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Machiavellian on 25 July 2013
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kitler53 said:
Somini said:

 I have  a feeling that a lot of consumers will look at the two relatively similar systems, and then buy the one that costs $100 less.


that pretty much sums it up. 

...riderz has that sig saying "ps4 is shaped like an eraser for erasing the xbone"  and i feel like its true.  the xbone revealed to the world no longer exists.  i have a feeling a kinect-less sku of the xbone will be coming at a lower price too soon enough.  the ps4 and xbone will be almost identical in every imaginable way except that ps+ is $10 cheaper than live and includes dozens of free games a year while the xbone has tv in.


Actually I feel that there will not be a Kinect-less SKU.  Kinect plays a very important role in MS plan that goes beyound just the X1.  There are some bets a company make even if it makes the system more expensive.  Blu-Ray was Sony bet and it paid off.  Kinect is MS bet.  The reason there will be no Kinect-Less SKU is because MS is commited to the device and already made a commitment that it will be a default on their new console.

People seem to feel tha the console race is a sprint.  These consoles will be on the market for a long time and MS bet is that Kinect will be the separator between the 2 devics.