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Natal To Launch At RRP $50
Michael Pachter, analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities, has announced that Microsoft will charge consumers $50 for its Project Natal.
Speaking in his regular internet TV spot, Pachter said that rumours of Microsoft charging a lot for peripherals comes because of the pricing we’ve seen in the past peripherals such as the Wi-Fi adaptor and extra 360 hard drive.
Michael Pachter
“My guess is on Natal, which is really important to them, is they’re going to price it at or below their cost. So I think it’s hard for us to envision that it’s going to cost them $150 to make Natal. You’re really talking about software, which is an easy thing for them to distribute and a camera.”
“I know people say this isn’t just a webcam; it’s essentially a three-lens camera that does cool things… talking to my hardware, specialist colleagues at Wedbush, it’s about $50 in cost. Now I maybe wrong and I’m sure we’re going to get flamed by 13 year olds with PHDs in engineering who know a lot more about hardware than we do, who maybe say it’ll be about $70 but I’d be very surprised if it was more than $79 and I really think it’s going to be $50.”
“They’re not trying to make money on the device, they’re trying to make everybody have the device so they can sell us other things, eventually a lot more Xbox 360s.”
“My call is $50. I think that’s where it’s going to be launched.”
If Natal does infact retail for $50, that would be awesome. At least we know we wont have to sell an arm and a leg for it.
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