Swedish sites price Xbox 360 Natal at $200 USD
Microsoft has been keeping the price of “Project Natal†a secret. However, several Swedish retail sites have listed Natal along with a surprising price point.
Many in the video game industry have speculated that Natal would cost around $80. According to Kotaku, several Swedish sites recently listed the Natal for around $200 USD (1,499 SEK) around the same time. Could this be a mistake or has the official price been communicated to retailers by the Microsoft representative in Sweden?
Granted, the price of a video game in Sweden costs $80 USD, so there is a bit of a markup. However, $200 for Natal just seems unrealistic. There is very little information regarding the product on the listing page at this time.
This could be some sort of bundle price which may come with one or FIVE additional games. I wouldn’t get too worked up over this until Microsoft has a chance to clarify this situation.
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May 17th, 2010
I think you will be able to get Project FATAL bundle with the Shitbox for $300 maybe and along for like more then $120.
Sony’s new motion controller PlayStation Move was already advertise also for $50 just the main control no navigator or camera but most people already the camera.
May 17th, 2010
“there is a bit of a markup”
No way. In a foreign country 5 months before release? You think?
May 17th, 2010
I heard it will be around $130.
May 17th, 2010
I don’t trust the Sweeds… They lure you in with those tasty little meatballs… then BAM! They charge you $200 for Natal.
May 17th, 2010
I guess if it’s too early to even have a correct name for the item, it’s way too early to advertise a price.
May 17th, 2010
$130-$200 sounds about right since MS is treating the Eye Toy-like device like a new platform and something that will change gaming forever
and looking at their peripheral prices I wouldn’t be surprise if Natal cost more than $100. MS use to sell 512MB memory cards for $50 for christ’s sake
May 17th, 2010
@phranc
“I guess if it’s too early to even have a correct name for the item, it’s way too early to advertise a price.”
I agree. There are 2 things that I am thinking about that go against this article.
1) Exchange rate. This often makes it hard to compare prices properly between countries.
example.. Alot of items in Canada are like 1.5 times more expensive than the US, while the exchange rate is somewhere close to 1-1 right now.
2) It’s Sweeden… Which is in Europe. Usually games come out in Japan first, with US usually close second. Europe and Australia are typically MONTHS behind.
In this case Natal will probably come out in the US first, since MS is much bigger here. If retailers here still have no idea about the pricing and a more precise date, then why would they have it in sweeden? This is probably some sort of mistake made by someone who had too much sweedish meatballs for dinner one night
May 17th, 2010
@Roca
How about those Flyers huh? They made a HUGE comback against Boston then they wipe the floor with Montreal last night 6-1
May 17th, 2010
haha, yeah they made a 4-0 run after being 0-3 and facing elimination every single game. now I’m hoping for the Celtics to lose, I was cheering for them to win the Cleveland series because I hate LeBron James but now I hope the Magics will take the C’s out of the playoff
May 17th, 2010
Yeah. Flyers won the Series 4-3 with a score of 4-3. That was pretty awsome there lol.
I wanted to see that game friday but I missed it cause I fell asleep too early. As for the game last night I didn’t even know the series against Montreal started up so soon after the Flyers beat Boston.
I think only 3 sports teams prior to the flyers have ever come back from a 3-0 situation. It’s really an amazing thing.
I’ve always been a Flyers fan but this year is just an amazing year for them and I am very excited about the team for the first time in ages. I really think they have what it takes to go all the way and win the Stanley cup. I watched game 6 against Boston and was just blown away at how great of a game it was. That was the first time I watched the Flyers play since they got swept by Detroit in 96-97. Not only was I pissed that the Flyers got beaten that badly, but I was pissed by the decisions that were made following that season. The Flyers had a great team, but several key players were traded off in some bad deals. Thats when I got discuraged and stopped watching the games.
May 17th, 2010
Another interesting note…
out of the 8 Eastern division teams that made it to the playoffs the Flyers were ranked 7, while Montreal were ranked 8.
Western division… It’s now San Jose vs Chicago, which were ranked 1 and 2 respectively.
What an interesting turn of events that each division is down to the extreme opposite ends of ranking
May 17th, 2010
“I don’t trust the Sweeds… They lure you in with those tasty little meatballs… then BAM! They charge you $200 for Natal.”
LOL that’s Ms not the sweeds.
May 17th, 2010
“How about those Flyers huh? They made a HUGE comback against Boston then they wipe the floor with Montreal last night 6-1″
6-0
May 17th, 2010
“I don’t trust the Sweeds… They lure you in with those tasty little meatballs… then BAM! They charge you $200 for Natal.”
It’s usually the Bikini team that lures me in.
May 17th, 2010
“It’s usually the Bikini team that lures me in.”
If FahKin prefers the balls that’s ok. Who are we to judge?
May 17th, 2010
$200 for a controller would be redonculous.
I’m interested to see what they actually end up charging though. Possibly over $100?
May 17th, 2010
Now I see why they decided to ditch the onboard processor, it is already costing an arm and a leg. I don’t believe they would try to sell it for $200 in the US, but if there is any truth to this for swedish pricing, then it would have to be considered a pricy peripheral to say the least.
May 17th, 2010
“$200 for a controller would be redonculous.”
LOL That made me laugh in the shrek trailer.
Anyone see Iron man 2 yet?
I seen it twice. Once in Imax.
May 17th, 2010
Iron Man 2 was a blast, RDJ is still awesome as Tony Stark, and they kept the fun in it. I saw it in Theatre, on a cam, and probably taking my nephews to Imax this weekend. Solid flick.
May 17th, 2010
@Jofa, Agreed. But now I want me some wrist mounted laser beams >:(
Natal priced anything above $15 is too much for myself.
May 17th, 2010
“I want me some wrist mounted laser beams ”
That was awsome. “Next time you should lead with that!”
I prefered the first Roddy though.
May 17th, 2010
I saw it and I also saw Robin Hood
both of the are must buy in bluray for me!
Robin Hood looks like its going to be a trilogy.
who saw the Thor hammer at the end? the movie was awesome but I thought war machine did not play his role well enough and was overshadowed by Tony Stark (RDJ)
May 17th, 2010
Check the new Kevin Butler’s ModNation Racers Video, at the end he says that after ModNation he is going to be working on Gran Turismo 5 =D
http://www.viddler.com/explore/sceablog/videos/986/182.059
May 17th, 2010
“who saw the Thor hammer at the end?”
I did. That was sweet. I hope it is a Thor movie.
May 17th, 2010
I’ll watch it at home. Dam Apple for not letting flash on the Iphone. Dam you to hell!
May 17th, 2010
@ncaissie
youtube it
May 17th, 2010
LMAO
Don’t make this weird Jack.
You next job title. “VP of washing my car!”
I love those commercials. That one is in top 5 for sure.
May 17th, 2010
As long as I’m the only one who knows the difference between a shortcut and a road to nowhere. LOL
May 17th, 2010
Here is a motion-based fighting game for the PS3 that only uses the camara and play the same as Xbox Natal…..can you tell the difference?
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/17/hands-on-playstation-eyes-kung-fu-live/
May 17th, 2010
I liked when he said something about why his job title have changed so many times
May 17th, 2010
If Kev was still around he would have called the video a fake….since Stringer is not in there and somehow he thinks Stringers is the only one making all calls for Sony
May 17th, 2010
“As long as I’m the only one who knows the difference between a shortcut and a road to nowhere.”
hahaha, I think im going to have fun messing with ppl’s head making my own twisted tracks.
May 17th, 2010
LOL yeah.
May 17th, 2010
IVSPAM said
“I think you will be able to get Project FATAL bundle with the Shitbox for $300 maybe and along for like more then $120.”
It’s just joke after joke with this guy! How does he keep them so original and fresh??? And how about his play on words???
He’s our very own E=MC Hammer
May 17th, 2010
The rest of us more or less ignore him. You should give it a shot. :d
May 17th, 2010
I just beat GOW3, and… wow. If anybody can find a video game character that looks better than Kratos, I’ll by you a beer. Seriously.
@ Jofa
I saw Iron Man 2 on the weekend, and I would honestly impressed by it. I’m very wary of superhero movie sequels, or any sequels for that matter, but it was just about as good as the first.
And $200 for Natal is a joke, if it’s true (probably not). They shouldn’t make it much more than a new game.
May 18th, 2010
PlayStation Network now added VIDEO support for Australia.
May 18th, 2010
@ncaissie
“LOL that’s Ms not the sweeds.”
No. Their called Sweedish meatballs, not Microsoft balls. Thats obviously a “game” for natal… Your totally getting confused.
“6-0″
I meant to say 6-0 lol.
” ‘It’s usually the Bikini team that lures me in.’
If FahKin prefers the balls that’s ok. Who are we to judge?”
See your totally thinking about the wrong kind of balls.
Please don’t get me confused with Ivan ok? My name is not FahKinIvan, it’s FahKinSuPah
and BTW Canada’s swimsuit team is WAY hotter than Sweedens
“Iron man 2″
I saw that on my birthday. Awsome fucking movies, but critics are trying to tear it to shreds.
I have 1 problem with the movie… just 1.
Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko.
He should have had a much bigger part than he did. WTF? My girlfriend and I both agreed that as Ivan Vanko he totally would have stolen the show if he had more screen time. He just had that totally awsome bad guy presence going on.
Aside from that… Captain America’s shield. Who else laughed at that? lmao
It’s rumored that Cap is in the works. They showed him in the last Hulk movie, then they show his shield in this one. They are just hinting at Cap way too much.
Thor’s Hammer… If you go see a Marvel comic movie and you do NOT stay till the end you are a FahKin idiot. There is ALWAYS a teaser at the end of every marvel movie. Anyone who saw Iron man 1 will remember that Samuel L mutha-fuckin Jackson showed up as Nick Fury at the end in the teaser.
So what does this mean? Does this mean that Thor will make an appearence in the next Iron Man movie?
What about the Avenger Initiative? Since Cap and Thor have both been teased, and Iron man is usual member of the Avengers, does this mean that the next Marvel movie we will get will be an Avengers movie?
May 18th, 2010
the last Hulk movie teased Captain America and also hinted a partnership between hulk and Iron man.
I also think I saw Spider-Man swinging around in of the scenes
May 18th, 2010
Spider-man? In what movie?
Also another interesting note is Thor’s hammer and who can wield it. In the comics Thor was the only one who could use it.
But then there was that 1 exception.
Hulk
May 18th, 2010
Yeah…
He’s
Fahkin- Supah
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:6iwxto5WObhtdM:http://keysersozeslair.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Big.Gay.Al.gif
May 18th, 2010
@phrancenstein
lol your such a dick.
Did you eat your bowl of Queerios this morning and wash it down with a nice warm glass of man-milk?
LMAO
May 18th, 2010
LMAO!
May 18th, 2010
Spider-Man was swinging around during one scene of the Hulk movie…
May 18th, 2010
@Roca
I think i heard about that, but I never actually saw either Hulk movie.
I do know about the hidden appearence of Cap though cause I seen the clip with him trapped in the ice.
May 18th, 2010
lmaoo..I was just pulling your leg
I dont think Spider Man was in it
I don’t recall see Cap but they mention him during the last hulk movie. You should definitely watch the new Hulk movie on Bluray, imo is better than Iron Man 2 and just as good as Iron Man 1.
don’t bother with the previous Hulk movie
May 18th, 2010
@Roca
lol you never know with a Marvel movie. They usually have a few Easter Eggs hidden within lol
May 18th, 2010
Disney owns the best things like like ESPSN for most people, Marvel for everyone except girls Disney for anything that breathes girls.
May 18th, 2010
you can tell Ivan is in love with everything playstation…..istead of writing ESPN he wrote it as ‘ESPSN’ lmaoo
@FahKin
did you check out the Natal Experience on PS3 video?
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/17/hands-on-playstation-eyes-kung-fu-live/
May 18th, 2010
wow the xbox owners really took it in the arse for naal. .poor guys. . you really need to stand up to MS . .maybe den they wont violate you guys as much LMAO
May 18th, 2010
naal = natal
May 18th, 2010
Roca.:
ESPN i just noticed that LoL. But thanks for saying that Lol miss spell. You are correct PlayStation was everything for me is the best.
May 19th, 2010
They are making an avengers movie. I hope they make Thor first.
I heard they are using the torch from fantastic 4 to play capt A.
That would suck. He would need to bulk of to play that part.
May 19th, 2010
Chris Evans as Cap? He’d need to hit the roids.
May 19th, 2010
“Please don’t get me confused with Ivan ok? My name is not FahKinIvan, it’s FahKinSuPah ”
LMAO i was jk
May 19th, 2010
“Chris Evans as Cap? He’d need to hit the roids.”
Exactly. and grow a couple feet taller.
May 19th, 2010
Ivan get out! Go plague the ps3 and leave xbox alone;)
It’s going to be interesting to see how it turns out, such hype and anticipation, 200$ seems fair enough. Anything over 250 and I’d start to get worried.
May 19th, 2010
If Tom Cruise can somehow be as tall or taller than most of his leading ladies, then anyone can be anything. McLovin could play the Governator, Dwayne Johnson could play Mclovin, and the governator could play the role of a smart person.
May 19th, 2010
LOL
May 19th, 2010
the tooth fairy