Wallmart prices Kinetics - 150 bucks (With no game)

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thranx said:

steverhcp02 said:

Mistershine said:

Does this actually have any news content, other than a STILL unofficial price?

I think its moving toward a more conclusive pricing. Why would walmart be giving away giftcards and a game in a bundle theyre doing internally without knowing the final price of a product?

Thats whats curious about this, imo. 

Unless this is th emost brilliant marketing strategy ever and MSFT is telling these companies to expect $150 then they come out at $99 or something close to launch to surprise us all.

depending on Microsoft's formal announcement," a Walmart representative told IGN. 

 

that is the line that still makes all of this useless. they're also stating they have no price and this is a placeholder unti they get one. So just like all other retailers this is just speculation, back to waiting for an actual anouncement on price.

I'm sure they only made such a statement simply because Microsoft hasn't formally announced the price to the public.  That has no bearing on whether Wal-mart knows the actual price, and I highly doubt they'd start compiling bundles that include things like free gift-cards on little more than speculation.

What if Kinect ends up costing $80 after they've already promised to toss in a $30 gift card with each bundle?  There goes their profit margin and then some.

I am quite sure Wal-mart and every other major retailer know the price at this point, otherwise they wouldn't be advertising $149.99 in unison, even going so far as to create bundles around that price point.