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I don't think so, but I think it's becoming pretty apparent that Microsoft followed Nintendo's lead and bundled their console with a peripheral that accounts for a substantial amount of the cost of the sku that they have on the market. Looking at their current models, the Wii U costs $299.00 ( down from $350.00 which is probably costing them a substantial amount on each unit sold, they probably knocked $50.00 off th price of the gamepad in order to sell more units ) but I think they would be hard pressed to confirm that $200.00 of that is actually for the tech the Wii U itself has under the hood.

Similarly with Xbox One, you probably have a console that's at best a $300 to $350 dollar console under the hood with Kinect 2.0 accounting for $150 to $200 of the current SKU's retail price of $500.00.

I think with Playstation 4 that it's pretty apparent that you actually get a console that has $400 worth of tech under the hood.

And I think it's so apparent that even this outspoken Xbox youtube supporter ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdHUNpFGpw&list=UU3CH2i9rJ24NuJ9ruX5RvAw ) is coming to same conclusion.