Jonathan Blow has been critical of Microsoft’s Xbox One in the past, starting with the Cloud computing ability of the console. Now, The Witness creator is questioning the auto-detection ability of Kinect – in reference to the video released of how many people the motion camera is capable of detecting.
And no, he’s not trying to be biased. As one user calls him a “Sony dev”, Blow states that:
On being asked to consider where he got his start – which is in reference to Blow’s first major indie title Braid being exclusive to Xbox Live Arcade – Blow simply replied that:
@AlMartinet What do you know about where I got my start? I started making games in 1996.
— Jonathan Blow (@Jonathan_Blow) November 20, 2013
However, he then talks in somewhat cryptic tones about “non-working or life-complicating products” and the backlash to follow from it.
At some point, after enough non-working or life-complicating products, there has got to be a backlash of some kind.
— Jonathan Blow (@Jonathan_Blow) November 20, 2013
Is that in reference to the Xbox One? Hard to say. The console will be launching tomorrow and will truly mark the beginning of the new console war. What are your thoughts on Blow’s opinions? Let us know below.