Microsoft will sell Xbox One without Kinect

Perhaps no one expected this, but Microsoft nevertheless decided to release the Xbox One game console, which will be sold without Kinect. This is good news for those who would like to purchase an Xbox One, but it was deterred by the purchase price of $ 499, which is asked for the console. Starting June 9, Xbox One kits that do not contain Kinect will appear on store shelves. The cost of this kit will be $ 399, which puts the Xbox One in one price row with its main competitor in the face of the PlayStation 4 from Sony.

Despite Microsoft’s early claims that every prefix sold will be bundled with Kinect, it’s clear that the Redmond company had to change its course of business and listen to its customers.

“We also heard a lot of feedback that people like to play games using a regular controller,” says Xbox head Phil Spencer.

“We will continue to develop Kinect. I think it is a very important part for the Xbox direction. However, we understand that there are many people who would like to have a choice. ”

The version of the console with Kinect in the kit and the price tag of $ 499 will continue to be sold, but Microsoft "this fall" will present a separate sensor Kinect.

In addition to changes in price and configuration of the Xbox One, Microsoft also announced some changes related to the Xbox Live Gold subscription. Rumors that the company is going to relieve the owners of the console from having to have a subscription to use streaming services and applications, in the end turned out to be true. But Microsoft decided not to stop there.

Xbox 360 and Xbox One owners are no longer required to subscribe to Xbox Live Gold to be able to use services such as Netflix, Hulu, Skype, Internet Explorer, and many others. Surprise was also the news that Microsoft is going to release cross-platform applications for Xbox One, Windows, Windows Phone, which can also give hope that we can all see the universal app store for Xbox One.

Both news really can please fans of Microsoft, but this step is very clear. Thus, the company wants to impose serious competition on Sony's impressive PlayStation 4 sales and chop off a larger piece of common pie. Despite the recent launch of the Titanfall multiplayer shooter, on which Microsoft had high hopes, Microsoft did not work out and by now the number of Xbox One sold is about 2 million or slightly higher. The lag from Sony (when viewed from a general perspective) cannot be called big, but this unsatisfactory result was enough for Phil Spencer to quickly take appropriate measures to save the "drowning".

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