Well there are obviously theories a plenty as to the advantage of not disclosing the price. Looking at the problem from the other side of the issue you see as I have pointed out. While there may be a host of potential benefits in not telling. Their disclosing the price is only disadvantageous, and isn't that enough of a reason not to do it in the first place? They don't have to be wanting to manipulate us. They just have to not want to take the smears.
A good analogy would be finding a bear trap in the woods. Now everyone is debating about the advantage of not sticking their foot into the trap, but is it really the most logical thinking. I mean if I run into a bear trap my only thought is that I probably shouldn't step into that trap, because I will lose my damn leg. I can understand the temptation to make things more complicated then they are, but some times a cigar is just a cigar.
With all the discussion I have yet to read anyone make a solid argument as to why Microsoft should share the price of their peripheral. I guess what I am pointing at is why should doing something even be a option without a real justification for doing that in the first place. There is a lot of talk about effect going on, but it isn't as if there is a cause. Other then well everyone else is doing it, or has done it before. Well to get to the point why are we discussing a company not doing something that would be stupid in the first place. Do we discuss it every time someone doesn't do something stupid.
There are so many things that are, and there are so many things that aren't. Were we to spend all our time debating things that aren't then we will be talking about nothing till the end of time. That is what all this discussion has been about. Nothing happened today.
