"

[Adrock]

I read a comment on Ars Technica that mentioned that patent. I figured it was old. No thank you, Microsoft. The implications of that patent can kindly get the **** out of my face. I know that's not a definite, but Microsoft is obviously thinking about it.

Nintendo is the only console maker that hasn't given me a reason to not support them which is sad because they've gotten some very basic things wrong. The extent of them culling gamer habits is Miiverse and to a lesser extent, Club Nintendo. The difference is that those are voluntary. I can still play the console without ever taking part in either. Xbox One is more intrusive than PS4, but the implications are treading the same anti-consumer ground so I'll simply respond by not buying them.

[azeke]

I read a comment on Ars Technica that mentioned that patent. I figured it was old. No thank you, Microsoft. The implications of that patent can kindly get the **** out of my face. I know that's not a definite, but Microsoft is obviously thinking about it.

There is also this:

It's a Sony patent.