Several have commented about hackers getting into the kinect stream. I would be more concerned about North Korean and Chinese military hacking into it. The Xbox brand is popular with military personnel, join the dots together.....

@Dannystaples14 @racerxgundam http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/09/17/us-microsoft-eu-idUSL1039839820070917

"We are going to take compulsory biometric readings from every user and store it for future genetics programs". Seriously you don't actually believe this stuff do you?

Lambs to the slaughter, it really is.....

@stanknuggetz12 none of his comments are rage or hate, they are concerns and undeniable facts spoken by Microsoft execs.

"A lot of assumptions but very little based on facts," he said. "We will share more at E3. We will get it right."

So in fact I actually **CAN** throw that kinect out the window, and can in fact order a new xbox with no kinect. I can do that?

Microsoft have got to turn all the vocal critics into customers. Have they any clue as to the mountain they must climb right now to do that?

@Huglyone well as an owner of all forza games, to be fair what GT does with cars, forza does with tracks. Same old crap every release with maybe a new one if you are lucky.

The crap these stooges spout out of their mouths really needs to be looked at.

"they can build bigger, persistent levels that are more inclusive for players"

As opposed to building levels that 'evaporate' and no gamer can actually interact with?

hey Microsoft, EA made this exact same boast about Sim City. How did that work out for you?

Had to read this twice before it sank in....

"Yes, you can turn the system completely off," the Microsoft representative said

We can actually unplug it! Wow!

Um, how about we can use the xbox WITHOUT the Kinect? Let that happen, or finish this console race in last place.

In a hypothetical but possible scenario that is the only choice. Do you work for Microsoft?

One for legal students, the Xbox owner of the house agrees to have this thing monitor every convo 24/7 in exchange for a unique COD dog outfit.

He informs rest of household who agree.

Then a third person enters the house with some extremely personal news. The Xbox records the whole thing and sends it off to its servers.

Invasion of privacy?