Fumanchu on 28 April 2010
I haven't really been following this but playing devil's advoate I can see that Microsoft adopted this pricing scheme of low priced consoles and high-margin accessories to remain competitive/profitable in the market. If this becomes a new standard that third-parties can manufacture and undercut those accessories then the price of consoles will probably go up next generation. At the moment I believe there's one console manufacturer that's been profitable this generation.
