| steverhcp02 said: MSFT is "announcing" a $150 price so they can actually drop the price before their was even a price. The rip in the fabric of time from such a move could be devastating, but brilliant. A Price cut before theres a price to cut. Wowza. |
You could be onto something here.
At the absolute worst, there will be a $50 discount off Kinect when purchased in a bundle ($299 Arcade, $399 250GB).
But if MS wants to raise consumer frenzy amongst any potential buyers, they could just bundle Kinect for free or close to it ($250 Arcade, $350 250GB).
Of course if supply issues are a problem, there is no reason for MS to "give away" Kinect if they can sell the peripheral for a profit and still run through all their initial inventory.
Plus, I'm pretty sure MS has some slack when it comes to potential discounts on the 360S. They may well just drop the price of the 250GB SKU to $250 when all existing stock of the previous Jasper based models are sold.
Standalone kits are another issue though. If MS wants most of its existing userbase to adopt, then a $99 MSRP is much more likely than the current $149. But, going back to the initial inventory issue; if MS is selling out of Kinect kits at $149, why cut the price? So they can sell out for $50 less per unit?
