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Xbox Kinect price: £160?

It’s no secret that there is one rule for pricing gadgetry in the States, and quite another for those of us heading for Gadgets R’ Us in the Sceptred

It’s no secret that there is one rule for pricing gadgetry in the States, and quite another for those of us heading for Gadgets R’ Us in the Sceptred Isle.

So news that Microsoft’s official online store has the company’s new Kinect motion-control sensor listed for US$150 has little bearing for us. Doesn’t it?

Well, yes. Technically, MS can set the UK price wherever they see fit. They’re a business, so if they can flog it for a few pennies more, they will.

But as a yardstick, the news is helpful. A straight conversion would put the UK Kinect’s price almost dead on £100.

Great news, right? Wrong. An Xbox 360 Arcade will set you back US$150 from the Stateside store, but £160 from the UK equivalent. That spells a similar price for the Kinect sensor.

Let’s hope Microsoft can cut us a break on this. We’d be surprised if anyone wanted to pay £160 for an accessory, but equally surprised if we got Kinect for £100. Somewhere in between seems likely… how much would you pay?

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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