HappySqurriel said:
Basically, to duplicate the high performance strategy Microsoft would (probably) have to sell their system for $450 or $500, and to bundle Kinect 2 would result in $100 or $150 added to that. I could be wrong but I suspect the "XBox 720" would do far worse at $600 than the PS3 did, in a large part because of the difference in popularity of the XBox 360 compared to the PS2. |
It is very plausible that the NeXbox is 399 without kinect. Plus the subscription model will let them slide with a high price point. But yes if it was $600 then it would not sell well. 499 is as high as they can push it and that should be fine. Im not a fan of kinect personally but it is great for the casual market and they know the casual market is big so they want kinect to ship with every xbox. they want the hardcore and casual market. MSFT wants to own the world didn't you know ;P
