Oculus Rift will be huge. I've been saying it since I tried the dev kit. Steam Box will probably do well, still not sure but Valve doesn't really know how to fail so I have faith.
Kinect is part of the Xbox One as much as the Bluray player is. It's a package deal. Get over it. They made it to where you can leave the thing in the box so that people would calm down about the whole spying thing.
The most important point is that Microsoft doesn't owe you a damn thing. They can package the Kinect if they want to. That doesn't mean they have wronged your or taken away your choice. Hell, they could package a golden statue of Major Nelson and charge you 5 grand and that would still be fine.
Your choice is in deciding to hand over the $500 for the Xbox One. You can decide to or not. The end. Microsoft doesn't owe you a console of your own choosing..
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