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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 12 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

They should've stuck it out with it included in the xbone. Offering a cheaper version without one split the playerbase and made development of any kinect features in Xbox exclusives infeasible.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

We could've had finger tracking by now instead of thumbsticks that break frequently.

[–] Quicky@piefed.social 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That and the one thing I thought was awesome - split screen TV so I could play a game and have a live football match or something on part of the screen. That was amazing at the time, I was gutted when they killed it off to get more resources for games.

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

How did this work through the Xbox? I know a lot of newer TVs can do this but did you have to route your tv cable through the Xbox to get it to work that way?

[–] Quicky@piefed.social 4 points 11 hours ago

Exactly that. The Xbox One came with HDMI in and HDMI out.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Lol PIP has been a thing since the mid 90's

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That's kind of my point, why would you need that functionality in a console if your tv can already do it. Plus having to keep your cable box or whatever plugged into the console so it has to be on all the time.

[–] Quicky@piefed.social 3 points 11 hours ago

That was part of Microsoft's pitch - they wanted it to be the central device. I was in the minority that thought it was a great idea at the time, but then I'd been running a dedicated Windows Media Center PC under the TV for years until that point, so to me it was a shinier upgrade.