First off I won't even begin with the deals that could be had for the past 6 weeks on normal bundles ranging from 399 to 449 with 50 gift cards, 429 with V.me check outs etc.
Let's just stick with msrp
So the titanfall bundle, still available in many places for 499, comes with a month of live, game, console and kinect.
I know they haven't "released" the sku, but we do know it is kinectless, and I'm 90 % sure it won't come with a game. Why? Because xbox has a track record of waiting to pack in stuff, and notoriously always gimps the lowest poor tier of console with nothing of added value. They will want to test the market at the new retail in hopes that e3 will garner gamer support. Leading to no extra value added incentive other then the new sku.
So of the outpouring of support from gamers on here, and other places, saying this is great, finally, etc. Really your just supporting a new option in terms of sku's to buy at retail. Which I'm all for options, but this is plain as day a cost manipulation in the hopes of lessened consumer awareness.
With the kinect in the cost range from 120 to 180 bucks you will understand that math is gonna math, and your looking at a price increase for just the hardware at a 399 price point. You don't remove options to make it cheaper to the base and not disclose the price of said options.
#teampriceincrease
I honestly believe that if the gamers stay quiet and the media keeps trumping up how good options are to have. We will get the plain Jane poor tier console.
We need to make it known that we know this is a price increase on hardware, and we should also get atleast a packed in game and live.
End rant of shady marketing
Let's just stick with msrp
So the titanfall bundle, still available in many places for 499, comes with a month of live, game, console and kinect.
I know they haven't "released" the sku, but we do know it is kinectless, and I'm 90 % sure it won't come with a game. Why? Because xbox has a track record of waiting to pack in stuff, and notoriously always gimps the lowest poor tier of console with nothing of added value. They will want to test the market at the new retail in hopes that e3 will garner gamer support. Leading to no extra value added incentive other then the new sku.
So of the outpouring of support from gamers on here, and other places, saying this is great, finally, etc. Really your just supporting a new option in terms of sku's to buy at retail. Which I'm all for options, but this is plain as day a cost manipulation in the hopes of lessened consumer awareness.
With the kinect in the cost range from 120 to 180 bucks you will understand that math is gonna math, and your looking at a price increase for just the hardware at a 399 price point. You don't remove options to make it cheaper to the base and not disclose the price of said options.
#teampriceincrease
I honestly believe that if the gamers stay quiet and the media keeps trumping up how good options are to have. We will get the plain Jane poor tier console.
We need to make it known that we know this is a price increase on hardware, and we should also get atleast a packed in game and live.
End rant of shady marketing