Xbox Series X Kinect Compatible

The lack of kinect support is new.

Xbox series x kinect compatible. The kinect won t be compatible with the xbox series x but the device is still vital for the production of user interfaces and interactive art exhibits. Microsoft s kinect accessory won t be supported on the company s next gen xbox series x console launching later this year. Replied on january 11 2020. After 500k hours of testing we re are excited to share that all xbox xbox 360 and xbox one games playable on xbox one today except for the handful that require kinect will be available and look and play better on xbox series x s at launch.

According to the head of xbox the upcoming series x console will feature backward compatibility only with those xbox one titles that do not require kinect hardware. Microsoft has previously been clear about supporting existing xbox one games including backward compatible xbox 360 and original xbox games on the xbox series x. There s been no official word yet on whether or not new consoles will support the kinect but as it is an xbox one accessory it may. The motion tracking accessory will not be able to plug in to the upcoming xbox series x the company has said and games that require it will not.

Xbox series s x backwards compatibility will support all titles playable on xbox one today apart from those titles that use kinect. I ve heard that the new xbox will be backwards compatible with all accessories for the one one s and one x but i know that xbox is trying to phase out kinect support. Xbox chief phil spencer wrote back in july that his team planned for all xbox one games that do not require kinect to play on xbox series x at the launch of the console he said as much. On thursday microsoft confirmed its xbox series x won t support the kinect and the console s backward compatibility a feature that s been heavily hyped in the lead up to its release won.