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disolitude on 12 November 2010
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A203D said:
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.

I don't think features or flaws matter here. Its all business really, supply and demand to be exact...which is proportional to competition.

Wii came out and was the only cat in town and sold a boatload at a profit.

Fastforward to 2010 and Microsoft managed to carve a unique position for Kinect, which is their greatest success with Kinect. They can sell it at 149 as it appears that no onther device/console can give the same experience as Kinect.

Sony kinda dropped the ball I think as they didn't differentiate themselves from the Wii, other than trying to sell their motion controls to a more adult crowd.

So as things stand it looks like consumer choices are:

Wii/Move VS Kinect

Hence MS can really charge whatever they want for it as no one else has convinced the public that the same experience can be bought with their console/motion controls.

As a personal opinion, 299 for xbox and kinect is a great deal. 149 for Kinect alone is not a great deal, but it isnt a rip off. Its priced just right...