like any console maker ever did, the add ons or goodies are over priced because they make actually bigger margins on that.... it's not new and it's not an MS trend... now I'm not sure but I think they use laptop micro drive for HDD not standard ones so price comparison is harder, but yeah you can find even cheaper if you look long enough....
I'm more concern by their pricing strategy and new package than the actual price of the stand alone we almost all have our own console already anyway...
now I don't think they'll have 4 SKU I think they are about to drop either the pro or the arcade and replace it by what is the pro now....








