News: Ditching Kinect could improve Xbox One performance

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News: Ditching Kinect could improve Xbox One performance

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Could freeing up Kinect resources boost Xbox One game resolution? Microsoft in talks with publishers about possible performance gains.

News: Ditching Kinect could improve Xbox One performance news

Polygon's report states that Microsoft is "reexamining the Xbox One's hardware architecture" following its decision to unbundle Kinect from Xbox One, hinting at the possibility of resources currently reserved for Kinect being shifted elsewhere to help boost game performance.

Speaking to the site about the move, Xbox's Yusuf Mehdi confirmed that the platform holder is "in discussions with our game publishers about what we might do in this space and we will have more to talk about soon".

A Digital Foundry report posted last October revealed that Xbox One "reserves 10 per...