Microsoft in talks to boost performance of Kinectless consoles - utilising extra 10% graphics resources

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celador said:

superchunk said:
That sounds like a bad idea.

Big plus for a console is stability. But if MS branches consoles between those with and without Kinect in terms of GPU performance, that will create hardships I'd think on development as well as consumer confidence since late comers technically have "better" consoles.

Well you could apparently just disconnect the Kinect to get the same affect, but I agree I think it would be a possible headache for devs

I don't think removing Kinect is the issue. But making one version more powerful than the other is.