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MadEditor:

Maybe we should not forget that MAME for most "normal" people is totally unknown... And taking that the price of a REAL arcade cab with only ONE game is around 4K or 5K, 8K is not so much for a system with that much games....

Most "normal" people without any knowledged friend would even think it's a bargain !!! :)


pcdoctor:

What normal person can pay $8000 for a video game?
Then again, normal to you might not be normal to me.
I guess Bill Gates or Oprah wouldn't blink at paying $8000 but then again Oprah might say $8000 for a video game?


--- Quote from: MadEditor on July 13, 2004, 04:55:03 am ---Maybe we should not forget that MAME for most "normal" people is totally unknown... And taking that the price of a REAL arcade cab with only ONE game is around 4K or 5K, 8K is not so much for a system with that much games....

Most "normal" people without any knowledged friend would even think it's a bargain !!! :)


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Gildersneeze:


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--- Quote from: patrickl on July 11, 2004, 02:58:58 pm ---If you get that much money for a cab, why bother learning woodworking. I got a quote for $500 for getting my cab built. If I wasn't doing this for a hobby I'd sure take them up on that quote (or at least get more quotes to find something cheaper).

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Is that $500 with the hardware and paint, or just the wood?  Because that's one hell of a markup too.  Three sheets of 3/4" MDF is about $50 - $75 depending on where you get it
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Actually that was for furniture grade wood (I think that was about $120), but the biggest chunk of the cash is because the carpenter wants payment for the time he spends building the cab.

I'm amazed you think $75 is a reasonable price for a days work of a carpenter. How would you feel if you were paid $75 a day? I'm afraid $75 is more like the hourly rate for a carpenter.

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Right, I know.  I was thinking you were talking about a woodshop, not just a single carpenter.  $500 is more realistic (and actually cheap as hell) when you don't have eight to twenty guys all working on several projects all at once.  If this carpenter's a solo act, then he really ought to ask for more than that for the job.

RetroJames:

This is the worst of it all...

We will
> soon be adding all the games ever released for the
> Atari 2600, Playstation and Xbox and other home
> systems.


If not licensed, these are the roms/software that will get him and others in trouble.  (PS, Xbox, etc)

FractalWalk:

I'm amazed you think $75 is a reasonable price for a days work of a carpenter. How would you feel if you were paid $75 a day? I'm afraid $75 is more like the hourly rate for a carpenter.

I completely agree. And not only would a pro charge you for time, but they will also charge you for the wear and tear on their tools.  

Someone earlier totaled up about $2,000 in parts not including computer. Let's assume that is correct and includes the computer. Then let's throw in 40 hours of labor at $25 an hour (cheap!!). That brings it to $3,000 without any mark-up. Many products, especially products low on the adoption curve, have greater than 50% profit margins, which would price that cab in a competitive market in the $6,000+ range.

If it's just a question of price compared to raw material cost then almost all products on the market are incredibly expensive.  But there is way more than just raw materials that go into the total cost of a product. You have to throw in all capital investments (labor, capital purchases etc.) account for risk, factor in time value of money, account for taxes & depreciation. It adds up quickly.

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