The new Kinect for Xbox One comes bundled with the console and enables motion- and voice control out of the box. It features a 1080p camera compared to the VGA. Focus Reset.

It's a huge reversal for Microsoft, which had previously talked up the $500 (£399 UK price) of the Xbox One with the bundled Kinect 2.0 to be the undisputed ruler of the living room, combining ...

Microsoft will start selling its new console, the Xbox One, without the Kinect sensor, eliminating one of the biggest criticisms of the new machine and allowing for a significantly lower cost of ...

The Kinect is fairly integral to the Xbox One, to hear Microsoft tell it. It helps control all the TV features, it’s how you turn the console off and on, it’s the future of gesture control ...

The Xbox One will cost $500, Microsoft has said. That's with the Kinect. For comparison, the PS4 will be $400. The Wii U premium package costs $350.

The Kinect-free option brings the Xbox One in line with Sony’s PlayStation 4, which has been available for $399 since its launch in November with a camera available as an optional $59.99 add-on.

Microsoft announced its new Xbox One console in May with a much-ballyhooed press event that largely proclaimed the greatness of the console’s TV features, made possible by the next-generation ...

Customers can buy a new Xbox One without the Kinect motion-gaming sensor for $400 (£349 in the UK, AU$499) starting Monday, representing a $100 discount compared to the company's bundle that ...

A new $49 adapter, announced by Microsoft this morning, will allow an Xbox One Kinect to plug into Windows 8 and 8.1 machines via USB, making it possible. Toggle search box Toggle navigation.

So a year later, the Xbox One has no used games restrictions, no mandatory Kinect, and it's selling for $399. That year was enough time to hand the early game to Sony, but better late than never.

Using Kinect with your Xbox One is no longer mandatory. Yay, right? No. Wrong. Again. This is another dumb subtraction from Microsoft, presented as ...