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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Alright, so we all knew we were getting Kinect voice control for Xbox LIVE before the end of the year, but now we have a specific date and that date is December 6.
Invites sent out on Friday for a special Microsoft Australia event on October 26 boldly state that those who attend will “receive a gift enabling them to experience the promise of voice control”. No further details are provided, such as a date for regular folk to experience said promise, but I’m sure that will be forthcoming.
It’s time for television on your Xbox 360. It’s time for controlling your television with your voice. It’s time for one set-top box to rule them all. But mostly it’s time for a video of smiling people enjoying these things.
Kinect. As expected, it was a major focus of Microsoft’s E3 press conference this year. Mass Effect 3, Fable, Ghost Recon – Microsoft was attempting the hard sell: rendering a device designed for a broad market desirable to its uniquely core fanbase.
Voice control was a huge part of the sell – but for Australians at least, it was a classic example of trying run before you can walk.
During Microsoft’s 2011 E3 press conference this morning, BioWare’s Dr. Ray Muzyka demonstrated how Microsoft’s Kinect could make the Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 3 the one to own.
Back in November last year, Australians were disappointed to discover that Kinect would not be launching with voice control in Australia, one of the key components of the Kinect device. Speaking to Adam Pollington, Xbox Category Manager in Australia, we were told to expect voice control to be implemented “early next year… that means roughly a late February/early March launch.” It is now June. So where is our Kinect voice control – why are we still waiting?
Kinect launched in Australia yesterday and, despite the fact that this delay had been announced previously, there was a certain twinge of disappointment in the fact that Kinect didn’t arrive with the same voice control functionality that consumers in the US and the UK received. We wanted to find out why – so we got in contact with Microsoft and asked.
Remember when we told you SingStar was being patched last week? We lied. It’s patched now though, with trophy support, voice control, and a newly redesigned SingStore eagerly awaiting your dulcet tones.
