Current Kinect pricing is a marketing scheme!

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Mr Puggsly said:

thranx said:

I think all of this comes down to retailers. I don't think microsoft planned anyhting out. I still think that online stores saw that the first place to list it was getting preorders, so they all followed suit so as not to loose orders themselves to someone who was set up to take preorders already.

In one of those E3 videos from GameTrailers, a MS represenitive claimed they already determined the final price. He basically just said people will be happy with the price and they'll announce it some time before the launch. That leads me to believe it'll definitely be under $150 because nobody is happy with that price.

Nice attention to details there!