Interactive Kinect Ads Coming to Xbox This Fall

[TK421]

I have never been so glad that I don't have a kinect. Also incredibly glad that I use my PS3 for everything online, and all Xbox gets is Minecraft and Skyrim.

 

[Scrustle]

I've never really been opposed to the ads on Xbox Live since they always seemed rather unobtrusive to me. Maybe that's because I'm in the UK and we don't get them as much, I don't know. But this is too far. I don't pay for my subscription so I can be part of a advertising focus group. Since I don't have a Kinect and like I said before I live across the pond, I guess I don't have to worry about this, but somehow I don't believe it'll stay that way for long. If/when they do roll this out to more subscribers I won't be happy. You can fuck right off M$.

 

[Esotera]

The more advertisers push consumer interaction with their shitty adverts, the more middle fingers/insults they're going to get. Microsoft can't really justify advertising, especially when most people who are online are actually paying for a subscription.

 

[Auesis]

Oh dear.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

I don't understand how this thing is meant to sell more of the somewhat-struggling Kinect.

I can't help but feel this was a PR move that was never actually intended for the general public to catch wind of.

 

[Darth Sea Bass]

Way to sell the kinect to the fence sitters microsoft!

 

[yRar_972]

If this is only for Xbox owners who have a kinect, PLUG IT OUT and when (if ever) you want to use it plug it in when the game asks you. Although I would rather if the ads didn't exist.

 

[Evil Smurf]

say what you want about the wii, at least nintendo does not pull this bullshit.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

anc[is]Does the kinect recognize the middle finger?

Ninjas. Curse them.

OT: And this, ladies and gents, is why I don't use my 360 anymore. Sure, the Kinect was fun for the whole week or so when I got it, but now it's only a camera with a really good Dance Dance Revolution Game.

Why can't M$ actually put some effort into their gimmick?

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Buy an Xbox, buy a Kinect, pay for Live - get ads!

What the fuck? This is the future of consoles by the way. Mark my words. Next gen will be all about ads in games.

 

[CommanderL]

Cool service micro I pay for xbox live yet I get littered with adds why Should I have to suffer when I give you my money And interactive adds yay

 

[Racecarlock]

Given the stupidity of this idea and system, it's no wonder the title of the project is only one letter from being "Nads".

 

[RicoADF]

I guess the $200+ pricetag for the console, $60 I pay for new games, and $5-$15, depending on what package I choose, for a PREMIUM service thats already littered with ad's doesn't qualify me to just turn the ad's off. Instead, we get treated to MORE ads. On a premium service we pay a premium to use. Because thats good consumerism right there guys

When did it come okay to put ads into a paying service? Yeah, they're making them 'fun' for the kinect, but it doesnt explain why they have to be there in the first place. A major plus for most content you have to pay for is the stripping of ads.

Thats what I cant figure out, the PS3 has no adds and is free, the xbox has adds and isn't, wtf?? Considering they both do the same thing, it makes no sense.

 

[Zaik]

Nice, now you can pay Microsoft to send you advertisements directly rather than just having to fail to opt out of a mailing list.

What's next, advertisements *in* your video games? Probably not, since Sony is sitting on that one.

 

[zombiesinc]

And they're happy about more interactive ads while the millions of us (who pay $10-15/month) Gold subscribers are still irritated by the fact that there are even ads to begin with. True, they're not all that intrusive (yet) but seeing Starbucks ads on a gaming console's dashboard are incredibly out of place, to say the least.

 

[ultrachicken]

I sincerely hope they aren't expecting this to increase sales. Hell, they're incentivizing NOT using your Kinect.

No one likes ads. Period. They're rarely funny or interesting or anything resembling entertainment.