( CNN ) -- Microsoft has slashed the price of its Xbox One console and is offering the device without the accompanying Kinect motion-control system . Beginning on June 9 , Microsoft will offer the Xbox One for $ 399 in all markets where it 's sold -- a $ 100 price cut from the bundled version with Kinect . Customers can place preorders now . In a post Tuesday morning , Microsoft also announced the Xbox One and older Xbox 360 console will no longer require a Live Gold subscription , which cost $ 60 a year , to access streaming apps like Netflix , Hulu Plus , YouTube and HBO Go . `` Your feedback matters to us and it shapes the products and services we build , '' said Xbox chief Phil Spencer in announcing the move , which suggests Microsoft heeded gamers ' complaints that the Xbox One was too expensive . With the move Microsoft is pricing the Xbox One in direct competition with rival Sony 's PlayStation 4 , which also costs $ 399 . Both consoles launched to great fanfare last November , although the PS4 has outsold the Xbox so far . The PS4 does not charge a subscription fee for access to streaming services . If customers buy an Xbox One for $ 399 and later decide they want Kinect , Microsoft said a standalone Kinect sensor will become available for sale this fall . And Microsoft will continue to sell a premium Xbox One system , with Kinect , for $ 499 . Kinect lets users control their Xboxes , and in-game avatars , through voice commands and by moving their bodies to simulate movements in a game . More than 80 % of Xbox One owners are actively using Kinect , Microsoft said Tuesday .
Beginning on June 9 , Sony will offer the Xbox One One for $ 499 in all markets . It 's now selling the device without its Kinect motion-control system . Xbox , Xbox 360 consoles will no longer require a Live Gold subscription .