When Microsoft announced last year that the Xbox Series X (and Xbox Series S) wouldn't have a port for the motion-tracking Kinect controller, it was assumed the device was pretty much finished in terms of getting new games.
While that might very likely be the case for console, developer Strange Scaffold has bizarrely revealed to Rock Paper Shotgun that its upcoming PC game Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator will have support for the Kinect.
RPS notes that it's "not clear" why Kinect is being offered as option for the management game, but Strange Scaffold developer Xalavier Nelson Jr humorously told the outlet that you'll be able to “finally realise Microsoft’s hardware dream of plucking an organ out of the air and moving it with your hands”.
The game is arriving on Steam at some point in 2021, and while the Kinect still has uses outside of games in various industries, there's a chance this might become the very last Kinect supported title...at least for some time.
Surprised to see this? Were you a fan of the Kinect? Let us know down in the comments.
[source rockpapershotgun.com]
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Althogh not a fan of the Kinect, I feel it had a place and should not had been entirely abandoned.
A USB adapter of sorts should had been offered, even if just for sale, or licensed to third parties.
MS didn't have to necessarily make any games, but there would have been some potential for games like Just Dance, plus add some good will for players that still wanted to enjoy their Kinect games on their Series S or X.
Yeah, I'm disappointed that the Series X doesn't support it. I have to pull out the OG Xbox One just to play Dance Central Spotlight.
Just let the Kinect die
@Bmartin001
Agreed. I hated Kinect & it almost killed off the entire Xbox brand.
I had the Kinect for 360 and later the One. It proved to be temperamental and difficult to really have fun with. While I kept hoping for improvements, at the same time as a family we did like Sports and Sports Rivals, specifically the bowling. I always felt that Kinect did well with bowling. Kinect Star Wars just made me tired.
@Grot Physical buttons go a long way. I love motion controls but Kinect was too limited.
@Vincent294 I agree. The commitment to "hands-free" gaming is what really did it in, in my opinion. However, my kids and I love playing some of the old Kinect games on our still working great xbox 360 — especially during the winter
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator...
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