| ganoncrotch said: very good read, agree with a lot of it, it's not even like it's hard to figure out a way of doing it... have a launch model which doesn't have kinect and the headset in the box, sorted. Even drop the hdmi cable, sure it's just a dollar or 2 from the price to include it but who owns a hdtv and doesn't have a few of these sitting around spare? |
Depends on the company goals. Gamers mostly only look at the now and base their comments for today but a business needs a vision that stretches a lot longer. For MS, Kinect is the X1 and what they have planned for the device is not going to be decided on day one sells. In truth only fanboys bicker about pre-order numbers and who is selling the most per week. The key for MS is to keep steady sells and maintain profits. They need to separate the X1 from the PS4 and show the benefits of Kinect as a device worth the money. If they cannot succeed in that they they will probably drop it from the device and move on but it appears to me MS success with the X1 is greatly tied with that device. Come hell or high water they need to make the X1 as it is a success.
Sony took the risk with the blu-ray and it paid off sort of. MS big risk is the Kinect 2.0.
