A couple of days ago we confirmed that Natal will be making its way in October and now here comes another major leak by Microsoft. Although we are not sure if Microsoft should really be blamed for this one.
A Swedish retail site has listed Project Natal on its page and they are asking for 1,499 SEK which is almost 200$. Previously it was rumored that Natal would sell for around 80$ without a game which costs around 60$.
Keep in mind that you can get a Wii console for 200$ on eBay and Wii games are cheaper compared to the ones available for Xbox360. And honestly we dont see people lining up to buy a peripheral that costs as much as the console itself (arcade version of the console is for 200$), specially when 60% of the Xbox360's ever made have RROD'ed. It is hoped the Retailers made a mistake otherwise Microsoft is in for some serious trouble.
Microsoft also failed to sell their High Definition Disk Drive which was to be sold separately. It cost about 100$ and only added the ability to run HD-DVD's while Sony had already installed a high quality Blu-Ray Drive in the PS3. On the other hand Sony is planning to launch its own motion sensing peripheral called the PlayStation Move which clearly isn't a fan of Natal and its rumored to be released this September.
Sony, on the other hand, have confirmed that their "Move" wands will be available for less than 99$ without the Eye Toy. It remains to be seen which of these two motion sensing devices will succeed in gathering the masses.