Comment Re:Era of absurdly overpriced ARM boards is ending (Score 1) 77
Economies of scale. The price is relatively high due to the low volume of production. These are hobby boards. The only reason you can build a $200 PC right now is because the hardware gets production runs in the millions or more.
Sure, and also maybe the chicken-and-egg problem?
There won't be any scale until there's significant demand, and there won't be any demand while those boards cost so much, that even most ARM enthusiasts would find it difficult to justify the purchase.
It's okay that the performance of those boards would not be stellar, but with them being so overpriced, the result is that the price/performance absolutely BLOWS -- and that's a big problem.