Awful, awful, awful analysis.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/11/26/teardown-suggests-xbox-one-manufacturing-cost-of-471/
It cost them $471 to make the One with the Kinect accounting for $75 of that cost.
I can't believe I need to say this again but here it goes...
Microsoft does not make money on the Xbox One. Does NOT. It doesn't for two obvious reasons.
1. Once the console is made it doesn't just magically appear at a retailer.
2. Retailers do not pay Microsoft $499 for the console.
At $499 the Xbox One is weaker hardware for more money.
At $399 without Kinect the One is gimped weaker hardware for the same money...
Bet with Adamblaziken:
I bet that on launch the Nintendo Switch will have no built in in-game voice chat. He bets that it will. The winner gets six months of avatar control over the other user.
