jabberwocker
Banned
Prices for brand new tech are always expensive, I don't know what people were expecting.
Hell, DVD players and blu ray players were both insane at launch - not sure why anyone expected anything different :/
It'll get cheaper as time goes by and demand goes up and more competition enters the space, just like all new entertainment tech. Consoles are the exception, usually, because they expect to make money back on software down the line.
Because its not that much to make. This is a for profit price. They arent chasing a userbase.