Microsoft to sell Xbox One without Kinect starting in June

<p>Drastic times call for drastic measures and Microsoft has just made their move&period; Today via Xbox Wire&comma; Phil Spencer announced that starting on June 9th&comma; Microsoft will now start selling a cheaper Xbox One model&comma; which will not come with Kinect&period; This model will retail for &dollar;399&period;99&period; Spencer was quick to point out that Kinect is still a huge part of the Xbox One and they will continue to sell the premium bundle at &dollar;499&period;99&period; For those who want to purchase a Kinect for the Xbox One at a later date&comma; Microsoft will start selling them in the Fall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So where is this decision coming from&quest; Is it a reaction to the PS4 outselling them because the console is &dollar;100 less or is this the first step in Microsoft acknowledging the Kinect has been a colossal failure&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other noteworthy items included in Phil Spencer&&num;8217&semi;s post on Xbox Wire included announcements around Games with Gold&period; In June for Xbox 360&comma; the free games are Dark Souls&comma; Charlie Murder&comma; and Super Street Fighter IV&colon; Arcade Edition&period; Games with Gold comes to the Xbox One in June as gamers will get a chance to play Max&colon; A Curse of Brotherhood and Halo&colon; Spartan Assault&period; A single Gold membership will get you access to the free games for both Xbox One and Xbox 360&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Deals with Gold launches for Xbox One in June&comma; which will offer 50 &&num;8211&semi; 75 percent deals on certain titles&period; The first titles to receive these deals are Forza Motorsport 5 and Ryse&colon; Son of Rome&period; For Xbox One Gold members&comma; Microsoft is also launching a virtual VIP room where members will enjoy free games&comma; monthly deals and other unannounced benefits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lastly&comma; Microsoft is removing the pay wall for certain apps like Twitch&comma; Netflix&comma; HBO GO&comma; and more&period; Check out the image below for more details&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-61788 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;05104041&sol;xbox&lowbar;live&lowbar;june&lowbar;gamersinbeta&period;jpg" alt&equals;"xbox&lowbar;live&lowbar;june&lowbar;gamersinbeta" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"2435" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;news&period;xbox&period;com&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;xbox-delivering-more-choices" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Xbox Wire<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;