Earlier this year, when the Xbox 360 add-on Kinect was still known as “Project Natal,” reports surfaced that Microsoft was tearing one of the cameras processors out the hardware. Kinect general manager Kudo Tsunoda explains why.
https://lastchance.cc/report-microsoft-drops-natal-chip-5442458%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
The man responsible for Kinect development says the change in scope was “just normal game development.”
Why did MS dump Kinect processor? There was ‘no need’ for it [CVG]