From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) announced on Friday that the SKU of the Xbox One that comes with a Kinect 2 sensor will receive a $50 USD discount, cutting the price to $449 USD. The discount took hold yesterday and will run through Feb. 21. The deal will be honored by "most national retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, Target, Toys R Us and Walmart, as well as Microsoft Stores."
The SKU without a Kinect sensor -- originally priced at $399 USD -- was discounted to $349 USD in mid-January, marking a return of the price point from the holidays. Microsoft is insisting that the deal is "limited", but based on consumer reactions and sales rates when it bumped the price back briefly in January, it's going to have a tough time convincing customers to pay $399 USD for the Kinect-less Xbox One, after they were able to get it for $349 USD for so long.
The new deal has sort of flown under the radar, but is kind of a big deal, because it gives some deals love to a largely neglected SKU that is believed to have performed relatively poorly in overall sales.
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