LMAO! Microsoft Throws Up The White Flag! Officially Unbundles Strugglebox/Kinect!
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Uncle_Ruckus
We The North
Sorry breh I thought my title sounded more interesting than..
Microsoft Copping Pleas Now, Analysts Predict They Will Plan To Unbundle Stugglebox With Kinect In The Near Future
I admit I might have taken a page outta M$ book with the misleading information.
That's all well and good, but it's still the weaker system
What they need to do is put stronger fukking shyt in there
Remove the ugly spoiler from a shytty car, it's still a shytty car
Most of us have 1080p tv, I know mine is at least 5 years old
I've been waiting for video games to fully utilize my tv and the Xbox one STILL cant
Why the fukk would you want that system? fukking brand loyalty? Ridiculous
What they need to do is put stronger fukking shyt in there
Remove the ugly spoiler from a shytty car, it's still a shytty car
Most of us have 1080p tv, I know mine is at least 5 years old
I've been waiting for video games to fully utilize my tv and the Xbox one STILL cant
Why the fukk would you want that system? fukking brand loyalty? Ridiculous
infamousred
All Star
in all seriousness i feel sorry for anyone who bought this piece of shyt or thought it was going to be better than the ps4. i haven't bought a next gen system for the simple fact that it would just be sitting there for the lack of games but the last one i ever thought about was the one. microsoft stayed making themselves look bad ever since the start. they have been doing nothing but falling back since the launch of that damn thing.
So your saying microsoft knew the outrage, and yet still went ahead with their plan to piss in customers mouths and call it champagne?
Yup, definitely sounds like a company that cares about your choices how could we all be so wrong
nikka u retarded? Did ms not change all of their proposed changes for a new console?
They only changed after they were being destroyed by sony in pre orders.
You think if they were even theyd still change it?
Nope. But you're trying to tell us microsoft gives choices
You sound like you work for them
ahomeplateslugger
Superstar
this will be a huge 
to consumers who bought the system already so i doubt they do this. i see a simple price cut and that's it.
to consumers who bought the system already so i doubt they do this. i see a simple price cut and that's it.
VladTheImpaler
The Sensational Prince
First Bill Gates planning to jump ship now this...
Analyst Predicts Microsoft Will Unbundle Xbox One From Kinect - Forbes
Analyst Predicts Microsoft Will Unbundle Xbox One From Kinect
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Games Industry International has an early look at International Data Corporation’s latest console forecast, and it contains some interesting predictions for anyone following the current console war between Microsoft MSFT -0.47%, Sony and Nintendo . It predicts that Sony and the PS4 will handily maintain their lead in this current generation, with 51 million sold globally by 2016. It isn’t anticipating the complete domination that current sales trends predict, however — IDC thinks that Microsoft will stage a comeback by unbundling the Xbox One from the Kinect 2.0, bringing the Xbox One closer to the price of the PS4.
“The presumed unbundling of Kinect and Xbox One, which should facilitate rough price parity between it and the PS4, should lead to a spike in Xbox One sales; assuming the console and sensor are unbundled in 2015, IDC expects Xbox One to recover and emerge with the largest installed base of any console in North America by the end of 2016,” the firm said, according to Games Industry International.
IDC echoes Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, who predicted something similar in December. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but Xbox leadership has talked about this issue in the past. UK Marketing Chief Harvey Eagle told Eurogamer that the company has “no plans” to sell a Kinect-less Xbox One, calling it an integral part of the Xbox One experience. Xbox head Phil Spencer told Edge that he thinks first-party content is a more important deciding factor for console choice.
“We’re always trying to match what consumers are asking for,” he said. “I always want to make sure that we’re in tune with what current or potential customers are asking for from us. Right now, [dropping Kinect is] not the number one request from people. Usually it’s, ‘Where are the great games?’”
Of course, Spencer’s imagined consumer decision elides the real reason why unbundling the Kinect would matter: price. There are plenty of great first and third party games to play on both the Xbox One and PS4, and one of those consoles being $100 cheaper matters a great deal. Dropping the Kinect would allow the company to lose its greatest disadvantage, and I can’t imagine that it won’t do so eventually. The PS4′s massive sales are going to force a decision of some kind.
The report also predicts that retail and physical-disc video game sales will continue to decline, with 45 percent fewer discs shipped to retailers as compared to the previous generation. The overall picture can look a little gloomy if one doesn’t factor in digital game sales, DLC, subscriptions and all that stuff, but with those things considered this console generation looks quite strong.
The last hope.
but I thought the Xbone would not turn on or function without it. That is what they said. Did they recently change the eternals?
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Spliff
Godzilla got busy.
They only changed after they were being destroyed by sony in pre orders.
You think if they were even theyd still change it?
Nope. But you're trying to tell us microsoft gives choices
You sound like you work for them
Lol relax. You act as if Sony wasn't forced to lean back last gen coming off the PS2's success. Comfortable companies do dumb shyt . Floundering their 360 reputation was a PR train wreck. They're righting the wrongs.
Snitchin Splatter
Working With The Feds
never seen someone who actually owns a xbox complaining about the kinect..... just playstanleys with no games to play
But Bill gates hasn't been CEO for... and this is a prediction of the kinect... Ahh nvm have at it brehs 
That's fine. This dudes first post in the thread is trying to spin the situation that we're giving them shyt for giving choices when the reality is the complete opposite. Microsoft is being forced to do this, they dont want to.Lol relax. You act as if Sony wasn't forced to lean back last gen coming off the PS2's success. Comfortable companies do dumb shyt . Floundering their 360 reputation was a PR train wreck. They're righting the wrongs.
How about the millions of people refusing to buy the system until it's removed?