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Originally Posted by wizwor
I disagree. For $200 -- what most of us paid for an Atari 2600 or a PS1 -- you get the games plus movies and apps.
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$199 is where XBOX360 is *now*.
And XBOX has been as low as $149, new.
(Definitely headed there by next spring if not sooner.)
And Xbox already offers Amazon Prime video along with Vudu, Netflix, XBOX video and Music, Crackle, Crunchyroll, etc, etc.
Plus disk-based games, video, and audio. Name Brand arcade games and Indie games by the thousand. Cloud services for your own music and photos. Easy cheap expandability. Plus an installed base in the 70-80M range.
At $129 you have Wii with lesser media capabilities but a deep casual gaming catalog. It might even be at $99 by Xmas. There are even rumors that the slow selling but more media savvy Wii U might hit $199 by Xmas.
The above-mentioned Ouya is priced at $100 list and available as low as $90.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/OUYA+-+O...&skuId=8042042
And on the streaming side, Roku runs as low as $50 with a *lot* of built-in custom streaming capabilities. Most of the geric android streaming solutions run $79-$129 (f tey include a camera).
So, no.
$199 for an Android-based casual gaming/streaming box is *not* going to result in high sales volume, bundled freebies or not.
Amazon customers are loyal but not *that* loyal.
