Originally Posted by
WhyFi
Maybe, maybe not. The G3 design is a pretty different from their previous. The new design could scale better and the lower price may reflect the production savings... but it doesn't necessarily mean that the previous price reflected enormous markup - it may reflect recouping the development costs. In any event, I wouldn't expect a further price drop just because of this price drop.
Most likely the drop in price is due to significantly reduced sales and to counter the expected arrival of Garmin's Vector pedals. The market for powermeters isn't that large and I suspect that despite all the recent new entrants (Power2Max, Rotor, Stages, Garmin etc) the market isn't growing much, so the existing competitors will be fighting to hold market share. Ultimately, we will end up with a couple of dominant, profitable, Powermeter companies and the others will fight over the scraps.