XDocument.Element returns null when parsing an xml string

Question

I have this xml string:

Answer 1

var xDoc = XDocument.Load(filename);
XNamespace ns = "http://schemas.zune.net/catalog/apps/2008/02";
var prices = xDoc
                .Descendants(ns + "offer")
                .Select(o => (decimal)o.Element(ns + "price"))
                .ToList();