Just my 2 pence (2.94 cents!) worth...


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Posted by Andy warne on 3, 2001 at 2:51 PM:

In Reply to: Re: SlikStik - WAY OVERPRICED !!!! Why do all of these arcade sticks cost SOOOOOO much ?!?!? Any who needs all of the controls on the slikstik anyway ???? posted by Watchdog on 3, 2001 at 10:46 AM:

Items like this are bound to be fairly pricey owing to the low volume and need for a custom made casing, machining etc. The only way to get the price down would be to invest heavily in tooling for injection molding and turn out thousands of them. Then you could also use the benefit of a molded case to sculpture the top panel and generally make it less boxy and more appealing to a mass market. They would also have to be made in the Far East. That is exactly what Ray at CustomArcade was intending to do but, as Ray has no doubt found, it's not easy! Also is there that big a market for mass-produced consoles? Don't forget here we have a specialist group of nuts, errrm.. enthusiasts!
There is no way you can compare this to the cost of a PC. How many PC motherboards do you think the Taiwanese manufacturers have to produce in order to make a small margin on their cost? Answer: 1 MILLION units a month is the total output from Taiwan. It's a whole different ball game. A small-volume hand-made unit will command this kind of premium price whether it's an arcade panel or any other kind of item.


: : I believe this name was used during the old 2600 and C64 days. I think it was a Suncom stick. I could be wrong, I am getting old and my memory ain't what it used to be. Looks like a great stick though. Take a hundred off the price and I may buy one.




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