Why remove kinect now? Shipments

[Dark_Feanor]

superchunk said:

Dark_Feanor said:

A move like that is not based on a month worth data. Not even on those first quarters numbers, that were reseanable good.

MS decided based on their sales projection for the rest of the year.

PS: April NPD won´t be that bad for Microsoft, nor that good for Sony.

Except Sony has been outselling MS almost 2:1 since a week after launch. MS has had this planned for awhile and when even Titanfall proved that PS4 was still far more favorable they had to reach price parity. Removing Kinect was the only logical choice as its not required for the system.

They could take a $100 hit and still keep Kinect. Howerver the loud voices of NeoGaf would still caling the Kinect as a reason for price/power disparity.

The 360 bleed a lot more money for years.