Kinect will sell more down the line

[Demon_Skeith]

Microsoft's head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, says that the company's new Kinect-less Xbox One will ultimately lead to more sales and a greater number of Kinects in gamers' homes.

"This might seem backwards, but I believe the decision we made to allow people to buy Xbox One without Kinect included, in the end, will actually lead to more Kinects in the market," he said, speaking with Polygon. "I believe that you've got to sell the console before you can sell Kinect."

The price drop to an "entry price" will attract more buyers, Spencer says. "We've got to be competitive with the Xbox One console, and then we're going to allow people to add Kinect later when they can. They can buy it standalone. If they want to buy it day one, I still think that's the best Xbox One experience over the long run, but giving them choice will let us grow the largest install base of Xbox One customers, and those who choose to, will actually add Kinect to it as well."

He also says that the new Kinect-less Xbox One will allow developers to choose when Kinect is part of their game's experience, and that "that's the way it should be."

The Kinect-free Xbox One became available on June 10 at a lowered price of US$399; Microsoft's chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi defended the decision to release a new, Kinect-less Xbox One.

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Yeah, no. I'm willing to bet Kinect sales one year from now will be low of the low.

 

[Soulwatcher]

I can't see how they think that thing is going to sell down the road! I had it for the 360 and half of the time it wouldn't track right. I was so disappointed with it that I sold it back to gamestop a month later. It was a complete waste of money!

Greg

 

[froggyboy604]

Maybe the Kinect would be popular with kids who are too young to use a controller because of their tiny hands, and casual gamers who are not good at using controllers, or prefer motion games because they don't need to learn which controller buttons to press to play the game.

I think you need the Kinect to use game streaming apps like Twitch which let the Kinect record/stream the player's face and body playing the game.

The Kinect can also be used to video chat on Skype, and other video chat services.

The Kinect probably won't get hugely popular, but there maybe a small fan base which enjoy using the Kinect for certain tasks like Twitch gaming while recording themselves play.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Maybe the Kinect would be popular with kids who are too young to use a controller because of their tiny hands, and casual gamers who are not good at using controllers, or prefer motion games because they don't need to learn which controller buttons to press to play the game.

I think you need the Kinect to use game streaming apps like Twitch which let the Kinect record/stream the player's face and body playing the game.

The Kinect can also be used to video chat on Skype, and other video chat services.

The Kinect probably won't get hugely popular, but there maybe a small fan base which enjoy using the Kinect for certain tasks like Twitch gaming while recording themselves play.

I've seen plenty of online shows try and use kinect and wouldn't turn on. I doubt a young kid's voice would work any better.

The only thing that will keep the kinect going is a very small fan base.

 

[froggyboy604]

I think the TitanFall bundle, and Forza 5 bundle cause a lot of people to buy Kinect when they bought their Xbox One which were bundle with those games. The Kinect will most likely be bundled with future console bundles like Halo, Gears of War, and Fable bundles which may come out, so it would get sales from people who buy special edition bundles of the Xbox One.

A lot of less-tech savvy gamers may also end up buying Xbox One with Kinect version because they might think the version of the Xbox One without Kinect is not as good, or can't do as many things like video chat, Twitch gaming, motion gaming, and voice commands like the Kinect.

There are also about 4.6 Million Xbox Ones according to http://www.vgchartz.com/ , so there are about 4.6 millions Kinect, so the number of owners who own Kinect is not small if you also include the Xbox 360's Kinect which is probably in the tens millions of millions because there are over 80 million 360s in the world. 

I think few people will buy the Kinect by itself because it would be cheaper to buy it with the Xbox One bundle than buying it separately because buying separate controllers cost a lot.