Ok, so Kinect has never really been popular. It is pretty cool, but...
It was always the ugly Johnny-Five, weird side-kick brother that tagged along with the Xbox because it wanted to be cool too. On the Xbox 360, it's requirement for a large play area meant people didn't have space to use it without punching each other in the mouth.
When the Kinect was initially bundled with the Xbox One, there was considerable outcry despite the fact that the Xbox One Kinect is a remarkable upgrade from its predecessor. This, with the almost halved play-space required, made Kinect One seem like a surefire thing. Unfortunately, it remained mistrusted, unliked and seen as an NSA spying tool ? its place in the living room has all but vanished.
Full story from the WindowsCentral blog...