I'll admit I'm in the camp of "You bought it early, you don't shouldn't expect anything" in this argument. But then comes the point someone else brought up;
NoeL said:
It's NOT the same as buying something, seeing it on sale 6 months later, then demanding the difference. It is NOT the same product.
The truth of the matter is that the early adopters were LIED to. They were told that the Kinect is integral to the system, implying that a Kinect-less version of the Xbone will never be available. For the early adopters that didn't want the Kinect (which it seems would be a sizable chunk, if not the majority), paying extra was the ONLY way to get an Xbone. I would imagine that some of those early adopters would have chosen to wait the mere 6 months to get the cheaper, Kinect-less bundle, but because they were LIED to - because they were told such a thing WOULD NEVER EXIST - they sucked it up.
That pretty much was the situation for many of the first adopters. We saw the reveal, we heard the presentation, etc. Yeah they pushed the Kinect. They told everyone that it would revolutionize gaming. It was key to the system being pure awesome. So yeah while I do think the early buyers should have known the risks, they were told that Kinect and Xbox One were inseparable. There's no way it doesn't leave a bad taste in your mouth. Sure they came out with a Xbox One bundle with a game. Okay, that's bound to happen, but the removal of the Kinect is slap to those that were told otherwise.
Let's have an example; You're buying a car. After heading down to the dealership the salesman show you a snazzy car with a spoiler (the fin on the back trunk). You love the car. Great milage, nice stereo, paddle shifters, etc. But you hate the fin plus it adds another $100. That benjamin could go towards gas or a payment for said car. But he tells you that's the way the car comes and no way to get one without it. You grin and bear it. So a bit later you visit the lot and see the car sans the spoiler. The dealer tells you the bad sales resulted in them remaking the car. Okay so there you are with a car you like, but not how you'd wanted it. Still that spoiler is going to pick at the back of your mind. Didn't like it, didn't want it, and yet you got it. Quite vexing, no?
Maybe that was abit much in the way of an example, but I can understand the feeling. Anyone remember the first Gameboy Advance? Yeah I got one, and it's screen was too damn dark. They then started to sell lights for them. It was like a year later they came out with the SP. Not too long after that came the DS. I wasn't happy to say the least. Early adoption or not to see the rapid release of newer handhelds so quickly is annoying. That was over a span of a couple of years. How would I have felt if it had been over a couple of months?
Let's go back to my original stance; first day adopters get what they get. Yet when I think that it's more along the lines of glitches. Red ring of death, noisy drives, overheat problems, HD crashing. Yeah, that stuff happens since they're the first off the production line. A bad port or drive is more along the lines of what they should expect. Not having the system drop in price that quickly. So I feel for them. What I feel is the annoyance they have with MS for telling them a falsehood. Maybe those that bought in could get something, what I don't know.
