Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Shauna View Post
Everyone has a preference. Mine is nintendo so dont expect judgement for liking one over another.

While I think the news is good for new customers, I still think its a spit in the face for early adopters. Consider if you bought a day 1 Xbox one because you were excited that all games would have the kinect functionality through physical motions, voice commands etc. These functions can no longer be intergral as the user base will opt for the cheaper option without kinect rather than the more expensive model. Will me a minority, but it's still insulting. (Disclaimer - the above is opinion. I personally hate motion controls, but like to think of all parties when talking about removing features.)
Yeah, this is what I got out of it. People who picked up a system based on the promises of its capability are going to be quite upset, because we aren't going to see too many Kinect driven games now.

There's also this concern, which holds for both early adopters and people currently looking for a system:sillies-20140513-7ab85.gif

Microsoft has no idea what they want to do with the system. They've changed so many policies and systems that their product is going to appear poorer because of it. Every time they pull a feature while the PS4 doesn't, the XBone is going to appear weaker by comparison. When it's running a neck and neck race with another console, I don't know that it can afford that.



I am curious to see whether Nintendo could do something similar by selling the Wii U without the GamePad, and what that would do to the Wii U's future and sales.