I see your point.

You've essentially summed up my feelings with the rest of your post. Skyrim is one of those games that would not work with Kinect in any form simply because it was never designed with Kinect in mind. That is a decision that needs to be made at the very start. Unfortunately, given Todd Howard's reaction when discussing Kinect with Notch, I get the impression that Microsoft was pressuring him some for Skyrim to come with Kinect support.

That is completely the wrong way to sell the product. Microsoft pushing for tacked-on gimmicks is not going to turn heads and will lead to similar reactions as my own, and although I'm still unsure about it, I don't want to see Kinect fail. It means a lot for technology going forward if we can get motion recognition squared away, and games are an excellent medium to experiment with those. They need to get people on board who would be willing to design Kinect games from the ground up to work with the hardware.

At this point, any Kinect functionality that finds its way into Skyrim would be a gimmick. We only have six months left until release.

That's funny, I've never had problems with voice recognition with Kinect. I don't think your statement proves anything. Of course I forgot to throw in the idea of giving the option to either use Kinect or use the controller. They should give choice at least for Kinect. Motion gestures in the game I think is a no but it can work with other games in the future when it's perfected. Also I'm not saying for them to actually add the feature right now I'm saying like a could you see it being used in that sense kind of thing. By all means not add it now cus I know its too close to release.

Huh? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPYBr2CsRMs

That's the reason I made the joke in the first place. I wasn't making a random reference (LOLOL THE CAEK IS A LIE ECKS DEE), I was explicitly drawing a parallel to that asinine decision. Way to kill the joke.

This may have already been shared in the past but I actually submitted an email to Bethesda (before E3 mind you) that they should incorporate Kinect functionality, more specifically with voice recognition. I think it would be awesome to be able to speak to NPC's like they showed in Mass Effect 3 at E3. And since your character doesn't have a voice for speaking it would draw players in even more unlike with Mass Effect where you speak and your character still speaks. Anyways, your thoughts? Would you like it or not?

I would appreciate it if you poured zero Kinect into my bowl of Skyrim.

I would appreciate it if you poured zero Kinect into my bowl of Skyrim.

If its only opptional. Good idea, help me feel like the guy im playing. more immerson
Dont need kinect, just mic like in endwar

Yeah I think optional is good. I'd rather have through Kinect than a mic tho. I don't want to have to wear a headset or earpiece for the game to hear me.

So another question, have you people that said no actually ever used kinect? My friend used to say the same things you guys did until he actually came over and used it and realized how much fun it is.