Well, the early (like in 1983) CD players were incredibly expensive (often over $1000 and that was in 1983 money), but by the time CD-ROM drives were a thing ne

Well, the early (like in 1983) CD players were incredibly expensive (often over $1000 and that was in 1983 money), but by the time CD-ROM drives were a thing nearly a decade later you could get cheap CD players for under $100. We kind of saw the same thing later with DVD players starting as luxuries and ending up as under $50 impulse buys.