Kinect components cost $56 / £34

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disolitude said:

Shadowblind said:

So MS is profiting $100 from each peripheral sold?

And I paid $150 for mine? . . .

Not cool.

As it was said before, no one is forcing you to buy it at that price. After buying it myself, I believe 149 is more than a fair price for Kinect.

It may cost 60 bucks to make when looking at components but R&D and man hours spent on getting this thing to market were not free.

People are starting to expect everything to be sold at a loss when it comes to consoles and that is the only thing that is...

Not cool.

Thats a fair point about what people expect. but remember theres been a few things reported like not being able to sit down, not being able to recognise people of darker skin tones clearly, a lag between the player and the on screen response, and not being able to wear baggy clothes or skirts, and a need for specific levels of lighting.

so imo yes people shouldnt expect to get everything so cheap, but still is justifiable for kinect to have those problems mentioned and still charge consumers more then triple the production cost?? this is a debatable issue and i dont agree that the cost is justified because of those problems, however R&D costs are also important to consider and i have no information about that unfortunatly.