From the Xbox Wire Xbox One S announcement page (emphasis added): For increased accessibility, we shifted one of the three USB ports and the pairing button to the front of the Xbox One S alongside ...

All in all Kinect has been a great addition to my Xbox One. Even if I had only Fantasia and Zoo Tycoon, the enjoyment for me—and, more importantly, my daughter—is well worth the extra $100.

Xbox One S Doesn't Include Kinect Port, Requires Adapter You can get an adapter for free if you can prove you own an Xbox One, Kinect, and the new Xbox One S. By Mat Paget on June 13, 2016 at 10 ...

It will still be possible to use a Kinect with the white console, although you’ll need an adapter in order to plug the Kinect into one of the Xbox One S unit’s three USB 3.0 ports.

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.

According to Microsoft's own Xbox Wire, the Kinect accessory is no longer just that. It's part of the Xbox One – it'll come in every Xbox One box and it'll be assumed that you'll be using it.

Tracing the collapse of the ‘integral’ Kinect, in Microsoft’s own words. by Christopher Grant. May 13, 2014, 7:30 PM UTC ...

Microsoft said this morning that on June 9, it will begin selling a $400 version of its Xbox One console that does not include the Kinect camera peripheral. This was its only logical move.

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. Skip to content.

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.

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

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 ...