News - Kinect v2 for PC to be released on 15th July, priced $199/£159

[HEXUS]

According to Microsoft Store listings in the US and UK.

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[tigertop1]

I realise that we in the UK always seem to pay more for USA hardware than the USA home price but a £41 mark up on this seems to be over the top bearing in mind today's exchange rate

[TheAnimus]

So right now $200 USD going at spot comes to £119, add on VAT that's £142.8. Let's assume that they've hedged the FX rate at spot today, call that about £3. So they've got a markup of £15.

It's still a bit of a joke, but nothing like as much as other things. The surface pro 3, that I would have bought, is about £200 cheaper in Singapore, even after VAT has been taken into account. Don't even look at iPhones or iPads.....

[shaithis]

Considering they will probably sell less of these than Kinect-less XBOs, I think the price is a bit off. Seems they may have found a great way to maximise profits: Split XBO and Kinect, sell them separately with larger markups!

[edzieba]

Remember that the last Kinect for Windows was more expensive because, unlike the 360 Kinect, there was no subsidisation from sales of Kinect games. I'd bet a similar situation exists here.

[anselhelm]

Considerably too expensive for a large take-up of the technology.

If Microsoft wants this in every household, it'll have to be south of £100, possibly even half that.

[heinsmit]

Considerably too expensive for a large take-up of the technology.

If Microsoft wants this in every household, it'll have to be south of £100, possibly even half that.

That's not the intention of the PC version though - it's mostly for dev. Although still too expensive.

[KeyboardDemon]

I'd like to try it but at that price I will probably just use Youtube videos to find out about it. I can already get cheaper gesture controls by getting a device from my local Maplin store, which at £70 is still too expensive just to try it out.