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Kinect For Windows Is Dead; Long Live Kinect For Windows Via USB

Posted by timothy on from the sir-this-teapot-may-not-be-able-to-weather-the-tempest dept.

puddingebola writes Microsoft has announced it will no longer manufacture Kinect for Windows. Only the Xbox One version will be available for purchase. Microsoft said it could not meet demand for the device, a strange claim for a company to make. The console version, though, will still work with Windows by way of a USB adapter, and as pointed out by this similar story at Gamespot, for about the same total price.

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  1. Re:Bill Gates doing a funny vidz ! by Njorthbiatr · · Score: 5, Informative

    Failure? What failure?

    Maybe for gaming and some smart TV shenanigans I don't even know, but for the research/development world it's been the greatest thing ever. All that's changed is that MS went, "Why are we producing two versions of the same thing?" And then said, "Oh, in that case we'll just produce one version, then make an adapter."

    In other words, MS made an excellent business move that saves the money and doesn't cost anyone anything.