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With over 100 high-quality games and fresh titles added all the time, youll always have something new. And that has to be worrying for a division that certain people would like to see sold off…”ĭodd has a good track record when revealing unannounced plans, so it looks like the Kinect isn’t going anywhere right now. For one low monthly price, you get the benefits of Xbox Live Gold, EA Play membership, and release-day access to Xbox Game Studios and IDXbox titles. If you do see Microsoft announce a kinect-less bundle early, like at e3, keep in mind that means they are eating A TON of money. “I think his reasoning is the same as mine… because the people I talk to say ‘We literally cannot unbundle it, we have contracts with parts suppliers that are yearly or multi-year.’ Mattrick really f**ked them with that device. Well, it can possibly be this year, but later this year,” Dodd wrote in a recent post on the NeoGAF forum. “As for ‘get rid of the kinect’ I agree with Pachter that it won’t be this year. Microsoft may indeed offer a cheaper Xbox One at some point - it makes sense, since the Xbox 360 was available at multiple price points - however those hoping Microsoft might offer a Kinect-less Xbox One option sometime soon are in for a bit of bad news.Īccording to Pete “FamousMortimer” Dodd, the same insider who stated that Titanfall has increased Xbox One sales by 1 million units so far, Kinect is here to stay - at least for the time being. While the Kinect indeed adds tremendous value to the Xbox One gaming experience, many people have called for Microsoft to offer gamers a cheaper Xbox One option that ditches Microsoft’s voice and motion controller.