Do you know that for sure ? That is what they said. I would almost bet that he was forced out. No, not fired but, forced to resign I would bet. After the PR nightmare he created with the Xbox one, he might of seen the writing on the wall. Someone with his resume is in demand in a lot of companies, so they would give him a shot.
Anyway about it, Microsoft (not just Mattrick) said publicly that there will not be a Xbox one with out Kinect. You can shut it off, or even run the system with out it but, every system will have it with the system.
If devs see that it's sold as a extra, they wont make as many games for it, you saw that with Kinect 1. Microsoft has the vision that will have it with every system. If you want a Xbox one, then you get a Kinect..
I think it's a joke that people are creating this rumor, It will be interesting to see if they do but, for those tin hat people, I would not count on it...
I dont use mine much, every once and a while for a indy game or something but, I want to see it come with it, with the new tech in it, some crazy cool stuff could happen with it and I would love to see what the devs COULD do with it. If they sell a system with out it, I fear that those type of games will never come..