[hsbauauvhabzb]

I’m not sure that’s a fair perspective, they built a proprietary product that’s intended to be a loss leader, the opposite of that is a desktop which costs substantially more.

[brokenmachine]

It would only cost more upfront, definitely not over the life of the console.

Rent seekers don't do anything for your benefit. The definition of false economy.

The only difference between their "Proprietary product" and a PC is DRM.