
I’m sure if Nintendo really wanted to they could have released it earlier than scheduled, as it is the release falls very close to what could be one of 2014’s biggest games, Watch Dogs. Very excited about your impending review of Mario Kart 8, although I find it slightly odd that the review embargo lifts a whole fifteen days prior to the game’s release. It certainly would have been the incentive I needed. If it was even cheaper than the PlayStation 4 I think it would have been the incentive needed for consumers to purchase more Xbox Ones. Obviously there will be those that will see this as their perfect opportunity to get an Xbox One and I’m happy for said people, but I feel as though Microsoft should have knocked an extra £30 off the Kinect-less version. Amazon have the Titanfall bundle for £490, spending an extra £40 for the Kinect and, arguably, the Xbox One’s best game really doesn’t sound that bad. The Kinect-less version seems futile when you take into account the official (or was it unofficial?) price drop back in February. The Xbox One without Kinect is a great idea, or at least that’s what I would have said back in November when the console was £430.
