Yes JEMC I agree with those points. Those are the reasons I was 90% positive the Nextbox was coming this winter. I remain 50% on the issue.
It just doesn't make sense for Microsoft to launch winter 2013. Not to mention if WiiU is capable of 5x the power of 360 as some have suggested then a 6x the power system is not going to have the edge over Nintendo.
Kinect 2.0 will likely be roughly the same manufacturing price as Kinect PC and the tablet controller shouldn't be drastically more expensive then the WiiU tablet.
My bet was Nextbox launching late 2012 at 399$-450$ at 6x the power and Kinect 2.0 plus the tablet controller. Microsoft would be selling the hardware at up to a 100$ loss.
The only way Microsoft should delay hardware is if they are going for a much more powerful piece of hardware.
I really don't see why Microsoft would wait till winter 2013 if that is not the case. It would not make sense I still am convinced a E3 unveil with winter release is possible. My local EBGames is apparently going to get huge boxes of promotional content from Microsoft for a new product. The manager said that the last time this happened was when the Slim line launched. But of course he had no idea what product Microsoft will be promoting. But it would seem logical that it is nextbox.
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
