It wasn't a money issue, they were functionally worthless to all but a
handfull of people due to lack of game software.
Ah therein lies the standard. Lunar lander was not good software and
nothing short being able to run simcity or Doom qualifies as a computer
worthy of the moniker "personal computer"/
Visicalc sold more computers than the next five years of hardware and price
improvements.
Next to the power of the "software" your technological marvels are
insignificant. D. Vader (roughly)