Really gotta hand it to Microsoft

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Kaneman! said:

LivingMetal said:

Why not?  I don't think $500 is a bad price for what it is.  If I were to speculate, more powerful hardware usually comes at a higher monetary price while trying to please the stockholders.  Again, just speculating.

It's not a bad price for what it is, but it is a bad price compared to the Pro. If they had built their system on the back of the Pro unveiling, they certainly wouldn't go for a way higher price point than the Pro had one year earlier. Phil Spencer's talk about it being a "premium product" is just the defense of that high price point in comparison to the cheaper Pro.

I agree, 500 is not bad for what the system offers. That said is it really worth that much, when the competitor will essentially cost 300,- soon and both systems will most likely be obsolete in 2-3 years time?!