Well at this point, it is obvious that MS has decided to harvest the holiday sales. The early leaks and pre-orders with the unofficial price were test marketing. MS must have seen that they will be supply constrained or close to it at $150. So they will price discriminate for the early adopters of the stand alone.
The bundle isn't that bad of a price, effectively $100 for Kinect game and definitely within reach for new consumers in the holiday period. More interest is when will they price cut, both kinect and the arcarde as well as the bundle.







