After a very interesting week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), gamers were left with questions on Microsoft’s Xbox One concerning privacy and a few other issues, according to Rolling Stones.
Microsoft recently told gamers the Xbox One will be “always on,” which may scare a few people in light of recent events with the National Security Agency and phone records.
It’s not just the Xbox One console that will be “always on,” but more specifically the new Kinect—the sensor used for motion control gaming and other features. (Which makes sense, since one of the features of the new console is the ability for the user to turn on the Xbox by saying “Xbox on.”)
The Kinect connect comes with an array of features—recording audio, facial recognition, tracking body movement, functionality in the dark and continual connection to the Internet and 300,000 servers from Microsoft.
This could incite some worry in gamers who may think all of these features will run while the Xbox One itself is powered off.
This latest news from Microsoft adds to what has been some negative PR for the company. It even cancelled all interviews with company executives for the remainder of E3. For example, Microsoft has already begun to discourage gamers when it comes to used games.
Microsoft announced during E3 that there will be restrictions on used games. Xbox One users will be able to share their game library with a maximum of 10 “family members.” However, Microsoft will not allow gamers to swap games on second-hand sites like EBay or Craigslist, or simply let you give your friend the game for a week (or any amount of time).
Xbox did say they are planning to strike a deal with a company (maybe someone like GameStop) in order to make the use of second-hand games possible.
The Xbox One will release in November.
