Screech Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Microsoft has finally heard the community's cries and decided to release a Kinect-free Xbox One! The console will retail at $399 (the same price as the PS4) and will start shipping in a little less than a month, on Monday June 9th!! Hopefully this will allow more people to make the shift from the Xbox 360 over to the Xbox One, in addition to helping Microsoft catch up to Sony in hardware sales (the PS4 has sold 3 million more units than the XB1 to date). Any of you guys going to go out and buy a Kinect-free XB1 on June 9th?! I already have one and personally believe the Kinect is an important part of the console and its user interface (some might disagree) so I don't feel cheated by the price drop. Source: Kotaku This post has been promoted to an article 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Composite Armour Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 That's what I like to hear. Might actually get an Xbone now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckoningZebra1 Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 This is great! The long awaited price drop has finally shown itself! I actually looked forward to using the Kinect features with the Xbox One, so I don't know if this bundle is for me. Good on Microsoft for delivering something a ton of gamers have been asking for since the Xbox One was announced at last year's E3. Great find and article Screech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 This is great! The long awaited price drop has finally shown itself! I actually looked forward to using the Kinect features with the Xbox One, so I don't know if this bundle is for me. Good on Microsoft for delivering something a ton of gamers have been asking for since the Xbox One was announced at last year's E3. Great find and article Screech Thank you, thank you! And yeah, as I said before, I actually like the new Kinect a lot. Not too many devs have been implementing it into their games thus far, aside from DICE (they made it so you can say commands and your character will shout them in BF4) but I find myself using it a lot to navigate around the console's menus. AND the "Xbox, Record That" feature is awesome. If you're looking to save $100, I'd recommend going with the new Kinect-free option. If you don't mind spending the additional $100 for some more voice-control features, I'd recommend buying a used Xbox One off amazon/eBay or getting the Titanfall bundle if Walmart still has them for $450. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drizzy_Dan Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Thank you for reporting this Screech. This is exactly what I was waiting for in getting an Xbox One. I might even get it before the next Halo is released now! And man do I have quite the wishlist for games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Thank you for reporting this Screech. This is exactly what I was waiting for in getting an Xbox One. I might even get it before the next Halo is released now! And man do I have quite the wishlist for games... No problemo, Dan! And thanks to you for promoting it to an article I've got a big games wishlist as well! Right now, I'm really looking forward to new Halo, Destiny, and The Crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 This is awesome, I'd rather not deal with learning how to set up and use a kinect sensor. I also think that the Xbox One is more affordable for me now!!! Thanks Screech, nice find(: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drizzy_Dan Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 No problemo, Dan! And thanks to you for promoting it to an article Wasn't me but it's definitely worthy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Wasn't me but it's definitely worthy! Oh, must have been Ethan then... Thanks, Ethan! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unease Peanut Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 I actually like the Kinect... Nice find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) About godamm time ! But really I love this idea as it means Sony may lower their prices even more for a PS4 and the MS to compete with that also lower XB1 prices. The possibilities are endless. Edited May 13, 2014 by Caboose the Ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Is not JL Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 I feel this is actually useless. A kinect is, technologically, a very advanced product. It's practically a military grade camera, what with it's ability to see you, recognize you, do so in different wavelengths, and also use the images captured to predict many other things, including things like forces acting on your body (Anyone seen that video of the dude dancing and the kinect capturing the 'muscle' movements). It's also a 1080p camera that pretty much auto-hooks up with your Xbone, which in turn can auto-hook up with it's applications. Not just that, but developers for the Xbox are always going to be trying to push the game to the max. Eventually there are going to be games out there that utilize the new Kinect's amazing functionalities to help create a seamless experience. We've seen Halo games dabble in it; eventually it's only going to evolve to utilize much more of things like voice commands, etc. The only thing that's gonna happen is people are gonna see that without a Kinect they're in truth falling behind, and their options is to continue playing around with limited functions or shell out their money. And when that happens, Microsoft is only going to laugh. They say it's for the community, but anything they do for the community is still just to earn a profit from a business perspective. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted May 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 The only thing that's gonna happen is people are gonna see that without a Kinect they're in truth falling behind, and their options is to continue playing around with limited functions or shell out their money. And when that happens, Microsoft is only going to laugh. They say it's for the community, but anything they do for the community is still just to earn a profit from a business perspective. It's interesting that you say this because I was just reading an article Kotaku wrote about the exact same thing after the big reveal yesterday. They talked to Phil Spencer (one of the big guys at MS / Xbox) about it and he said they are planning on making it so headsets can be used for voice commands because he knows "voice is important to a lot of people and I'd like to unlock that for as many people as we can." Here's a little bit of the interview: "Obviously, without Kinect involved, the scenario you bring up is something we've thought a lot about with headsets... people own phones today with a microphone .. there are other things we could do. It's part of our discussions about how to use the investment we've made in voice to make sure it's available to as many people as possible." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Orbis Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 lulz Have fun without the Kinect. Microsoft gave you what you've been bitching about forever. Don't go crying to them when you finally realize how essential the Kinect really is, how right they were right all along. Have fun... Haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinreaper Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Sweet! Now I can finally replace my computer with a console that can do everything....oh wait. Its still a ****ty console with a poor library. My bad... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azaxx Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Too bad MS couldn't drop the price a little further for countries such as Australia, UK and NZ. Our prices for the Kinectless Bundle is the same for the launch price of the Xbox One in the US. Completely ridiculous that is for how it's so bloody expensive in said countries. If you're to disregard the obscene price that MS is selling it for, it's a good thing. I for one am completely against having the Kinect, and I know many more are from reading around the web. Glad it didn't take them a year to make this version available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Is not JL Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 lol remembir when they didn't release it in a bunch of countries lol remembir guys lol remembir i wonder just when will the xbox one, WITH kinect, come to everywhere else that doesn't have it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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