| scottie said: I suspecty (assuming that analysis is true) that Microsoft is making a fairly healthy profit margin on the hardware, although that is not overly surprising - accessories have the highest profit margin of MS:EDD products by a considerable margin.
Also, isn't there a game bundled for that cost? |
Proprietary HDDs, proprietary WiFi adapters, controllers; definitely. Those 1st two are among the most inflated in terms of supply/manufacturer's cost to actual MSRP.
Although I'm still inclined to think profitability on KInect peripherals is second to establishing it as a platform within a platform with the appropriate software sales.
Call me a cynic, but I more or less believe the initial $149 MSRP is just an inflated price to help pay for the $500m marketing campaign. You're basically paying extra for the advertising that went into selling you the product.
