Interesting poll. (for a change)
When a niche market product has a price that high its certainly subject to criticism.
I do agree with the OP abouts points A and B. Having said that
POINT C IS ABSOLUTELY UNFORGIVABLE.
And its not just drivers its the LACK OF SOFTWARE thats the real problem. I mean $3500 us you can have a system you can learn AE, FCP, or whatever pro software on and make a living. So its pretty hard to justfiy the price. Thats why i'm glad it runs on my peg2.