Kinectless X-Box One at $399? I'm in.

[Shigs]

Following today's announcement, The X-Box One has just become a major competitor to Sony. Having FINALLY dropped the Kinect as a forced purchase and a price drop to $399, the X-Box is looking better and better. Also, with this announcement, comes the fact that "Games with Gold will be including free games on X-Box One as well. PLUS, no more stupid paywall for entertainment apps. All starting in early June.


Sp basically, they've become a Playstation 4. XD


But yes, NOW I'm interested in buying a X-Box One. But it's not just the price drop There's a good library of exclusive games I'm interested in. I rented Titanfall on the 360 and loved it so much that I bought the game. It's the best multiplayer FPS out there and I'd love to play with with next gen graphics. Also, I finally saw the new trailer for Sunset Overdrive. Damn Son! It looks like Jet Set Radio, Ratchet and Clank and Dead Rising merged into one awesome-looking game. It's really got my style of gameplay to it and it's the game that finally got me really thinking "I really want an X-Box One now".


Will this make me prefer an XB1 over a PS4? No. I'll take my third party games in 1080P thank you, But X-Box One is slowly building a great exclusives library over time so I'm excited to see what's gonna happen at E3.


See you in June!

[pirovash88]

Awesome, good to know it's getting the interest of gamers now that the price has been dropped.

Xbox One has a better library of games right now, so i think this is a great strategy. I do love my Kinect though, using it for Netflix is pretty great.

[Mengels7]

This is garbage. They sold me on the fact that every Xbone was going to have a Kinect so we could expect better support for it. A mere 6 months after release and they're already axing the biggest differentiator from the PS4? And dropping it $100? I thought all the constant sales and bundling of Titanfall were slaps in the face, but this is something else.

They better have a damn good E3 showing...

[Saturn Memories]

Saw this coming a mile away...

[George]

I'm out. Still not low enough when it can't even run games at 1080p. I'll just upgrade my video card from 560 to a 760.

[CrazyT]

Was I the only one that found kinect creepy and made it the sole reason to avoid the One?

This is great news for me

[Saturn Memories]

Was I the only one that found kinect creepy and made it the sole reason to avoid the One?

This is great news for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZXkkYvlF-g&feature=player_detailpage#t=25

[Barry the Nomad]

I love my 360 Kinect, but that was an add-on, not a forced accessory that added $100 to the console. I'm much happier with this tiered method of a $399 and $499 model.

I've never found Kinect creepy, it's just a mic and a camera. Might as well call any piece of tech with those things creepy. :-/

[Saturn Memories]

I love my 360 Kinect, but that was an add-on, not a forced accessory that added $100 to the console. I'm much happier with this tiered method of a $399 and $499 model.

I've never found Kinect creepy, it's just a mic and a camera. Might as well call any piece of tech with those things creepy. :-/

A lot of people found it creepy because Microsoft was initially going to require you to always be online (for DRM purposes) and have Kinect connected (because it's just sooo integral to the whole "all-in-one multimedia experience").

[CrazyT]

I think i'm just paranoid about these kinds of things. I recently even closed my self presenting facebook account and made a random one just to follow a couple of pages I like. Not a fan of the whole privacy infiltration in the last couple of years. I just wanna play some gahdamn games 

[Nameless 24]

The title of your thread and this video go together nicely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqxeGCj1cZQ

I can imagine Microsoft using this for big Sports/TV Personality Stars now. :S

[RegalSin]

They planned this all along. Sucker as many people as possible, then try to appear kinder. Then repeat until, of course they start making the new console and dropping support. Here is a stupid question? Can an X-box one be used as a cable box? I was just thinking about this, for a moment, I mean why not. When you buy an X-box 720, your buying your very own lame cable box. That would be the next move for Microsoft. Lets just make the thing take channels, no better, install an tuner, and hook it up to an satellite dish.

[pirovash88]

I seriously doubt this planned this all along.. They noticed stagnant sales and decided to drop the price by getting rid of Kinect. I don't see this as a negative thing at all and i paid for a $500 Day One Edition. If this gets MS more sales and more people buy a console, i have no issue with that.

[George]

Here is a few reasons why this isn't enough for me.

1. They abandoned everything that Xbox One stood for. I understand that people will say they hated the ideas they had. This is untrue. What people hated was the lack of details and how bad their DRM was. Always online, bad, but the idea of digital titles or making your disc into digital isos, was NOT bad. The problem with them is instead of working out the issues, they just dropped everything that made them stand out.
2. It isn't a price drop, its less features. If they really wanted to one up Sony they would drop the Kinect Xbox One's to 400 and a non-Kinect versions for 350.
3. Its a less powerful PS4 at this stage.

[Dr. SEGA Monkey]

I don't know. I think it's too late for Microsoft to catch up to Sony at this point. There was so much bad press before launch, mostly everybody made up their minds then. Sure, they reversed some of their plans due to the feedback, but it was too late I suppose.


That and the post-launch reception hasn't been so good for it either. (weaker than the PS4, missing features, etc.)