Microsoft has revealed US and UK prices for the new version of the popular Xbox paraphernalia.
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No nonsense from GameNGuide - it's $199 or £159, and will be released on July 15. Just call us Straight Shooters, Inc! You can pre-order it from the Microsoft Store here.
This Kinect 2 is not for your Xbox, as stated in the title, but rather for Windows. Microsoft is hoping to encourage developers to start writing apps based on (or at least utilizing) Kinect functionality: motion and voice recognition/control. No software is included in shipping.
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The Kinect 2 for PC will work with the Windows Developers Kit version 2, which is licensed separately. Click here to get started on developing, either as an individual/student or for your company by registering for a Microsoft Developer's account. Microsoft Store/Windows Phone apps have been steadily gaining in popularity in the past few years, especially in Europe since the Nokia acquisition. The Witcher's free MOBA hitting iOS, Android and Windows Phone simultaneously is a good example of a European game dev keeping that very European market in mind.
With Xbox One sans Kinect going for $600, the price of the new Kinect that is actually for the Xbox has not yet been revealed. This could mean we're going to start seeing a lot of non-gaming related Kinect stuff coming out. Maybe Minority Report style Skyping with friends, gesturing into the air to attach files to send to them while in or adding new people in a group talk? That's some Star Trek stuff right around the corner, folks!
