at most, they will probably offer some free game in the black friday bundlesTruth. It's hard to believe what any company says. But in reality dropping the Kinect is the best thing MS can do to have *ANY* shot at winning this console war. Chances are they won't win anything outside of the US, but in the US they still have a very good shot and getting back the lead considering they are only down 300kish consoles. MS knows they can't lose the US market, and they know that they have to be aggressive as possible to keep in pace with Sony. The good news for MS is Sony can't afford to drop their console because the company is already bleeding badly. If anything both companies will be at $399 for awhile outside of holiday sales, and when Sony is finally able to drop the price MS will match it. win-win for MS by dropping the Kinect.