500$ is pretty steep no matter how one looks at it and I'm pretty sure that a lot of people (me included) will be annoyed knowing that mandatory Kinect is driving that price up. I'd much rather be able to purchase a console for 100$ less or so without Kinect that I have no interest in at all.
It's okay not to love and defend every single aspect of a console you like, especially the bad things about. The price is one of them, 500$ is a lot for a console no matter how one spins it.







