It's not just game consoles and phones ... Ars Technica did a review on the new moto razr flip phones, calling them expensive at 1500€ but let's wait and see where Apple is going to land with the iPhone this year.
Anything with a chip or memory that's powerful enough to be meaningful is going to be very expensive going forward.
A friend just shared some raspberry pi prices November 2024 vs. now - LOL.
It's like buying a movie on iTunes used to be 5€, then 9€ now it's 19,99€