Peter Molyneux: Kinect Was a 'Disaster, Trainwreck' - IGN Unfiltered

While the original promise of Kinect "was so enormous," Peter Molyneux believes the "actual delivery of that promise fell so far short."
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[@NitroNEXT]

Milo's still locked away in a cupboard somewhere at Microsoft... all alone... talking to himself... plotting revenge.

[@Alextauren1]

Machine Learning is real! He'll get revenge

[@whosaidthat84]

Milodyne systems will come online when Xbox Series X releases.

[@oppressedgamer5955]

Everyone's worried about Milo but what about poor Claire?

[@wajalama]

"Existence is pain, Claire.."

[@indonesiareborn4068]

that's the plot for TerMilo: Dark Salvation of GeniSys

[@worf7271]

LOL, Peter Molyneux talking about undelivered promises? At least he's speaking from experience.

[@thegroove14]

Didn't this guy hype up the Kinect with Project Milo?

[@MegaMahi16]

Garrick Groover yep that's him

[@PawelSorinsky]

Garrick Groover Everybody can be wrong sometimes...

[@LuqmanHakim-xi9qz]

Pablo Nino Nathanael Stoop there's a distinction between being wrong and straight up lying.

[@jle238]

@@LuqmanHakim-xi9qz agreed

[@CarlsCozyCorner]

It's likely he didn't choose to

[@darthchris19]

Molyneux is the perfect person to talk about stuff that are made of broken promises!

[@Relic_cileR]

"The actual delivery of that promise, fell so far short." Oh the irony in that statement lol.

[@michaeltemple652]

"acutual delivery of that promise fell so far short" never done that before have we Peter

[@ErikSWE]

Just like Godus.

[@craigkingdon4424]

Erik Nyberg don't forget godus wars lol

[@Asrahn]

At least Kinect wasn't a scam to fund a mobile game.

[@julianocs87]

Yeah, but in E3 2009 there you were, selling this lie to everybody. Poor Milo will get his revenge one day.

[@D3spairFacTor90]

He's taking focus off of himself, and Fable by talking negatively about Kinect.

[@rare6499]

I always liked Peter. He is clearly mega talented but usually over promised. That said, Black and White for all its flaws is still one of my favourite games.

[@AlwaysRetr0]

"I'm a little confused in my mind..." I'll stop you there Peter.

[@SilentOutbursts]

So many of these interview videos with Molyneux feel like IGN is just going, "HEY REMEMBER THIS THING YOU MESSED UP? YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT."

[@Michael-1337]

Peter Molyneux is the original Sean Murray.

[@eyeinthetriangle8274]

Bro Peter on another level. You remember how serious he was when he explained how revolutionary Milo was? Omg, he deserves a Grammy

[@pizzachomp]

"...the actual delivery of that promise, fell so far short." he says, without the slightest hint of self awareness of the irony of that statement.

[@hotscorcher9544]

Lol, I think this guy knows a thing or two about undelivered promises.

[@stevediament1448]

A liar finally tells the truth

[@nuriben7910]

Peter be looking like the orange goblin guy from sin city 👺

[@jkadoodle]

Apparently early Kinect prototypes were actually impressive but once they dumbed it down to make it cheap for the consumer the technology could no longer support the claims

[@TFADaryl]

I'm so happy someone FINALLY says it. Kinect was the worst idea ever. He's right, it was a disaster. Microsoft killed the Fable Franchise. And it's really saddening to see we'll probably never see a sequel, remake or something, anything from the fable universe.

[@suryasishtalukdar210]

Ohhh u were so wrong and Peter is in nfts now

[@matt09ward]

Kinect as a visual sensor, a total train wreck. Kinect as a voice recognition device, totally awesome. despite having to occasionally​ repeat yourself it was and still is great for controlling your console by voice.

[@dannyjack659]

Well if you have somebody like Peter supporting you then you know 90% of what is advertised is total bollocks.

[@Stormgazer]

The last 7-8 seconds of this video: The pot calling the kettle black...

[@IndysGameplayVids]

I think I've seen an article a long time ago where Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo decided to snoop around Microsoft's E3 spot where they were promoting the Kinect, and he was not impressed, even mentioning that it won't go far. Boy, he was right!

[@carlosvega4735]

Do you guys remember when Microsoft said Kinect was essential and that they didn't need a powerful console because the power of the cloud will make up for it? Guess what? They were lying to you and who ever buys a Microsoft console thinking games won't be cancelled or that they will get variety other than shooters... Is lying to themselves.

[@suryasishtalukdar210]

How about now ?

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

Where is the whole interview? Especially the milo question?

[@rib_rob_personal]

I mean it makes sense, I never use it because no games use it. I've only used my XBox One's Kinect to turn the console off. When a whole device's best feature is turning off a console, it probably isn't being used to its full potential.

[@MattyGsterThe7th]

"Delivery of that promise, fell so far short". Story of his games...

[@TheNorth15]

You know what's probably the most important question about Lionhead Studios? WHY IS THERE NO FABLE 2 REMASTER/PC PORT!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@TheNorth15]

+ColdFire What about before that. They had quite a lot of time to work on two Fable remasters and a Fable 3 PC port. Yet no Fable 2 remaster/port? Makes no sense. It could've even gotten them 1 or 2 million sales extra if they did it before they got disbanded.

[@TheNorth15]

+ColdFire Well before that, in between 6 years, they could've remastered Fable 2, from what I heard is there most critically acclaimed game in the series. They could've just released the exact same game with no differences at all on future console and people would've still bought it just to see what makes this game so great.

[@Xero_Kaiser]

Fable 2 was terrible. "Baby's first video game" in every sense of the word.

[@crashpal]

TheNorth15 Fable Legends and Fable 3 remastered. 2 didn't even have a proper ending

[@frozenology]

Because Microsoft decided to promo Xbox. BTW i hate console promo by exclusive games.

[@TheOnePistol]

The Molyneux cycle continues. Praising something that ends up being a disappointment and then later agreeing that it was.

[@Tibbon]

I wanna hear the rest of the interview!

[@beaglelad]

When the next part due? I found the first part of the interview really interesting.....Ive enjoyed all the interviews Ryan has done so far ;o)

[@iced_latteZ]

I agree and all companies try something new and sometimes its a bust. But that is okay as long as they can learn from their mistakes and move forward is all that matters.

[@jaymzx2587]

What an enormous hypocrite.. it's not even funny. This man has told so many lies and made millions while doing so, it's disgusting. I hate the way he is "enthusiastic" about a game or technology (like Fable 1, 2, 3 of Kinect) before it's release and then afterwards thrashes it. He's a gifted speaker, but man.. just go away.

[@DBLR84]

100% agree. I'm so disguisted with all those lies, wchich he sold to us over all these years.

[@radgoncan]

Agree... He can't remember the sequence of events? Like what hell man, you were the main propagator of Project Natal / Milo.

[@DavidLopanjr]

Jaymz X all of his crap is never what he claims it's gonna be.

[@iTzKneecap]

He's only a gifted speaker because he's British

[@CptBomBom00]

Bullshitter through and through.

[@Erlaxis]

Apparently Microsoft agrees. No kinect for scorpio. They took their sweet time, but finally understood.

[@christopherbuckley5929]

You can also apply that his career.

[@kratosrage787_7]

Blame Don Mattrick and his cronies of yes men that was running Xbox at the time. None of them especially Don freaking Mattrick new anything about videogames or what games wanted. That's how we got the horrible Xbox One launch of "TV, TV , Call of Duty , more TV ".. Blame Don Mattrick.

[@robert3boy9genius]

ah the molyneux cycle in full effect here

[@al112v4]

Didn't this guy had some trouble a few years ago with a guy who won a prize on a show but later he didn't?

[@x2x3456]

Release the full interview!

[@Lemaaron]

Jim warned us about the monyleux cycle

[@elizabethstevenson9707]

The promise was too big, you say? Are we speaking from experience then, Peter?

[@SuperHoraceWimp]

cant believe its nostalgic for me to hear Peter Molyneux's bullshit.

[@Studeb]

Yeah, you might say they oversold it and promised too much. I wonder if anybody else has ever done that, maybe he can think of somebody.

[@garra1766]

And Now He Knows How We Feel When We See The End Result of His Games.

[@modelcitizen1977]

"I'm not sure of the order of things......." So, you lied.

[@davidgabel3050]

This is the best show IGN has to offer. It's the most real. As close to journalism as Kotaku goes.

[@Nate-980]

Make another Fable and Black and White game please Peter. Thanks😃

[@carbonmolecules4504]

I use my kinect everyday. My xbox feels incomplete without it. I turned off cortana and use the xbox commands.

[@DUBcars411]

Anyone remember the milo demo this man tried to tell us was real...

[@capcom23]

Nobody was waiting for Kinect. That's a fact. Especially when we were forced to buy the system including the Kinect which costed at least 100 euro extra. Later they fixed it but it was doomed before it started

[@raulprima]

I thought this guy said he would stay away from media for ever.

[@ItsDonnieBoy]

kinect+2k+missed shot+ FUCK= Technical Foul

[@wheelyjon]

He's such a compelling speaker so I always want to watch videos he is in and listen to his opinion but I can't help thinking his statement about the Kinect is a little bit like the pot calling the kettle .... that is to say talking about promises and promising to much and then not delivering... that said I actually think that the Fable journey which I played demo of before getting a repetitive strain injury in my shoulder from being over enthusiastic with the spell casting would work great on a virtual reality platform and would actually tempt me into buying one

[@VandymanNKU]

The cortina.part of kinnect I like

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

Like his games after Fable... They all fell short

[@borismuller86]

Molyneux is the Kinect of the games industry.

[@PolishPaulVR]

He might say its a disaster but it will be great to navigate in VR just like PS Move!

[@TheZorch]

"Kinect Was a 'Disaster, Trainwreck" No shit Sherlock!

[@Jacobnelz44]

Honestly I loved my Kinect, dance central was the best

[@SaberYT]

LOL! That title is all I need to know that Peter probably won't be partnering with Microsoft ever again. 😂

[@YakobtoshiNakamoto]

1:23 😂 Ironic coming from you Peter

[@Mattiasnederman]

Good, now he knows what if feels like xD

[@jimbob4447]

Oh look, it's the 'Molyneux cycle' in full effect.

[@ashleyburns6752]

Talking to young boy on a screen would have been great.

[@pauliuspetrauskas7843]

we will see if the kinect will arrive on project scorpio:)

[@dball_94]

he likes describing things as being "trainwrecks"

[@cornerboyzent3]

darrensull94 if he really wants to describe a train wreck they should've been talking about fable III lmfao

[@DomenicSlapperX]

where can i watch the full interview?

[@Shorryu]

Cpubuster @ IGN

[@sanghoonlee5171]

He's talking about broken promises like he wasn't the one who made them.

[@runebeo]

Lionsgate tricked me big time with Milo lol I'm getting that for the kids I said, wonder why people got disappointed then mad? lol

[@Cinerous]

Keeping my eyes peeled for the obligatory Larry Bundy Jr. comment.

[@KennyVert]

“Milo thing”… dude… you knew you guys weren’t going to be able to deliver that as a final product. Quite possibly, the most dishonest demo in history.

[@juanpablocelorio6723]

Besides everything, I feel really bad for this man...

[@Honguli]

Ryan McCaffrey... The guy who repeatedly saying XBox One has GDDR3 in it, cuts this interview's seriousness by half.

[@ShinyChamelion]

This guy isn't even relevant anymore. He isn't that different from the-man-who-should-not-be-named that crafted No Man's Sky

[@Jourmand1r]

actually no mans sky is pretty good now. Baffling, but they fixed it up.

[@konradcurze8176]

Dankisimo Yeah. They’ve been adding promised features for years and then some. Better than the fate of Godus

[@zeratulzyd6863]

laid off by ms and now he's talking about this lol

[@supbrotv]

Kinect was dead on arrival but it did not realize how dead it was until they released the xbox one.

[@GhostOfKratos93]

Project Natal. Never forget

[@ItsZaktak]

Well. . at least he admitted it.

[@protestantsfailurend7890]

I like him. I would like to see him fulfill his true vision like the one he had with original Fable but likely faced some constraints at the time in either resources or people who could really make happen what he had in mind over the more lineair course it took with less developed gameplay and character dynamics. So I think he really wanted to make happen what he said he's obviously someone who is passionate about the creative process.

[@MILSIM530]

WOW!! @IGN IS COVERING THE KINECT WHILE THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT SCORPIO

[@EnterReality]

...and yet, he still sold the idea Kinect as the best thing ever, showing features which were never integrated, making all the promotional videos just glorified tech demos ( tweaked to be perfectly functional ). He did his job perfectly, selling a product, and everyone fell for that....but still, Microsoft insisted with Kinect 2, and finally gave up. Molyneux problem was and is still the same: to have a great vision and never be able to accomplish what he has in mind, and this has happened so many times that, from my point of view, between him and someone who's selling a vacuum cleaner, the main difference is that at least I can try the vacuum cleaner before buying it, rather then just listen to promises.

[@bountyboom4725]

Why do they even interview him

[@jx592]

Project Natal was pretty cool, Kinect shitted on that legacy...

[@Byrvurra]

lol, Peter Molyneux discussing other people's fallen short promises...

[@ARX78]

Kinect. The home of shovelware.

[@99HeroSouls]

I'm so glad that every fable game was as good as he said, wait no it wasn't

[@TheZorch]

Kinect needed a Killer App and never got it. They should have released Milo to the public and made games based on that premise instead of using it as a glorified game controller. Microsoft had a chance to revolutionize gaming and they bungled it big time.

[@garra1766]

If Irony Only Manifested Itself Ones in the Lifespan of the Universe, Than This Moment Would Be It.

[@aikam007]

Its the con-man!

[@davidsavage519]

I don't see hypocrisy here. He's just recognizing the obvious. Did he really believe in Kinect like he said he once did? Idk but lots of people did

[@Drvol1]

I had an orginal Xbox and 360 and never had a PS2 or PS3. When the latest console generation was launched I HAD TO switch sides. The launch of the Xbox One was horrific. Not being able to share games? Forcing us to buy kinect when I reside in a small space. It just seemed like Playstation was more focused on gamers and gaming than Xbox which was more about multimedia. Glad I made the switch although I do envy that backwards compatibility.

[@suryasishtalukdar210]

What now ?

[@Drvol1]

@@suryasishtalukdar210 Just traded in my PS4 for a Series S 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@cosbusta]

The cycle repeats itself again.

[@AshleyVsTheWorld]

I think Peter Molyneux could say the same about his career

[@Old-Boy_BEbop]

we dont need Peter to tell us that the kinect was garbage. we knew that since last gen.

[@diegobustos9977]

Indeed Kinect transform gaming in my living room......it transform my Xbox one into a play station 4

[@Renji1]

Kinect isn't all bad. Its still my preferred method for turning on my Xbox/ opening invites and the like.

[@ISAAC607]

Renji1 hahahahahha

[@Ralibar]

this guy killed the fable franchise and now hes talking about it wow so awesome...tell me more...

[@twotamatos]

I wish that fable 4 was able to be a thing

[@thecuchikiller]

Your wish is granted, for now.

[@DANNYonPC]

Peter Molyneux: Kinect Was a 'Disaster, Trainwreck' So were your games

[@rockstar5274ify]

Kinect is now dead and a complete waste of time unless you want to play dancing games for which it works great

[@rockstar5274ify]

Batman v Superman those are for xbox 360 im talking about. The xbox one kinect