And the fail wheel keeps a' rollin'.

Really, Microsoft? While it's true that both Mexicans and Spaniards technically speak "Spanish," there is a lot to be said for dialects. "Mexican" and "Spanish" feature such widely varying phonetics and intonations that they are barely the same language anymore. Regrettably, Microsoft has just announced that when Kinect launches in Spain and the rest of the non-American world this November 10 (November 4 in the U.S.), it will only have voice control capabilities for Japanese, English, and Mexican.

I'm not sure exactly how extensive the voice-command capabilities will be with Kinect, but if Spaniards can't even get their XBoxes to "play DVD," we might have a problem. A patch to allow Spanish voice controls will be added in the spring, some four or five months after Kinect's launch. PS3 is currently dominating the 360 in Spain; things like this sure aren't helping to turn the tides. Also, which "English" will they use...?