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Microsoft admits defeat: Xbox One without Kinect coming June 9 for $400
2014-05-13 17:51:29| Extremetech
Microsoft has announced that the Xbox One, without Kinect, will be available from June 9 for $400. The Kinect-free Xbox One will be available in 'all markets where Xbox One is sold.' To complete the circle, this fall you'll also be able to buy the standalone Kinect sensor (no price was given, but presumably it'll be $100).
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Desperate Microsoft removes Xbox Live Gold paywall for Netflix, Hulu, other web services
2014-05-13 17:02:29| Extremetech
For as long as subscription services have existed on Xbox Live, Microsoft has required users to pay for an Xbox Live Gold subscription to access them, whereas gamers could access those very same services on competing consoles without having to pay two subscriptions. With the PS4's popularity quickly growing, reports have leaked that Microsoft may finally dump the Xbox Live Gold paywall.
Bill Gates hints that Microsoft could sell off its Xbox division
2014-05-06 17:15:22| Extremetech
Bill Gates, Microsoft's newly appointed 'technical advisor,' has reignited the perennial debate about whether Microsoft should sell off its Xbox and Bing businesses. For years, analysts and investors have leaned on Microsoft to sell off the loss-making Xbox division. With new CEO Satya Nadella saying that the company should focus on its core markets, rumors that Stephen Elop wanted to sell off the Xbox and Bing businesses, and now Gates' comments that he would 'absolutely' support the CEO if he chose to sell off Xbox, is a sell-off imminent?
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Microsofts backwards policies are hurting the Xbox One
2014-05-02 18:01:10| Extremetech
Since the Xbox One was revealed last May, Microsoft has made some major course corrections. The draconian always-online requirements were scrapped, and the execution of used game dealers was stayed, but a number of serious issues still plague the Xbox One. Worst of them all, Microsoft is demanding launch parity for ID@Xbox titles. Because of this short-sighted policy, many notable indie devs are steering clear of the Xbox One completely.
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Xbox One to be the first game console sold in China in 14 years, but the PS4 still rules the West
2014-04-30 18:43:46| Extremetech
In an exciting move that could turn the console war back in its favor, Microsoft's Xbox One will soon become the first major game console to be sold in China since they were banned in 2000 due to concerns they melt the brains of children. It would seem that Microsoft is the first big console maker to set up a production line there, with a target domestic release date of September 2014. China is now the biggest market in the world for consumer electronics -- if the Xbox One is a success there, it could easily pull ahead of Sony's PlayStation 4.
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