While Microsoftâs first attempts at a motion-sensing peripheral were relatively primitive affairs, the very first prototype of Kinect was worth an absolute fortune.
https://lastchance.cc/the-kinect-you-never-knew-5660596%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Things are now a lot cheaper, of course, with Microsoft selling Kinect for $149 and claiming that every unit sold is being sold at a profit. Most of that is of course down to the economy of scale, mass production and R&D, but letâs not also forget that Kinect was originally intended to be a more powerful device than the one weâll be seeing next month
https://lastchance.cc/kinects-missing-chip-was-never-needed-says-microsoft-5651658%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
With Kinect, Microsoft Aims for a Game Changer [New York Times]
