What if NATAL was free with Halo: Reach?

[Kantor]

Solid_Snake4RD said:

ChichiriMuyo said:
You mean at $60 for the total package? With the ad campaign they'll have for it? They may lose upwards of $250 per unit, then. Selling 10 million+ could become very, very expensive. Billions, easily, because I couldn't see them losing less than $100 at that price. They'd really have to be going all in on the idea, because it's going to cost them as much as a console launch. That means a push for Natal support in any game where it's even remotely feasible (and that better be a sizeable share).

i based the offer on the situation that NATAL would $100.

 

They would lose money but NATAL will havea great start.

 

Sony lost much more money on PS3,so i think with MS fiances they could do it

They could do it, yes. Their stockholders would riot and sell everything, and they'd lose a hell of a lot of money even if they didn't go bankrupt. But the real question here is: why would they want to? What would it achieve to sell a $60 million game (once advertising is paid for) and a $100 camera for $60? You would be losing $100 on each sale. Reach would sell a lot with this deal: perhaps 10 million. So a $1 billion loss...for what?