> There is low demand for these boards, which means the price doesn’t need to go down at all. Low demand keeps prices high? I guess I kind of understand what t

> There is low demand for these boards, which means the price doesn’t need to go down at all. Low demand keeps prices high? I guess I kind of understand what the author's point is, but that's a somewhat counterintuitive argument. It's not so much the low demand that keeps prices high; it would seem that low demand prevents the product from reaching a level of mass production that would exploit economies of scale which might lower unit costs.