The Kinect has sold well, but some have complained that the software quality isn't there outside of a handful of games. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco to assure developers there that support to make better games is coming.
"Like any other thing that is new, we came out with a set of applications to show off the platform, to bring others in," said Ballmer according to Gamasutra. "Our second generation is now happening."
"We announced a partnership today with Sesame Street and National Geographic to bring kids' learning and entertainment to the Kinect. You'll see a raft of new games from us and third-party publishers this holiday." added Ballmer. "We've announced and demonstrated work that we're doing with people who provide video content -- live TV as well as other [video on demand], etc. content -- to really let you access and find [content] and control it, completely via the Kinect, gesture and voice being a part of that. Bing-powered by the way, that will be out this holiday season. So you're going to see a range of important innovations coming to Kinect on Xbox this holiday."
Ballmer noted that there was independent development on the Kinect from almost the moment it became available, and the official Kinect toolkit for Windows has helped encourage innovation. "That kind of opens up a whole new sphere of innovation with Kinect and the PC. This holiday I think you'll see an explosion of things around the Xbox and Kinect," said Ballmer.
