ratchet426 said:
By the holidays that gap is going to be pretty significant, if current sales trends continue. The real question is whether MS is going to remove features (Kinect, hard drive) to hit $399 or if they are just going to sell it at a loss. |
They're not going to remove the HDD; the rumor says it will have a 1TB HDD installed. It's the optical BD drive that could be cut, meaning no optical media. No BD playback, no DVDs, and no retail games, meaning everything bought for the XB1 must be bought through MS, eliminating retailers.
It's really the ideal set up for any hardware/platform seller because they sell every copy of every bit of media that goes to consumer hands.
Selling the XB1 without Kinect seems doable, but also flies contrary to one of the biggest selling points that makes the XB1 stand out as a home appliance/device.
Ideally, and I speak only from a consumer standpoint, MS will simply sell the current package for $100 less, maybe with a new white paint job if there's any truth to the rumors.
I'm not betting on the latter.
