Analysts wade into Kinect pricing debate

As you would expect assorted analysts have been giving their opinions on yesterday's Kinect pricing announcement. Jesse Divnich from EEDAR thinks the price is right but others disagree

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Kinect pricing is crucial – but how much will it be?

Microsoft's Kinect may have received mixed – albeit generally positive - write ups but the one thing everyone can agree on is that the pricing is crucial. With Sony's Move setting a benchmark and coming in at well under 100 pounds there is undoubted pricing pressure on Microsoft's new piece of kit. Analysts are predicting the motion control gear will cost anything between $99 and $149. The latter – if translated into pounds directly – puts Kinect not far off the cost of a Wii. But what about Microsoft? Develop Online are suggesting the hardware will cost them around $150 to manufacture...