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Xbox One Without Kinect Selling For $399 Now

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Microsoft is offering the Xbox One without the Kinect motion-control system for $399. The Redmond giant will continue to sell the Xbox One consoles with the Kinect bundle as well.  For users who buy the Xbox, and decide they want the Kinect after all, Microsoft is offering a standalone sensor for Xbox One later this fall. The unbundled console will be available worldwide from June 9.  More than 80 percent of gamers on Xbox One actively use Kinect, says Microsoft.

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