they still support the first kinect, why would they drop the second. its a long term strategy for them, it isnt going anywhere. its only going to be expanded. kinect 1 sells well, why wouldn't an even better integrated, higher quality one fail?

Well if you put it that way. lol!

Link?

http://www.destructoid.com/kinect-costs-almost-as-much-as-the-xbox-one-to-make-258162.phtml

I can't imagine Microsoft will ever drop the Kinect from X1. It's an essential part of the company's marketing and game development strategy.

On a personal note, I hope they never do drop it. I like having consoles with different identities and I'm looking forward to what Microsoft game studios can accomplish with this new technology.

Except 2 of those 4 are the same thing (shaders are part of the gpu), 1 is wrong (Xbox One cpu stronger), and the GPU/RAM are partly offset by other elements of Xbox One's architecture.

There is a difference, mostly the GPU, but it is far from significant (a very subjective term).

The price drops? lol. My guess is MS would only drop it $100 to extend their profits. They said it costs about as much as the system itself. Depending on how late in the game they might add $50 to that to below the cost of the PS4.

I honestly don't see them getting rid of the Kinect, and I expect them to keep in line with sales with the PS4. Come back to me again in two years to see If I'm right/wrong.

A. He said almost.

B. Nameless redditors claiming to be devs is not the same as Microsoft.

C. Even if he is a dev, game developers generally don't know all the intricacies and prices of hardware manufacturing.

If you honestly think the XB1 hardware is $150 cheaper to manufacture than the PS4, you're insane.

Dropping Kinect from the system as a bundle will sell more consoles.

I think if one price drop playstation 4 will also drop