Microsoft's (MSFT) Xbox One Price Shift Comes as Sales Largely Absent

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Microsoft (MSFT) Announces Changes to Xbox Gold; Will Sell Xbox One w/o Kinect for $399

May 13, 2014 11:04 AM EDT

The following was posted to Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) official Xbox news feed today by Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox:

Since the beginning, we have focused on delivering great games and entertainment experiences for you. Your feedback matters to us and it shapes the products and services we build. Your feedback showed up in the Xbox One console we launched back in November and in the monthly updates weve delivered... More

Microsoft (MSFT) Might Unbundle Kinect Sensor from Xbox in 2015 - IDC

May 12, 2014 10:52 AM EDT

A new packaged video game and entertainment console forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) concludes that competitive pressures will lead Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to unbundle the Kinect sensor from its Xbox One console in 2015, Nintendo's Wii U will receive the equivalent of a $50 price cut worldwide in late 2014 or early 2015, and Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 (PS4) will emerge with the largest global installed base of any console by the end of 2016.

The forecast additionally expects that, together, eighth generation consoles Xbox One, Wii U and PS4 will generate... More