It seems like a bad idea to me. Before, people had options. You could buy one with no hard drive on the cheap, one with a small hard drive for a bit more, or shell out max cash for the Elite with the big hard drive. Now people's only option will be the most expensive option. Though you're getting more for the money and M$ was wise to finally add Wifi, it almost seems like a price increase because you're forced to spend the equivalent of an Elite.
Then again, the price is the same as the PS3. I just think that since they're abandoning the core and trying so hard to reach people's grandmas and baby sisters now, it would be wise to sell their consoles as cheap as possible. The Wii hasn't only been popular with old ladies because of accessibility, but because it also had a low price. M$ is asking non-gamers to shell out $300 for the console, then probably around $150 for Kinect... I don't see the kind of people that Kinect is supposed to appeal to spending $450 when they can play bowling on Wii for less than half that.
Of course, I'm no industry analyst. I'm just using common sense.
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