As someone who works in the software industry, no, volume does NOT dictate price...

Value does, this is a game...thats it...calling anything on a PC a sim is a farse, there is no such thing, to simulate anything you need tactile feedback beyond what a pc can offer...

The only reason they charge 150+bux for this, is because they can...i can guarantee you if someone makes one and sells it for 50 bux, these companies we have now will do the same....

There is free software out there now that is good, not great, but good, but free cant beat 150 bux, its true, if somone sees something free, they avoid it unless its been recomended...if it costs money, it must be good, so they buy it...

I have no problem giving a fair price for software....

But what i have a problem with is this...

I have a TC interface created by Great Planes for use with realflight...but it ONLY works with the broken down NexSTAR edition...now i have no prob with the nexstar edition, i wouldnt expect a full peice of software for what i paid for my nextStar...what does bother me, is why i cant upgrade to the FULL software at a reasonable price and not have to pay for another controller....when i dont need one? there is no sense in that, and to engineer this TX cable to not only NOT work with the full version, but to not show up as a usable device in windows so that another app could use it...its rediculous, they went out of there way to ensure that the ONLY thing i can do with this interface is the NexStar edition of realflight....its crap...and to me, very mean spirited...