Pricing is a function market demand, which has remained high for this product essentially since birth.aasoror wrote: ↑ Yet the fact still stands the reason it's not showing it's age is mainly because it was an over kill for 90% of what it was supposed to do back then (one can argue it remains an overkill for any media streaming purposes right now).
@U4LIFE has a point that is shared by many of the vertan owners. The pricing never really depreciated to match the age of hardware (16GB 2015 ShieldTV MSRP was $200 USD) it's not that far fetched to either expect to pay less for the same hardware that now costs less to make compared to 2015 or to get better hardware for the same price tag.
In exchange for this premium we receive continual new features and fantastic long lasting software support from NVIDIA.
When your hardware is on top for years, you earn your premium.
That said, I will always find avenues for savings, thus why this thread exists.
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