| greenmedic88 said: What I find pretty amusing is that on one hand, you have people who predicted Natal would cost close to $200, and on the other hand, you have people who are predicting that it will cost about $200... with a free 360 Arcade thrown in. |
You shouldn't, everyone has a different perspective.
Option A) Microsoft will charge as much for Natal as they think they can, just like how the rip people off on Wireless ect.
Option B) Microsoft price Natal v low because they want mass adoption, and the only reason they charge so high for HDD and wireless in the first place is because they don't need it to sell. Natal ... a different story.
So say Natal costs $100 to make, they want mass adoption, so they sell at a $50 loss. Arcade is alread $199, with over 2 years since it's price cut (when natal launches) and perhaps a slim too, the costs of a slim arcade only costs Microsoft in the region of $100 - $150- bundled with Natal. A slim arcade 360 with natal could cost $200 - $250
or, if the slim doesn't exist, they will have still reduced the production costs of the arcade by at least $50 since late 2008. natal costs $150? so a $299 arcade with natal is fesible whilst breaking even.
Personally, I think a $249 slim arcade 360 natal bundle is most likely.
