Microsoft added fuel to their own fire earlier this evening when they made Kinect available on the
Microsoft store for the retail price of $150 -- the rumored price it'll launch for according to all retailers. Just like before, Microsoft is dismissing current retail prices and denies the price set on the Microsoft store.
Stephen Toulouse of Microsoft stated on his
Twitter account that all pricing for Kinect, no matter the retail source, is purely a placeholder.
Toulouse:
"All prices now *no matter what the retail source* are placeholders. We've not announced."