MS Hints At Scorpio Being Cheaper Than People Think

[LivingMetal]

Soundwave said:

Azuren said:
"Surprise, it's only $500! We bet you were expecting $600, weren't you?"

Unfortunately, I don't feel it matter what price they launch at, they'll be launching too late for it to compete with PS4/Pro and too early to be a proper next-gen. The whole thing reeks of Dreamcast.

Dreamcast wasn't backed by MS' $$$. Besides Dreamcast was great. That was a monstrous upgrade over the PS/N64. Sega just ran out of money, which isn't going to happen to Microsoft. 

Dreamcast ran Windows CE.  So Microsoft had invested in it.