PS4 estimated to sell 17 million & XB1 10 million by the end of 2014

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freedquaker said:

Aura7541 said:

GribbleGrunger said:

I'm betting on a Kinectless bundle around Christmas.

Ahh, I see.  A Kinectless bundle is very possible though I feel that MS is still too stubborn to admit its lack of practicality. Also, much of the functionality of the X1 is dependent on the Kinect so MS needs to release a major update in order to fix that.

I am a bit ignorant about the excat functionality of the Kinect and a little confused about what functionality is handled by the microphone (audio recognition) or the Kinect. Could you enlighten me about what exactly will be missing without the Kinect?

If you unplug the Kinect, the X1 will constantly have the message "Kinect is unplugged" on the upper right corner. It'll only temporarily disappear when you play games. It is easier to snap apps and record gameplay with the Kinect than through the controller, especially when you record gameplay.