tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940841.post114610639249931873..comments2024-02-02T07:41:55.155-05:00Comments on The Headpiece for the Staff of Ra: BluRay At A Store Near YouMosBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14396378353702882073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940841.post-1146178203615371562006-04-27T18:50:00.000-04:002006-04-27T18:50:00.000-04:00Well, there's also the fact that the first product...Well, there's also the fact that the first products using any new technology will be a lot more expensive than later products. And this isn't just because newer things take their place on top of the pile. The TI-86 graphing calculator, for example, has increased in power a fair amount over the last ten years, remains the most popular and readily available graphing calculator on the market (more powerful calculators are only used by professionals, but almost everyone who takes a college math class buys a TI-86), yet has gone from $150-$200 to $75-100. Similarly, the $60 DVD player I bought last year works slightly better than the one a former roommate paid $250 for five or six years prior, but the difference between the two was subtle. <BR/><BR/>As a product 'matures', competitors appear, investment capital is seen as less risky and hence easier to secure, engineers develop more cost-efficient methods of production while making tweaks to improve the design, and so on, all of which contribute to a lower cost to the consumer. <BR/><BR/>That said, I'm not sure I can think of any successful product whose sticker price has dropped 80-90%.Noumenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442204504120141558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940841.post-1146166754954386792006-04-27T15:39:00.000-04:002006-04-27T15:39:00.000-04:00oops, I meant the XBox 360, if that wasn't obvious...oops, I meant the XBox 360, if that wasn't obvious already.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02620757577974844563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940841.post-1146166713121001752006-04-27T15:38:00.000-04:002006-04-27T15:38:00.000-04:00With every new piece of info that comes down the p...With every new piece of info that comes down the pike, my fears that the PlayStation has no future get stronger and stronger. <BR/><BR/>Seriously, if someone at Sony were deliberately plotting to annoint Microsoft's XBox as the new leader in console gaming, they wouldn't have done a single thing differently.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02620757577974844563noreply@blogger.com