[Arakon]

fact is, there are NO clones.
there's 50 different names, but they ALL are identical and they ALL come from the very same manufacturer.

also, the messiah doesn't turn your PS2 into a dev machine. all it does is patch data on the fly. that has absolutely nothing to do with making it a dev machine. the dev machines have a totally different BIOS.

the main reason for the high messiah price is the same as for ANY product.. few are available, ALOT of people want it. that drives the prices up like hell.. no matter how much it costs to produce. now messiahs are slowly becoming more and more easily available, which is reflected in the slowly dropping prices.