Is it worth to redesign the MiSTer?

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Re: Is it worth to redesign the MiSTer?

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How would the base price of any redesign be $300 when the FPGA itself sells for $256?
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Re: Is it worth to redesign the MiSTer?

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throAU wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 4:06 am To be clear, I'm not suggesting (or wanting) anyone abandon the DE10-nano, and I'm fully aware its a hobbyist project. Just that as a new user looking in, it is intimidating and an all-in-one unit could sell for significantly more I believe.
Analogue could easily do this but they think there's more money in getting people to buy multiple consoles rather than a single one that does them all.

Their Pocket is looking pretty close to that for handheld gaming though.
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dmckean wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:02 pm How would the base price of any redesign be $300 when the FPGA itself sells for $256?
$256 may be the unit price to dissuade hobbyists. For all we know if you buy in bulk (100s or 1000s) it may go down significantly.
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Re: Is it worth to redesign the MiSTer?

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Newsdee wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:29 am
dmckean wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:02 pm How would the base price of any redesign be $300 when the FPGA itself sells for $256?
$256 may be the unit price to dissuade hobbyists. For all we know if you buy in bulk (100s or 1000s) it may go down significantly.
Right, but... What builder is dropping 150 * 1000 to sell Neue-MiSTers? That's Analogue Inc. volumes for preorders. :D
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Re: Is it worth to redesign the MiSTer?

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Newsdee wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:29 am
dmckean wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:02 pm How would the base price of any redesign be $300 when the FPGA itself sells for $256?
$256 may be the unit price to dissuade hobbyists. For all we know if you buy in bulk (100s or 1000s) it may go down significantly.
Maybe? But I don't think they're being bought in that volume since the usual places don't list volume prices. The intended use for these SOCs are in embedded projects, robotics, automation, etc... and those are normally low volume.

Plus, there's no way we're putting together the $300,000 it would take to do a run of 1000.
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