why is the MSXVR so expensive if its just emulation?
I'm not a fan of the VR
oh but I AM a fan of the MSXVR, which was why i a few days ago i went to their website to preorder a unit with international shipping, but during checkout, i just couldn't bring myself to pay 399 euros for it......now if the MSXVR were a real hardware clone however, i would be more than happy and willing to pay that kind of money, which was why i said that the 399 euros were asking a little much, because in all honesty, i think that price range shoudl've been for something like a real MSX hardware clone, although as a fan of MSXVR myself, i would still gladly pay 299euros for the MSXVR....just not 399 euros.
If you can think you can make a quality product for far less, then please do so.
i have never once bashed the MSXVR, nor had i ever blatantly stated i wasn't a fan of it. i posted this thread simply because i wanted to know why it costed 399euros even though its emulation based, so there is no ounce of malice on my part. so i really don't appreciate your passive-aggressiveness attitude towards me
also, just because i can't make a quality product for far less, that doesn't mean we don't deserve a more moderately priced MSXVR, which in my opinion is the next best thing in absence of a real hardware clone.
even prior to posting this thread, i have already read this thread below from around a few days ago (as my forum account viewing history will show), in which another member have expressed much stronger, and harsher opinion towards the MSX, which i do not fully share. however in spite of this, his opinion was still tolerated and i don't recall you nor anyone in that thread telling him to "go make a better one on your own if you think you can" like what happened with me.
PS: some people have said that the PS5 game console is expensive, do you tell them to "make a quality product for far less, then please do so." ????
Wow, selling an emulator running on 35 Euros hardware on the free GNU/Linux OS for 400 Euros is quite an accomplishment. Better yet, a closed-source emulator! What could go wrong?? 
Some people in this thread are about to learn a painful lesson... for a high price, that is.
Software emulators running on ANY operating system are bound to have loads on audio and video lag. Thats because of buffers. Buffers are unavoidable due to the inherent jittering present in those modern, multitasking OSes.
Its OK because most software emulators are free, so theres nothing to complain about: OpenMSX for example has needed MANY years to mature to the point its now, so all you will get with this MSXVR thing is either a poor emulator or a stolen OpenMSX/BlueMSX deployment in a 35 Euros computer for 400.
But hey! It has cartidge slots!! Yeah, but it can NOT access the cartidges in realtime as a real MSX or an FPGA implementation because the Pi buses have nothing in common with MSX. (FPGAs CAN access cartidges in realtime because they are an electronic-level implementation of the MSX hardware). So, in this MSXVR abortion, carts have to be dumped into ROMs in order to be used.
Thats all you will get: a very expensive cartidge dumper that plays ROMs on an obscure and half-baked emulator (or stolen, who knows since this POS will be closed-source).
Stay away from this shit. Use FREE and open-source emulators, or if you are a purist then go FPGA or real HW.
There are MANY options, its up to you. But dont let this people rip your money.
I think you at least have an option not to buy. Why to bother people with your choice of not buying? 
