| S.T.A.G.E. said: In short, they know the Kinect 2.0 wont sell if its sold separately. |
So let me get this straight. MS spent millions in R&D on Kinect. Sold the first one at a profit at a pretty good price. Updated the second one with advance tech and decided to bet the farm that people will love this device by adding it to their console. By doing this, their console comes with a premium price which is a hundred dollars more then their competitor but you are telling us that MS does not have confidence in their device.
Then we have Sony who spent millions on the PSeye, updated the device with another camera, updated their controller to be seen by the PSeye, spent a good chunk of cash developing the Move and nav controller, hell they even have a free game on launch to use the PSeye. Instead of having confidence to sell that PSeye with their new console they did not. Sony says its an option.
If I were to think about this in a logical way, it would appear that MS is a hell of a lot more sure about their device since they are willing to include it with every console sold, increase the base price of their console over their competitior. In other words, they are so sure people will want the new connect they are willing to start the console war at a disadvantage in price. It also seems MS is making all the efforts to make Kinect central to an experience. Sony appears to do the same thing but regulated the PSeye as an add-on thus ensuring a split within their userbase.
When I really think about it, I would say that Sony isn't sure if they included the PSeye with the PS4 they can compete with MS. I am sure its much easier to compete with your competitor on price then it might be in features where your device just does not cut it when compared to the competition.
