The only reason the XBox One is this expensive is because of that worthless Kinect 2.0. If MS ditches that piece of crap hen Xbox One would become much cheaper.. Regarding the 349.99$ Xbox One... That is going to take a while, buddy... I  think it may happen in 2016/2017..

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There will be a model without disk drive before there is a model without Kinect.

I don't think we can expect more than a 50$ price drop in that kind of time frame. If anything, the most they'll do is cut the price by 50$ and put a 1TB HDD in.

Of course, there might be temporary special prices during select holidays and black friday.

$150 off? Probably 2015 or 2016.

Then again if price is a big issue and they start losing ground in the US, I could see them cutting sooner.

It's too late to drop the Kinect, But visually Xbox One can't compete with the PS4 and that's main problem. Sony as got there shit together and MS is having a hard time transitioning from Xbox 360. Sony as really put both Nintendo and Microsoft in a very awkward position with there cost saving measure and achieving a initial price point of $399 for the PS4. The fact that Xbox One cost more then a PS4 isn't going to bod well for MS once the console shortage ends at retail.

If Xbox one sold at the same price as PS4, I would feel that Kinect 2.0 give it the value boost to make it a worthy purchase regardless of visual limitation.

I guess the next question would be: When will the Xbox One reach price parity with the PS4?

Most of you claim that I probably wont get my $349.99 for the Xbox One until 2015. While on the other hand PS4 is definitely going to sell at that price point by next Black Friday.

Without kinect? Still unsure if it will happen, but if it does, chances are the price cut wont come until late 2015.

If the kinect continues to be bundled, it wont happen before late 2016/2017.

The visual differences are non-existant right now. In fact X1 has the best looking new exclusives with Ryse and Forza. 

The fact that X1 is selling like crazy at $500 price point is a big success for Microsoft, theres no reason for a price drop in the foreseeable future. 

Nice data but whats up with those 20 dolla pricecut for ps2 and xbox lol.

^This, it doing very well and they still have many more big things comming.   Like a Kinect Party Showcase for the new Kinect, Titanfall, then Halo next year.  Even 'Sports Rivals' is already starting to chart.

There were very little discounts on the game for the X1 on Black Friday.  The best you can do is hope for one of those limited Black Friday launches, but even then, might be more of a package than a discount.

If they make a TitanFall Console, you should proably get that (if your interested in the game.)