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Anyone have any insight to why the article says the Kinect for Windows will be $250 vs the $150 regular prices of Kinect for the XBox?
by tom_b 15y ago
Anyone have any insight to why the article says the Kinect for Windows will be $250 vs the $150 regular prices of Kinect for the XBox?
- cooldeal 15y agoBecause MS subsidizes the Kinect for XBox and makes back that money whenever the buyer buys Kinect games. MS gets no such cut of Windows programs that's why the real hardware cost is reflected.
- nitrogen 15y agoI have a hard time believing that they're subsidizing it by a full $100. The ASUS Xtion Pro Live sells for $200, presumably at a profit, and the only feature difference I can see between that and the Kinect is that the Kinect has two more microphones and built-in AEC. On the other hand, maybe two mics and audio processing really does add $50 to the cost.
- Qworg 15y agoMS also has to fund the Kinect SDK team and Microsoft Research that develops new applications for the Kinect. Examples include Kinect Fusion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quGhaggn3cQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quGhaggn3cQ) and the Holodesk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHL5tJ9ja_w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHL5tJ9ja_w).
- icey 15y agoIf I had to guess, I would say it's because early adopters are willing to pay more for novelty. Then 6 months later it allows retailers to put it "on sale" for the same price as the regular Kinect.