I am not sure why people are criticizing it for the price. The price seems fairly appropriate for a high end tablet - maybe even a little cheap considering that it is selling at rates that hotcakes only wish they could sell.
It is also priced more cheaply than far less impressive competing tablets, like the Samsung tablet that costs more than the iPad 3 WiFi model, but is clunky and primitive feeling even when compared to the first iPad -
The first iPad is about half the price of the Samsung one.
I think that certain gamers seem to be intimidated by Apple, because I often see an irrational hatred for them in these forums and certain other gaming forums. It is the same sort of irrational criticism that Angry birds' developer has for console games that cost 50$USD, and it is largely derived from people simply being ignorant of the respective markets and industries.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
