why are people against having a kinnect free xboxone?

[Nicklesbe]

oldschoolfool said:

I don't get why people are against having a kinnect free xboxone. they should have made it an option in the first place. I believe this is a very smart move on microsoft's part. I believe because of this,sales will increase a great deal. Price was the only thing holding the xboxone back and now that's no longer a problem. This is exactly what I wanted. I was wanting to get an xboxone at the end of the year,but now I might get one a bit sooner. I believe the kinnect is nothing more then a gimmick,but the option is till there,if you want one. So,it's a win,win for everybody in my book. P.S. I'm old  and don't care that my grammar sucks!!!!!!

Not to be a naysayer but retailers have had the consoles price dropped to $330 for awhile now in the US with a kinect and there hasn't been significant change. I doubt the manufacturer dropping it to $399 will have significant impact. So I don't believe the price was a huge factor. However a lot of people did distrust/didn't want the kinect and weren't buying one because it was forced on them. Also people simply did not want to pay more for inferior hardware which is why retailers had to drop the price on the titan fall bundles in the first place. People also don't want to pay the same price for inferior hardware so again I think the price drop is moot. Unbundling kinect tho was a good move and might make a difference since so many people were apposed to it.