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Miles Quaritch · May 22, 2013

Not so fast, seems the dancing on their graves was a tad premature...

shidoshi said:
I hate to be the bearer of bad news for some of you, but Xbox Avatars aren't going anywhere. Xbox's Ben Kilgore specifically told me so yesterday.

CrunchinJelly said:
Avatars are gone.

The press release yesterday said no Avatar stuff will transfer to Xbox One.

Best news of the day.

Jacksonlee · May 22, 2013

is...is this good?

Dennis · May 22, 2013

But my pretty face is still here for all of GAF to see.......oh some Xbox thing...OK.

toastyToast · May 22, 2013

What about all the money people spent on dressing them?

Majine · May 22, 2013

Don't worry, Rare will find some other degrading work.

Gowans · May 22, 2013

I always liked them

Cat · May 22, 2013

I thought people liked Avatars though I admit, it's not like I would know.

Wiz · May 22, 2013

One less thing Rare has to waste time on!

ShockingAlberto · May 22, 2013

Guess it didn't catch on like they thought.

Ein Bear · May 22, 2013

Not to worry, I'm sure Microsoft will find another, equally appropriate use for Rare's talents.

Elginer · May 22, 2013

So more purchases that won't transfer over. Lovely. The hits keep on coming. This really is the worst damn console reveal of all mofo time.

NekoFever · May 22, 2013

But mine has a Ryo Hazuki jacket

Einbroch · May 22, 2013

I kind of liked Avatars. I mean, they didn't do much with them, but they were kinda fun when you unlocked new stuff for them by completing in-game objectives...

Linkhero1 · May 22, 2013

toastyToast said:
What about all the money people spent on dressing them?

That's gone too!

x-Lundz-x · May 22, 2013

toastyToast said:
What about all the money people spent on dressing them?

300,000 servers.

Captain Tuttle · May 22, 2013

They kind of grew on me

professor_t · May 22, 2013

Dennis said:
But my pretty face is still here for all of GAF to see.......oh some Xbox thing...OK.

I thought that was Hank Azaria.

rouken · May 22, 2013

Neuromancer · May 22, 2013

Very surprising news, I thought avatar games and items did quite well. I liked them.

Hasney · May 22, 2013

Aw, that's a pity. They were quite fun.

Kyou · May 22, 2013

Rare on suicide watch

GulAtiCa · May 22, 2013

The negative here, is people who actually spent money on them (lol), are screwed out of their money. lol

XenoJim · May 22, 2013

toastyToast said:
What about all the money people spent on dressing them?

Don't worry, the old avatars are being replaced by YOU. That's right only on the Xbox One can you now be your own avatar. Make sure to stop by the marketplace and buy digital hats and clothes to superimpose over yourself via the Kinect. Be the coolest kid on the block with our brand new Spartan sunglasses! Only 19.99

Crimsonclaw111 · May 22, 2013

All of Rare's work, down the crapper in one conference

Meelow · May 22, 2013

I actually liked Avatar's, liked them more than Mii's.

Kill Your Masters · May 22, 2013

Jacksonlee said:
is...is this good?

Yes.

Avatars were useless Mii copies.

Rare could go back making games.

The Real Napsta · May 22, 2013

I'm so glad that casual garbage is gone.

ambientmystic · May 22, 2013

Wiz said:
One less thing Rare has to waste time on!

Majine said:
Don't worry, Rare will find some other degrading work.

Ein Bear said:
Not to worry, I'm sure Microsoft will find another, equally appropriate use for Rare's talents.

LiK · May 22, 2013

All the Avatar accessory money down the drain.

GuardianE · May 22, 2013

Miles Quaritch said:
Best news of the day.

That's weird. I thought they just said yesteday that avatar stuff would carry over, much like Gamerscore.

Mileena · May 22, 2013

Praise the lawd. I'm sure the few people who have their mii errr avatar as their GAF av will be crushed teehee

alr1ght · May 22, 2013

GulAtiCa said:
The negative here, is people who actually spent money on them (lol), are screwed out of their money. lol

They already were screwed out of their money.

Jake Tower · May 22, 2013

Instead of avatars, Kinect will 3D capture your face and body without your permission to display.

Li Kao · May 22, 2013

They were miles better than the wii ones, but I can't say I will miss them. Not a big loss IMHO. But I feel for the guys who bought some clothing.

D-e-f- · May 22, 2013

rouken said:

I'll never know what the bottom of that damn shoe looks like *sniff

Li Kao said:
They were miles better than the wii ones, but I can't say I will miss them. Not a big loss IMHO. But I feel for the guys who bought some clothing.

Strongly disagree. The accessory stuff was cool but Avatars themselves had no soul.

Kazerei · May 22, 2013

Dennis said:
But my pretty face is still here for all of GAF to see.......oh some Xbox thing...OK.

Maybe Kinect will take a picture of your face instead :O

Edit: beatan

Courage · May 22, 2013

Does this mean no Kinect Sports 3?

zoukka · May 22, 2013

The Real Napsta said:
I'm so glad that casual garbage is gone.

Since when were avatars "casual garbage"? You have one yourself here in NeoGAF.

MisterHero · May 22, 2013

But with the seamless OS they could actually load on time!

abadguy · May 22, 2013

Never understood the hate for the Avatars, pretty indifferent to them myself.

PepsimanVsJoe · May 22, 2013

I actually tolerated Avatars. *shrug*

ffdgh · May 22, 2013

Well that sucks for some. I wonder what they'll use next.

BadWolf · May 22, 2013

toastyToast said:
What about all the money people spent on dressing them?

Should serve as a good lesson.

Paradicia · May 22, 2013

All dem MS points spent on Avatar clothing. For shame M$.

VVIS · May 22, 2013

but my xbox live 10 year anniversary avatar helmet..

Hasney · May 22, 2013

Goodnight, sweet prince.

Hot Coldman · May 22, 2013

All your avatar rewards and purchases are dead - REJOICE!!!!!!!!

(OK, no-one bought that shit, I know)

Marleyman · May 22, 2013

I like my avatar.

fluffydelusions · May 22, 2013

I kinda liked them.

Majine · May 22, 2013

Paradicia said:
All dem MS points spent on Avatar clothing. For shame M$.

"Don't be backwards" /Don Mattrick.

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