"There's a whole host of things, whether it's voice control, face recognition and all the tech that Kinect makes possible. Now that we've got it in the hands of developers, you're going to see more and more core games. This is just the beginning."

Microsoft's will also promote homebrew development and hopefully end up filtering some creativity into high-profile development teams. Although Kinect has been a commercial success with the "mainstream" market so far, hardcore gamers still need some convincing of the technology's viability.

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