Senior publishing source confirms new, cheaper Xbox One release for 2014

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Xenostar said:

Machiavellian said:

FlamingWeazel said:

Uabit said:
They are retarded. The problem is not the blu-ray drive. The problem is Kinect

Yep ms really don't know what theya re doing, and sony will drop the price in 2015, they will still be in the same boat. If they are already thinking of a price drop and new model in the first year they did something wrong.

 

Why will anyone buy x1 now knowing a cheaper model is coming?

Do you know what a long stragety is.  In other words without understanding MS long range plans for Kinect its silly to state Kinect is a problem.  MS can easily get vendors parts cheaper and they can absorb the cost with a new revision of the unit just like Sony did with the PS3.

No Sony removed component after component on the PS3 to get price down initially,  Bye Bye emotion engine, cya later usb ports, whos needs a memory card reader, metal front screw that make it plastic. 

If MS want to get a cheaper product within year 1, id take a kinectless one over a driveless one any day.

Sony did both.  The cut stuff and they also revised the hardware.  Even with the slim they cut the price when they released the product which was a revision of the current hardware without any cut features.  The X1 is Kinect and if MS is not willing to part with it then they must have big things in store for the device.  So far there is no indication that MS is going a kinectless route.