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Project Natal Pricing and Release Date Revealed

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-cheap dept.

tekgoblin writes "According to Edge-online.com, their source says that we can expect Microsoft's Project Natal to cost around $149. 'The figure for the standalone unit is significantly higher than a previous sub-£50 estimate, but less than pricing recently suggested by European retailers. It’s also more expensive than Sony’s Natal rival, Move, which will be available later this year with a game for less than $100.'"

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  1. Wouldn't put it past MS... by VMaN · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just setup a new PC for my dad, tweaked everything to perfection to lessen the transition from XP to Win7, so far so good. But remote desktop was missing, I realized the pc came with Win7 Home Premium. No problem, I'll just use the built in Windows Anytime upgrade to upgrade to Pro... only I wouldn't work online in Denmark (why the frack not?) I google a bit and see it's a 90$ upgrade. Not cheap, but not a dealbreaker. I set up a temporary VNC solution that works poorly, because of the resolution difference between his PCs, figuring I'd setup the upgrade when I'm back in my home city.

    Then it hit me. 248$ (1500DKK).... They were asking for 248$ with a straight face, and I needed to use the Danish specific upgrade key that cost 248 fucking $$$

    So MS has no problem screwing europeans over for the hell of it, and if they think they deserve an iota of sympathy for the fines EU has thrown their way they can go to hell.

    So to sum up, 1 identical product key, limited to a certain language costs more than 2.6x price in Denmark for no reason.

    I'm bitter and hope natal will crash and burn.