Microsoft to Start Shipping Xbox One Without Kinect

[emmanu888]

Maybe i'll give a shit about the One now that MS will sell it without the Kinect.

 

[CathyRina]

This Console has still no games that I'm interested in.

 

[tbgtbg]

Good move, but they should have done it...oh... 6 months ago.

Though given how much of a comeback Sony was able to make with PS3 after they got their heads out of their asses, this may bode quite well for MS.

Removing the Gold requirement for most of the apps and stuff, that'll help as well.

 

[FAST6191]

Maybe i'll give a shit about the One now that MS will sell it without the Kinect.

Is there a particular reason for this change of opinion?

lol now its just a weaker console without the selling point of kinect at the same price.

Where did the same price point thing come from? Edit. Unless you meant same price point at the PS4.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Awesome news and god damn, change that "XBOnes" to "Xbox One".

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

I think the bigger news is dropping the requirement for Xbox Live to use Netflix and other online apps.

That might actually get people more interested.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

it is a double hit as they will sell cheaper video games at lower productive cost. Too bad that took 6 months for they do this. Anyway, Xbox One sill is the fastest selling MS console ever, so even losing against PS4, I think they're happy with their sales...

I wonder how good they will sell it when they release games for xbox one

 

[FAST6191]

Awesome news and god damn, change that "XBOnes" to "Xbox One".

Why?

 

[Snailface]

Why?

WiiCube is Major Nelson's secret GBAtemp account.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=80744061&postcount=1058

 

[FAST6191]

WiiCube is Major Nelson's secret GBAtemp account.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=80744061&postcount=1058

I just thought 1 year olds now have nostalgia for things made before they were born.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Why?

The official name is Xbox One not "Xbone", and it would make the title far more accessible while people'd search on Google and such.

 

[Taleweaver]

Rats! 'til now, I knew that if I ever wanted one of them next-gen consoles, it would have been an easy choice. Now it'll come down to exclusives again.


On a more serious tone: this is great to hear. I never understood the appeal of the kinect in xbox360 (it's not its selling point, and without decent games it's doomed anyway), and even less why it was bundled with the xbone in the first place (or did I miss about a dozen awesome games that actually used it for anything?).


Also...is it me, or is E3 becoming more and more of a "we already announced everything beforehand, so we're basically just here to repeat it and get some applause going!" kind of show?

 

[FAST6191]

Also...is it me, or is E3 becoming more and more of a "we already announced everything beforehand, so we're basically just here to repeat it and get some applause going!" kind of show?

My favourite game these last two years or so has been to watch the gametrailers pre show, the mouthpiece on there has a habit of saying everything that is about to come, up to and including using their pointless buzzwords.

 

[Mario92]

Awesome news and god damn, change that "XBOnes" to "Xbox One".

I'm saying and always will say that it's Xbone. Google is pretty smart and should make Xbox one and Xbone synonyms at least on some point.

OK why is Microsoft now suddenly making changes that people have cried over for years now?

 

[Foxi4]

I'm surprised by this decision as it will fragment the users as those with or without Kinect. But hey, I hated the Kinect concept, so I think it's a good decision.

Now they just need to blow away the Kinect resource reservations so that developers can get every bit of performance out of the system.

Also, this will make the bone $50 cheaper than PS4 in Canada, which could give it a competitive edge.

It's been a year and I'm yet to see a single game that took advantage of it in a creative way. It was inflating the price and it had to go - anyone who does want it can always grab it later as an accessory or buy a system with the Kinect bundled.

 

[emmanu888]

Is there a particular reason for this change of opinion?

Because i've been watching a lot of KI and Forza 5 streams lately, i tried Forza 5 as well. I want the damn console for exclusives, multiplats i'll be getting them on PS4

 

[KazoWAR]

i want one to play killer instinct but im poor so im proabaly never going to play it except maybe like 5+ years =/

 

[Deleted member 194275]

i want one to play killer instinct but im poor so im proabaly never going to play it except maybe like 5+ years =/

Killer Instinct is a freeware shit. You can play with one character for week, and it is all about online playing, the single player mode is there, but it is boring...

I do not got the pay version, but the only good reason for that is the fact that it comes with the classic killer instinct arcade version (very similar to snes version)...

 

[Adeka]

Too late for me. Already bought both the PS4 and Wii U.

Waiting a few years will give it plenty of exclusives so i'll have a good reason to buy it. Hopefuly E3 will show some great non-fps games.

I'm hoping you can claim those free games with gold xbone games on the computer like with the ps4.

 

[chavosaur]

Too late for me. Already bought both the PS4 and Wii U.

Waiting a few years will give it plenty of exclusives so i'll have a good reason to buy it. Hopefuly E3 will show some great non-fps games.

I'm hoping you can claim those free games with gold xbone games on the computer like with the ps4.

Yes, it's entirely possible too, you can still do this with the 360 games with gold if you access the marketplace on PC~