Xbox One without Kinect will sell more consoles, but kills any potential the Kinect had

[Windows Central]

Yesterday Microsoft broke my heart and the hearts of early Xbox One adopters around the world. In case you missed it, Microsoft announced a Kinect-less version of the Xbox One will be offered for $399. That?s $100 cheaper than the current Xbox One SKU. That Xbox One sans Kinect will be available on June 9th in all regions where the Xbox One is already available. That bright future of the Kinect with the Xbox One that Microsoft promised last summer is now dead.

Full story from the WPCentral blog...

 

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complete ******* idiots. ONCE AGAIN, Microsoft has given in to the luddites who "just want to play games"

WHO IS IN CHARGE AT MICROSOFT?!?!?!?! Who stole their BALLS?

If anything they should have ATE IT on the console cost and just dropped the price to $399 WITH KINECT. I mean, they were already de facto at $449 with the Titanfall bundle that was roaming around.

FIRE all of these kneejerk marketing stooges and set forth a STRATEGY that is LONG TERM.

I still think Mattrick was a d-bag but at least he STUCK TO PLAN.