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Ditching the Kinect requirement is boosting Xbox One sales

11
Jul
2014

Although Microsoft still has plenty of catching up to do in the coming months, the Xbox One is finally seeing a jolt in sales after the removal of Kinect and subsequent $100 price drop. At a talk attended by TrustedReviews, Xbox UK Marketing Director Harvey Eagle claimed the company is pleased by the improvement. “Our momentum has really improved in the past weeks and months and we’re obviously really happy about that,” said Eagle. “And by momentum I mean sales.” Not only was removing Kinect good for consumers, it also frees up some of the Xbox One’s power, allowing developers to get more out of their games on the new console. With a 10% GPU boost, the resolution-gate which has dominated

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