KHlover on 08 April 2013
| Chark said: I don't think $500 is too much. Giving inflation and the general components in these machines $500 sounds right. It isn't as expensive as people might like to complain about. The economy is improving and even during the bad times there were plenty of people dropping $500-$600 on iPads and iPhones every year to record numbers. |
You can't compare an iPad/phone with a dedicated gaming device. Entirely different products which are valued entirely different by the mass market.
Short form:
Smartphone/Tablet-PC -> Important
Gaming console -> Not nearly as important
(Keep in mind this is the perception of the mass market, not my own oppinion)
Of course you will spend more money on an important device, so iPads get away with costs of 500€+ while consoles absolutely don't.
