Phil Harrison: Xbox One Will Never Come Without Kinect

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oniyide said:

all fair points, but let me ask you. do you really think the one would be doing better if they really went all digital? IMHO it would be doing the same or worse if they went that route. I think there were rumors going on that it would be all digital, people didnt care for that so then they decided to pull the half ass crap. IMO at that point you might as well get a PC

As for Kinect yup you're right which makes me wonder why they even bundled it in the first place.

The only thing that really stand in the way of an all digital console doing really well is internet speeds, but if they could make it possible to play while downloading or pre-download content then that wouldn't be a huge problem either. I think they could have sold it for $399. Sure they would still take a bit of a loss even without the bluray but they would make it up on software revenue that they weren't splitting with retail. They could have truly revolutionized the industry by having the balls to be the first to take a bold step towards the inevitable future. I honestly believe they'd be doing just as well if not better in terms of market share and they'd probably be making more profit from sofware as well. People respond to bold moves and they take the leap with you if you show confidence.