If not for my good wife, I would have nearly blown $400+ on these two devices of entertainment (and probably gotten hours of fun in return).
I wondered why such electronics had to cost so much - it's quite known that wafer fabrication, the fundamental ingredients of electronic equipment have super-high profit margins of close to 1000% (which was probably why Singapore embarked on its development on a national scale in it).
Then I realised it's because electronics are viewed by men the way that fine apparel and bags are by women - Objects Of Desire that make the heart race, resulting in an endorphin-producing rush when cards are swiped at the point of purchase.
But because men don't spend in the same frequency like women do (maybe once a week on clothes or once a month on bags), economics dictate that prices would be higher given that men buy fewer items over a specific period than women (How many shoes and bags do you see men own at a particular moment in time - one, two? How many of the menfolk actually buy shoes or wallets to match their clothes?).
When women buy a $165 at 15% discount, they claim a savings of $25 but when men get the same discount eg. $25 off the list price of an XBOX driving wheel, why is the cost of the item ie. $140 considered instead?
Something to ponder about, eh?
