Since my thread was deleted for no apparent reason, I'll re-post it here.
"In an interview with CNET, Marc Whitten, the chief product officer for Xbox, said the company has "no plans" to lower the $499 price tag for the console, even though Sony's rival PlayStation 4 will debut at $399.
What's more, Microsoft has no plans to change its decision for the Kinect to be on by default, something some users worry might be creepy.
Microsoft says it thinks the Kinect is too central to the Xbox One experience, and the way that developers are creating games, to change the way it works.
"It's part of the Xbox One architecture," Whitten said."
"In an interview with CNET, Marc Whitten, the chief product officer for Xbox, said the company has "no plans" to lower the $499 price tag for the console, even though Sony's rival PlayStation 4 will debut at $399.
What's more, Microsoft has no plans to change its decision for the Kinect to be on by default, something some users worry might be creepy.
Microsoft says it thinks the Kinect is too central to the Xbox One experience, and the way that developers are creating games, to change the way it works.
"It's part of the Xbox One architecture," Whitten said."