Many Xbox fans are understandably divided over Microsoft’s decision to unbundle the Xbox One from the Kinect sensor, and I think both sides make good arguments for and against the decision. While I personally supported unbundling Kinect from the Xbox One and selling the console by itself for $100 less, I do understand that the decision is potentially risky for Microsoft. The biggest reason this might be a mistake is that Microsoft had been relying on Kinect as its biggest differentiator from the PlayStation 4. This difference went beyond just marketing the console to gamers, too: Microsoft had encouraged game developers to make games that worked with the Kinect sensor and told them that it would never consider unbundling Kinect from the
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