Is $500 too much?

[sergiodaly]

curl-6 said:

sergiodaly said:
i really don't understand gamers...
people is always talking about power, graphics, features, innovative gameplay, etc etc etc... but the time comes to put the money where your mouth is... they come here saying $xxx is too much, if the tech, OS features, games through the years, all that work with services, are there, why is it to much?
will give you some examples on how your views are clouded... a flagship smartphone cost manufacturers no more than 60% of the price tag, yet consoles must not be priced higher than manufacture cost... uhhh??? yes, thats right... does it make sense??? not to me. other examples, based on some other hobbies people have, i have 4 or 5 friends that have cycling as a hobby, do anyone know how much does their bike cost? i know a few car tunning dudes, dont get me started on this subject... movie collectors, music lovers with endless album collections, pot smokers... the list goes on and on...


now... is $500 too much? $100 per year on HW is dirty cheap for this hobby...

My views are not clouded.

I don't spend large sums of money on cycling, or cars, or pot. If other people choose to do so, that doesn't mean I should have to as well.

$400 is the maximum reasonable price for a video game console in my view; if it's more than that then its almost certainly asking me to pay for extra fatures I neither want nor need.

i am sorry but i disagree @bold, not that i am accusing you of anything, some people just don't realize, some don't want to see, some are stubborn in their ways... its a legit situation for anyone to be in sometime in life.
i was pointing out that people spend money on things they like... how much? not large sums, it is as much as they can to be able to do these things they like with much more comfort, pleasure, you name it...
if you can't spend more than $400... that is ok... but choosing to not pay more than $400 is just saying you don't like gaming that much and that you are fine in being in the low end of gaming forever, and that console manufactures must sell HW at loss or near it... selling HW at loss will only make consoles last less because if there is no gain, there will not be much effort in making them...

question to you... do you put these maximum prices on everything? cars? no more than 20k? more than 20k is features and extras you don't want or need? laptop? no more than $500 because there will be features and extras you don't want or need? smart phone? no more than $300 cause will have  features and extras you don't want or need? see where i am going with this?

to me this is organic, i pay if i feel its worth... reread my last sentence in the previous post.