Official post by Phil Spencer on the changes:
http://news.xbox.com/2014/05/xbox-de...g-more-choices
All three are good decisions, although I guess this means Kinect is dead.
Kinect never had much support even when *everyone* had one, so why would devs bother with it at all now?
Will the UI get any kind of improvements now that MS cannot assume that everyone will just use voice commands? Bring back the Guide!
How will people without Kinect record game clips? They can't do 30 second clips (at the moment) as the only way you can do that is "Xbox, record that", and they can't edit or share anyway as Upload Studio (at the moment) requires Kinect. Will we get an alternative method?
It's about time that Netflix and other apps didn't need Gold. PS3, PS4, Wii, Wii U, Apple TV, Roku, Smart TVs, etc. etc. etc. all do not need any kind of extra sub to use Netflix or any other app, so it was always rather greedy and cheeky that Xbox did.
Games with Gold - Spartan Assault's nothing special, but Max is meant to be great.