| Fusioncode said: So March NPD results are in, even with the massively hyped Titanfall, a $50 pricedrop, and a free game bundled, XBO still couldn't turn the tides in the US. In fact it wasn't even close with a 60k difference between the two. A lot of people have been suggesting that Microsoft offer a Kinect-less SKU at a cheaper price. It seems smart, especially since Kinect games like Fighter Within and Kinect Sports Rivals aren't reviewing too well, but it may not be that simple. MS announced that the XBO had shipped 5m units, according to VGC it's only sold 4.2m units. If MS does offer a Kinect-less SKU then that means there will be about 800k unsold Kinects sitting around. Who knows how many more they've got manufactored? My question is, does it make financial sense to get rid of Kinect now? Or should Microsoft keep Kinect and just make a price drop for the whole thing? |
I think that ditching Kinect now would be a bad move as it would be yet another 180 on their "vision" for the X1 which would only further damage thier image, as well as ditch all thoes developers that they promised that every Xbox One would come with Kinect.
Also it would be a direct slap in the face to all the early adopters who bought Xbox One despite the fact that they did not want Kinect.
I think what they need to do is wait until E3 2015 to anounce a Xbox One slim, and with that, quietly sneak in that there will be an "arcade version" that comes without a kinect for ~50$ cheaper than the standard version.
So in short, yes, drop it, but not yet.
