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For anyone who felt that the Xbox One is too expensive, Microsoft has apparently heard your complaints.
Microsoft has announced that a new $ 400 Xbox One (£ 350 in UK) comes June 9 that does not include the Kinect peripheral. In addition, the one no longer requires a Xbox and Xbox 360 Live Gold subscription access to streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube and HBO go. A Live Gold subscription will also not be required for some premium services on Xbox One, such as, Internet Explorer OneGuide and via Skype.
There will still be some services that are exclusive to Live Gold subscribers, including the "Games with Gold" program, cloud game saves, and Game DVR. To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Games with gold, receives Live Gold subscribers an additional game for free Xbox 360 in June. In addition, Microsoft announced that "both Games with gold" and "deals with" to the Xbox-One in June is to come.
The cheaper Xbox one model can Microsoft to the $ 399 PS4 on the price, along with removing the almost requires $ 60 annual fee that raised the issue of the Xbox One total cost of ownership. The membership fee was an anomaly between living room devices with other devices, such as the Google Chromecast, Roku boxes, and, most importantly, the PS4, have no comparable cost access to streaming services.
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