Should Microsoft have priced XB1 at $399 (with Kinect) despite taking a $100 loss per unit?

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Landguy said:

prayformojo said:

Goatseye said:
They'll be fine. I expect great things for X1.
The $500 will be well worth it. MS guns haven't even fully flexed. 343i,Black Tusk and others haven't even released their projects. Plus I have high expectations for Kinect .2

No console has ever sold well at that price and no console ever will. Until it comes down, expect sluggish sales.

You are right technically.  But If you take inflation into account, there have been many consoles that have sold at that amount.

But the ratio of income to cost of living has to be taken into account and that's much too convoluted for vgchartz lol. But people don't really look at price tags and go "hmm, that's much cheaper than something released 20 years ago, I'll buy it." haha