kinect not needed

http://www.vg247.com/2013/08/12/xbox-one-kinect-does-not-need-to-be-plugged-in/comment-page-2/ Now that they finally decided to do this, is it a good idea to hope that they sell the console on its own? Without the Kinect? From what I hear, the reason the Xbox One is more expensive than the PS4...