| Areym said: I will never understand why MS shoe-horned the Kinect into every Xbox One. The solution is so simple: Sell a kinect-less Xbox One and sell will most likely pick up, There is very little demand for Kinect, both from consumers and developers. |
I believe the key is that MS as a business do not think like your average gamer. Its evident they have long term goals for the device and probably also are building and improving how the device integrates with the X1 as well as their services. Its clear that for MS its not about how many consoles can we sell over our competition in the first year but instead how can long term goals featuring Kinect make their ecosystem better.
With any new device, you build demand by bring out killer features. It is up to MS to provide those must have features for the device but it also means they do not have to knee jerk and react just because the PS4 is selling better. Its not like the X1 isn't selling good and it probably will continue to do good numbers with good games and features to the console.
One thing I do know is MS does not get things right on the first try but they do get it right eventually. I am interested to see what they have cooking for the X1 where they believe will give them an advantage. Its probably not going to be anything we see in the next 6 months but probably about Christmas time MS will be ready to show their hand. Either that or they will just drop Kinect and go a different direction.
