I think your logic is flawed... There are a number of factors that can contribute the cost of technology hardware... "Bleeding edge", niche market, and popularity.
I once purchased a 9600 baud modem for $299. Bleeding edge at the time, and I paid dearly for it. Some people would have argued at the time it was a silly purchase and 2400 baud is fine.
Current (kinda sorta?!) Amiga hardware you are paying for niche low volume hardware. So your $/performance is going to be perplexing to most. (unless you are a die-hard amiga person, then it's acceptable)
Most people do not follow any of those trends, except perhaps popularity. They just want something cheap with impressive numbers. (and they may not even know what the numbers mean - ghz, megabytes, etc.)
So yeah anyone theoretically could afford one, but what if they don't want it?
