I'm reminded of that Simpsons episode where Bart wants to get a nameplate.
"Bert... Burt... Bort? Aw, come on. "Bort"?
Random passing lady: "No, Bort, you can't have a name plate."
Random passing guy: "Are you talking to me?"
Lady: "No, I was talking to my son Bort."
PA system: "We need more Bort license plates in the Gift Shop. Repeat, we are sold out of Bort license plates."
I mean yeah sure but the specs are the same as a $50 model, it's just those pesky "quality of life" things driving up the price, like an actually working speaker, or buttons that don't melt, and stuff like that.
I think all in my Pi 4 was well north of 200 bucks 150ish for the Pi 4 the case the fancy cooler, then like 70 for the 500GB MicroSD then like 70 for the Xbox controller. But honestly it's a nice set up I really enjoy and to me was worth every penny. (even bought more controllers for 2 or 4 player games.) hmmm have never played any 2 player games yet
Yeah that's what I hate about the RPi, it's supposedly $30 or something but it takes an additional $200 of accessories to actually turn it into a working something.
Yeah a lot of it I consider a hobby, using Batocera I am constantly adjusting the collection adding and removing stuff, scraping the artwork. Haven't even started on some music for the theme... Also way down the road I am considering attempting to do a WiiFlow knock off lol