Kinect certainly finished in a sense, production of the dedicated adapter finished

Microsoft's motion and speech recognition sensor announced production end in October 2017 "KinectSpeaking of it,Canadian medical team adopted at surgical siteOrMake a short filmIt has been used for many times and has demonstrated its performance in various fields from its multifunctional skill. The production of adapters to use such Kinect is finally finished at last, the day when Kinect becomes unusable in full swing is coming.

Microsoft discontinues Xbox One Kinect adapter - Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/2/16842072/xbox-one-kinect-adapter-out-of-stock-production-ended

Microsoft has discontinued the Kinect Adapter for newer Xbox One consoles - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/1/2/16842738/microsoft-kinect-adapter-xbox-one-x-s-discontinued

Kinect Is Really Dead Now, Basically - GameSpot
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/kinect-is-really-dead-now-basically/1100-6455854/

Although Kinect announced production end in October 2017, at that time, it was announced that "support will continue in the future".

Microsoft finished production of motion and speech recognition sensor "Kinect" - GIGAZINE


However, it became clear in January 2018 that the adapter for connecting Xbox and Kinect will be discontinued. Kinect is a motion sensor terminal that can be used with the latest Xbox One X, Xbox One S, even Windows 10 PC, but with these, it requires a special adapter to use Kinect, and this adapter It was announced that it will be finished. In other words, Microsoft has completely given up the possibility that new Kinect users will increase in the future.

A Microsoft spokesperson said, "We decided to end production of the adapter for Kinect in order to focus on the launch of game accessories that can answer new fans' needs between Xbox One and Windows 10," said Games A statement to Polygon of the media is issued, and it is suggested that a new accessory replacing Kinect appears.

Image when using adapter for Kinect


At the time of article creation, the adapter for Kinect is already out of stock at almost all overseas major retailers, and it is about 150 to 300 dollars (about 17,000 to 34,000 yen) when trying to purchase at the auction site such as eBay It is priced at about the price.

In addition, the adapter for Kinect is out of stock even on Microsoft's official store, and it can not be purchased.

Buy Xbox One Kinect sensor adapter - Microsoft Store ja-JP