Bait and switch

Whoever told you at the time of purchase lied to you. Microsoft publicly announced that the Kinect would not be required to utilize the console a few months before the release of the product, and was very public regarding this if you followed the latest
news. However, they also stated that the way they designed and marketed the console was that "Kinect" is part of the console. There are a lot of reasons for it, but the biggest one would be, making sure that everyone has the capability to utilize Kinect
commands so that developers are a lot more free to include those options in the games they make without alienating the people without "Kinect".

The short version, The console plus the Kinect "is" the Xbox One.

Yep I have to agree with Midnight on this one they said months before release that you didnt even have to hookup the kinect. What they said was the experience was built around Kinect not that it was required. You should be happy they are lowing the price
because lower price means more sales, more sales mean more games. You paid 100 extra but got to play for almost a year more so hey choose your battles.

That's a website error not bait and switch.

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OP clearly does not know what Bait and switch really is.

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Actually, I think it's you who don't know the meaning of "bait and switch". The OP has it absolutely correct. The "bait" was implying that Halo 3 and Assassins Creed was going to be the free games of July. The "switch" was making
an XBLA game one of the free games instead.

OP clearly does not know what Bait and switch really is.