On Tuesday, Microsoft announced it had discontinued the USB adapter for the Kinect sensor, a pioneering motion-sensing accessory line for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One that sold almost 30 million ...

We don't know the exact breakdown, but we wouldn't be surprised if Kinect is the reason that the Xbox One will sell for $500, while the PlayStation 4 is just $400.

It’s been ten years since Microsoft launched the Kinect camera and it lived quite a life. The Xbox 360 peripheral became a key part of the whole Xbox platform and then years later, almost just ...

Two months after backtracking on game and online policies for Xbox One, Microsoft has pulled back on another key requirement for its upcoming video game console. According to IGN, Microsoft's Marc ...

In an interview with Ars Technica, Microsoft's Head of Xbox Phil Spencer confirmed that efforts to offer a no-Kinect edition of Xbox One began as soon as he joined the Xbox team five weeks ago and ...

Microsoft has slashed the price of its Xbox One console and is offering the device without the accompanying Kinect motion-control system. Beginning on June 9, Microsoft will offer the Xbox One for ...

Microsoft’s grand vision for the Kinect clearly hasn’t gone according to plan. The few Xbox One games that supported the device for motion or voice controls were mostly forgettable ...

But anything involving the Kinect is specifically exempt from that commitment, the company revealed in a blog post. "It’s our intent for all Xbox One games that do not require Kinect to play on ...

Microsoft has always said Kinect will work with every Xbox 360, but the new black Xbox has a special trick move -- that ExtUSB-ish port marked Aux up there is actually a special Kinect port that ...

What could possibly go wrong? Following on from the massive success of Kinect on the Xbox 360, Microsoft made the bold choice of bundling every Xbox One with Kinect 2.0. The second-generation ...

How about Kinect’s (the motion-sensing add-on for Microsoft’s Xbox 360) standalone and bundle pricing? Leave it to games retailer GameStop to settle the question. Sort of. Jibing with recent ...

The alleged leaked Microsoft document also mentioned details of the "Fortaleza" Kinect Glasses that will interact with the Xbox "720" and be an augmented-reality device. Kinect is a motion sensing ...