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Forums - Microsoft - Xbox ONE $399 (Kinectless) GOLD services confirmed Lots of info inside.

Landguy on 13 May 2014
Shortiloe said:
lawl, Launch-buyers are fucked and I guess very pissed, if that happens.


I am a luanch buyer, and don't regret it at all.  I like the Kinect features.  I spent that $100 7 months ago, why would that bother me?



It is near the end of the end....

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Sal.Paradise on 13 May 2014
DarkWraith said:

"[A Kinect-less Xbox One] is not in our plans at all," he stressed.

"As we've said from the very beginning, we believe Kinect is an absolutely integral part of the Xbox One experience."

[Harvey Eagle, Xbox UK Marketing Chief]

Bwaha, I was gonna look for some posts here that said they wouldn't do it but it looks like MS have it covered. Oh well, good 180 and now we'll have a REAL competition in the US/UK!



KingofTrolls on 13 May 2014
kowenicki said:
People are ACTUALLY saying it wont make a difference?

What planet are you living on!?


Haters gonna hate



mutantclown on 13 May 2014

Wow, Xbox one is one foot in the grave if MS was FORCED to do all this. I guess it was some kind of ultimatum to the Games Division. DO OR DIE. If the results are underwhelming I fear the Xbox division will be definitely spun off.



jlmurph2 on 13 May 2014
J_Allard said:
I wonder what kind of discount Forza 5 will have. I've been waiting on it to be cheap used because I love the franchise but can't support that day one DLC and microtransaction bullsh, but if the digital version is discounted enough, I might have to cross the line.


The 50-75% discount number interests me



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Landguy on 13 May 2014
DerNebel said:
I do have to wonder though, do you think that Kinect Sports Rivals mediocre performance had some form of influence in that decision?

I thought the same thing, that it was the straw that broke the camels back.  Seems like the Kinect sku coming this fall will have to have Sports Rivals packed in to make it sell at all.  It should be $99 too...



It is near the end of the end....

deskpro2k3 on 13 May 2014

399 is still expensive when you compare the hardware of its competition.



jlmurph2 on 13 May 2014
mutantclown said:
Wow, Xbox one is one foot in the grave if MS was FORCED to do all this. I guess it was some kind of ultimatum to the Games Division. DO OR DIE. If the results are underwhelming I fear the Xbox division will be definitely spun off.

Theres always a party pooper lol we JUST had MS's financial reports showing Xbox was profitable. Outselling Wii U's first year in 5 months and still ahead of 360. You're reaching for doom. These are happy times :)



horus on 13 May 2014

I'm curious about how many people use the hdmi passthrough and whether microsoft would reduce the price of the console by not implementing it.



A_C_E on 13 May 2014

This is the best thing MS could have done. Hopefully now sales will match the PS4's, they may even exceed for a bit. This is only a good thing for the industry, the more sales the better. I'm one of those that believe Kinect should serve no purpose for Xbox other than UI/voice commands due to how much better the Controller or Keyboard + Mouse are for gaming.