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Skeeuk on 26 February 2010

@kowen

im guessing £99.99 including wiisports esque collection

and £279 bundled with elite



...not much time to post anymore, used to be awesome on here really good fond memories from VGchartz...

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really miss the VGCHARTZ of 2008 - 2013...

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joeorc on 26 February 2010
kingofwale said:
fighter said:
RareglovE said:
thx1139 said:
Natal isnt going to cost that much. MS will sell at cost or small loss to gain market penetration.

there is no such thing as selling at lost for M$, in M$ mind is always profits, profits, profits

 

so much fail in just one sentence...


Considering how much Microsoft is charging for their rest of accessories add-ons. Is it really that hard to expect this thing to be pricy?

I understand people want to see their console win, but to expect a company to sell 20GB harddrive for $80, network adapot for $100.... will sell a 'revolutionary device' for only $50???


COME ON!!!!

even the guy that works at microsoft:

However, Lewis did remind Eurogamer that Microsoft is striving for "unique" and "compelling" experiences with the technology. "That has to happen and will happen," he said. As long as whatever "happens" doesn't follow Microsoft's traditional Xbox 360 peripheral pricing scheme, we'll be happy.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-natal-launch-details-not-accurate/
their pricing in the past may not reflect today thing's change, but when even their own guy's at Microsoft say this It kind of make's you wonder
remember:
Ed!
Interview: Former Microsoft Exec Fries Talks Xbox's Genesis
 by Leigh Alexander

 
 
 
August 14, 2009
 

Technically, former Microsoft VP of game publishing Ed Fries entered the game industry when he was in high school -- a small company published the Atari 800 games he had designed from home.
Pressure Cooker

In fact, one peril of working at a large organization is that there are always naysayers, says Fries. He'd been accustomed to growing his small game group in his own way, and suddenly he faced the stress of sudden attention on the game group from all facets of Microsoft, and everyone had their own ideas on how the business should progress.

"It was a very stressful time for me," Fries says candidly. "I got really used to being able in charge of my world... and all of a sudden there were a lot of opinions about where we should go and what we should do," he recalls. "There were people trying to dictate based on corporate goals, and not based on what's best for a game. It got very political and frustrating for me."

At the time, not only did he miss the freedom of the game group's lower-stakes days, but his job was taking him away from home frequently at a time when he was starting a family. "I got to the end of the Xbox 1 project, and I just couldn't see myself doing it for another five years."

At that time, the design of the Xbox 360 was well underway -- Fries recalls that the decision to include a hard disk was "very controversial."

"It was hard to be that outlier in a bunch of these meetings," says Fries, who pressed for the hard drive's inclusion while many opposed the move. "Obviously they shipped versions without a hard drive, which I think is a mistake."
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24831
and this was the guy who worked at microsoft for 18 year's the ,fish screen saver that was his


I AM BOLO

100% lover "nothing else matter's" after that...

ps:

Proud psOne/2/3/p owner.  I survived Aplcalyps3 and all I got was this lousy Signature.

richardhutnik on 26 February 2010
numonex said:
I hope you are wrong. Natal is supposed to be priced at an affordable price to help 360 console sales push through the roof and outsell the PS3 in sales. Outselling the PS3 is Microsoft's main objective this generation in regards to the 360. We all know you have failed if your console system finishes in last place. Microsoft had Sony in their sights and are doing whatever it takes for the 360 to outsell the PS3.

If Natal is expensive it will just be another failure of an add on and join the HD DVD and all those Sega add ons as epic failures. If Microsoft finishes last place that will be it. No third XBox console. Outselling Sony means everything to Microsoft.

If Sony finishes third with the PS3, does that mean there won't be another Playstation console?  If the 360 is profitable for Microsoft, third place or not, I don't see them leaving the market.  This is a foothold for them into a marketspace that has been very profitable, and as far as games go, more lucrative than PC games.



firebolt126 on 26 February 2010

It better be less than 100 USD add on and no more than 300 bundled.



demitri55 on 26 February 2010

i said it before, ill say it again. anyone who thinks natal will be priced under 100$, ill like to buy some drugs from you, cause youre taking some good sh*t. look at other Ms add-ons that are overly priced and old. now think, natal is new technology that no one else thought of doing and you think MS will have it for 49.99 or even 79.99? ms prices 120gb hard drives for 150$ even though its competitor [ps3] can get a 500gb for 99.99 (i did fyi) for an example.



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RareglovE on 26 February 2010
demitri55 said:
i said it before, ill say it again. anyone who thinks natal will be priced under 100$, ill like to buy some drugs from you, cause youre taking some good sh*t. look at other Ms add-ons that are overly priced and old. now think, natal is new technology that no one else thought of doing and you think MS will have it for 49.99 or even 79.99? ms prices 120gb hard drives for 150$ even though its competitor [ps3] can get a 500gb for 99.99 (i did fyi) for an example.

since Natal is new to the market, M$ wont risk it by making it expensive. thats is they r smart enough



Nizut76 on 27 February 2010

I definately think it will be 100 or more.



RareglovE on 27 February 2010
Nizut76 said:
I definately think it will be 100 or more.

if its 100 or more, one can persume it will be at $199



Nizut76 on 27 February 2010
RareglovE said:
Nizut76 said:
I definately think it will be 100 or more.

if its 100 or more, one can persume it will be at $199


OK 100 to 150



RareglovE on 27 February 2010

a smart move M$ would do for Natal is bundle it with the elite