Maschine plus upgrades (ableton push 3 released)

Valid point.

If we account for inflation those prices were truly horrifying but keep in mind that in 1988 computer prices were also crazy, now we walk around with computers in our pockets, also the manufacturing cost and target audience were also way different.

I think we kind of moved past the 'pro' mentality that some companies still use (like 'Avid' or 'Blackmagic') that target companies or commercial big studios, bedroom musicians are by far the biggest market now. I personally can't justify 1000$ extra for a standalone module with that amount of RAW power but many people are fine with it, it's sold out worldwide for a reason I guess.

No. MPC was just an example, I said 'standalone' in general multiple times, I not trying to put down AKAI at all.

My point is it would be better to be able to upgrade an MPC One (for example) internals rather than buying a whole new one, that's all, to me this is just common sense... Im not factoring in the actual price of X VS Y product, that's completely irrelevant. If Ableton inspires the next MPC or any other similar devices to be somewhat upgradable at their own pricepoint, or go from controller to standalone that would benefit us all...

Native took the MPC general concept and made a controller with Maschine MK1, it was groundbreaking and inspired AKAI to also do controllers, the MPC Renaissance came out 3 years later... hence the MAS mk1 changed the game, I'm glad they did and this is not putting down AKAI, people build off each other.

I find it very hypocritical to only criticize Apple for not being upgradable then 1 min later defend another brand that does the same, be it AKAI or NI, or any other. (not you specifically, just in general)

If you disagree with all of the above that's fine, I disagree with people all the time, and you don't see me crying about it with anyone else... sometimes people even make me rethink things and I change my mind, I always accept the possibility of being wrong, no pride here in that regard, this is how one can learn but your a tone is often one of provocation. Let's just ignore each other because this conversation is going around in circles and we both just repeating ourselves. I'm not here to convince anyone I am right.