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[Zombie James]

$250 or bust.

Nah. Without Kinect and taking into account the less powerful hardware, I think a $350 would be the right price to hit.

 

[Aquamarine]

Gotta compete with Sony at that $399 price.

 

[oxidax]

Woah! Am I missing E3 or something? Is not today, is it? my gawd!

 

[cyberheater]

Holy fuck. Amazing if true.

What failure.

 

[Auto_aim1]

This is a really good move if true. It will allow MS to drop the price more freely. Phil Spencer is listening.

 

[Nightengale]

I fear for April's NPD.

This as well.

 

[icespide]

dafuq??

 

[Fracas]

dont worry. im sure one of those fellas without kinect will want one

True, at least there's that. I don't want the thing, lol

 

[iNvid02]

Why not at E3?

its not exactly something to be boasting about on stage, if its cheaper (which it probably will be) its a big fuck you to early adopters and their whole KINECT IS EVERYTHING strategy.

at E3 they'll drown the news with GAMESGAMESGAMESMOTHERFUCKINGGAMES

 

[Maninthemirror]

I feel sorry for the launch buyers but I will pick this up now

 

[Graphics Horse]

Well I guess most people expected it but I did not expect it to happen before E3.

I think that sums it up. I wonder what the people who insist it's impossible will think.

 

[Liamario]

They're bleeding sales. Didn't they do this random announcement when they went back on their shit DRM.
Will it be enough to sway people to xbone over ps4 though?

 

[SwiftDeath]

Interesting that as of late February

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...o-plans-to-release-an-xbox-one-without-kinect

Speaking with Eurogamer yesterday ahead of the announcement of the first Xbox One price cut, Xbox UK marketing chief Harvey Eagle said Microsoft was sticking with Kinect because the company feels it's "integral to the Xbox One experience".

"[A Kinect-less Xbox One] is not in our plans at all," he stressed.

"As we've said from the very beginning, we believe Kinect is an absolutely integral part of the Xbox One experience."

 

[TIMtationX]

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

NPD is this thursday, right?

 

[bumpkin]

So does that mean they're going to ditch that ridiculous requirement of Upload Studio that requires Kinect to be on?

 

[darkwing]

just imagine, $349 without Kinect

 

[Effect]

Can the voice commands still be done without the kinect or is that out the window if kinect is removed?

 

[Star Falcon]

Good for gamers, but basically kills off Kinect as a platform.

 

[Kyoufu]

They couldn't wait until E3? lol.

Good news though. I can now consider buying one!

 

[Sun Bather]

Like it should have been from the beginning. Good.

 

[Tevos]

Aprils numbers must be reeeeal bad if this is true.

 

[everyday math]

I fear for April's NPD.


It has to be done. 10 minutes to go.

$399? Or will they go all the way down to $349?

Yep. I wonder how bad it was.

 

[enanogrande]

Wha...? Not at E3...? I... well I guess we'll find out soon..

 

[thekiddfran]

Hilarious if true. Microsoft are a disaster

 

[zenosparadox]

Welp. I am not interested in the Kinect or even the Xbox One really, but I figured they would stick to their guns a little bit longer. Interesting.

 

[Vexxan]

Now we're talking!

 

[EL CUCO]

Bout time. Better be $349

 

[hwy_61]

I'll buy an Xbox One again if you do this Microsoft. I can't believe this is true.

 

[LilWayneSuckz]

Still want the Kinect for Skype.

But yayyyyyy just in time for Sunset Overdrive.....in the fall

 

[Usobuko]

How many more days till NPD April?

No reason to drop this instead on E3. It's really out of nowhere but it's a good thing.

 

[EightBitNate]

Hahahahahahaaha

 

[oti]

 

[RedNumberFive]

B, b, but it provides a transformative experience! The Kinect is part of the Xbones DNA!

I actually kind of dig the Kinect.

 

[Lunzio]

They'd pretty much have to rehaul most of the menu navigation as it was heavily designed with voice in mind

 

[iMax]

Well fuck me. If it's $349, shit just got real. If it's $299, we're done here.

Still, shame for Microsoft. Should've pushed the tech hard instead of wasting it away.

 

[alr1ght]

Haha. What a clusterfuck their original plans were. This is the right move.

 

[giancarlo123x]

just imagine, $349 without Kinect

Competition is a beautiful thing. But for every action there is a reaction.

 

[S¡mon]

That's good news.

 

[Vashetti]

This is going to coincide with their announcement of dropping Gold for Netflix, etc.

 

[takoyaki]

thisgonnabegud.gif

makes sense, Kinect was such a "Mattrick thing" and this way, they have it out of the way and can focus purely on games at E3.

 

[Off-Kilter]

Nice

 

[Methamatics101]

Holy fucking megaton if true.

 

[Rosur]

Focus on games at e3.

good point though still surprised as its a big change/ 180.

 

[Bundy]

£299 I guess

 

[jelly]

I wonder if they will undercut Sony in price or just match.

 

[Slowdive]

I hope it's true.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Eh?!?

Ok, this is going be repeated many, many times in this thread, but this is the sort of announcement that they should make at E3.

On the contrary. You announce this before E3 so that more people have a positive outlook on you and will be tuning in to your presentation as your system is now on their radar.

 

[GalacticToast]

Wait....is this serious?

Holy shit.

Spoiler

maybe I'll pick one up now

 

[vgamer1]

Can the voice commands still be done without the kinect or is that out the window if kinect is removed?

Out.