while it's releasing now I'm pretty sure they plan on selling the majority of KSR units through bundles during holliday season... so in ANY case I wouldn't expect a kinectless SKU this year, what ever happens at launch especially if a price cut is inbound after E3 accross the board....

but imo we will never see a kinectless SKU no matter what, the reasons are really simple taking it out will not make MS make more money even with an increase in sales... the loss in R&D and the shrunk margin would hurt them more...IMO they'd be better off cutting price agressively while keeping it.... because today they would have to sell a kinectless SKU at 350 minimum to be competitive (they can't sell the XB without kinect at the same price than a PS4 it makes even less sense than selling it at 500 with kinect) and I doubt they would make more money at that price point than they would at 400 while keeping the kinect

in any case the loss surely wouldn't be vastly different and they would still amortize R&D... so yeah by the time a kinectless SKU might be a doable without wasting too much of their initial investment.. they'll be able to slash the price while keeping it bundled anyway...

so yeah I really think a kinectless SKU is not a viable business option no matter what happens they are pretty much stuck with it.... at least for the time being and later on it will be a moot point...

while it's releasing now I'm pretty sure they plan on selling the majority of KSR units through bundles during holliday season... so in ANY case I wouldn't expect a kinectless SKU this year, what ever happens at launch especially if a price cut is inbound after E3 accross the board....

but imo we will never see a kinectless SKU no matter what, the reasons are really simple taking it out will not make MS make more money even with an increase in sales... the loss in R&D and the shrunk margin would hurt them more...IMO they'd be better off cutting price agressively while keeping it.... because today they would have to sell a kinectless SKU at 350 minimum to be competitive (they can't sell the XB without kinect at the same price than a PS4 it makes even less sense than selling it at 500 with kinect) and I doubt they would make more money at that price point than they would at 400 while keeping the kinect

in any case the loss surely wouldn't be vastly different and they would still amortize R&D... so yeah by the time a kinectless SKU might be a doable without wasting too much of their initial investment.. they'll be able to slash the price while keeping it bundled anyway...

so yeah I really think a kinectless SKU is not a viable business option no matter what happens they are pretty much stuck with it.... at least for the time being and later on it will be a moot point...