Kinect Lifespan Will Be 5 Years

According to an interview with CVG, Microsoft’s Director of Product Management, Aaron Greenberg said, “The richness of the technology is going to really enable experiences that never had existed before,” he added. “And we’re not just speaking about what we’re doing this year, but I think two, three, four, five years from now as this evolves. Millions of consumers this Holiday will be able to experience [Project Natal] (Now called Kinect) and this is just the beginning of something that will change the way consumers interact with entertainment and change way our publishing partners think about game development.”

Although he wouldn’t really go into a Kinect vs PS3 Motion Controller debate, he did say this: “We obviously could have done a motion controller if we’d have wanted to do that, but we felt that would be a much more interruptive experience. We had an opportunity here to really do something that’s transformative and brings a whole new category of experiences to life. Now we’re saying to creators: ‘We can see when you move your hand, when you move your feet, we can track your body. I can stand in front of this sensor and it can recognize my face and know if it’s me, or my brother or my sister.’”

I am definitely excited about the Kinect possibilities, and what Kinect games will be available. If you want to be in the loop as far as Kinect updates, then sign up for our newsletter below… it is FREE, and you’ll be one of the first to know any hot Kinect news, and when you’ll be able to buy Kinect!