This is something I run into with a lot of hobbies. Wanna play Warhammer 40k? Prepare to pay at least $500 for miniatures (even if you're 3d printing, still need to buy that printer). Wanna do historical swordfighting? Prepare to pay $1k for protective gear and a sword. I know people who like shooting and I'm just like, I already paid for a sword and I don't need to pay $20 to reload it. Hell, even in video gaming there's people who've dropped hundreds of dollars on gatcha games.
At the end of the day it's capitalism and it's economics. Companies will charge the price that will make them the most amount of money, if they charge less than that then scalpers will buy up their stock and resell at the 'correct' price, if they accidentally charge too much then they'll eventually be forced to bring prices back down, or go out of business.
The longer you play warhammer the cheaper it gets! My first army from 2009 is still largely playable, although I did another decent sized buildup in 2014 or so.
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u/DaaaahWhoosh 1d ago
This is something I run into with a lot of hobbies. Wanna play Warhammer 40k? Prepare to pay at least $500 for miniatures (even if you're 3d printing, still need to buy that printer). Wanna do historical swordfighting? Prepare to pay $1k for protective gear and a sword. I know people who like shooting and I'm just like, I already paid for a sword and I don't need to pay $20 to reload it. Hell, even in video gaming there's people who've dropped hundreds of dollars on gatcha games.
At the end of the day it's capitalism and it's economics. Companies will charge the price that will make them the most amount of money, if they charge less than that then scalpers will buy up their stock and resell at the 'correct' price, if they accidentally charge too much then they'll eventually be forced to bring prices back down, or go out of business.