Cost of Cybereyes, Dramatic changes. Options

[Pepsi Jedi]

I’ve been flipping though some of my books lately and reading up on the body mods in particular. First I read though Augmentation for 4E then Chrome Flesh for 5E.

Now I know ‘Time has passed” but I saw something that made me stop in my tracks and double check. Namely as the thread topic indicates, the cost for “The most common Cyber in the world”

Your basic Cybereyes

Augmentation
Cybereyes Basic system
Rating 1: 500
Rating 2: 750
Rating 3: 1000
Rating 4: 1500

Not too bad.

But then I was checking out Chromed Flesh and found....

Cybereyes Basic system
Rating 1: 4,000
Rating 2: 6,000
Rating 3: 10,000
Rating 4: 14,000

Now I know some prices go up and down a little bit but that’s a hella jump. From 500 for a standard off the shelf set in 4E to four GRAND in 5E?, why did the price of cyber eyes, repeatedly listed to be the most common in the world go up by a factor of 8 to 10 times the cost between the two editions?

Where in the ‘addons’ Didn’t change nearly as much
Low light went up by 50% but not 800%
Flare mop went from 750 to 1000

Isn’t this tech supposed to be “MORE” common and therefore mass produced and cheaper? But the increase in the basic eye just knocks your socks off.

Is this a Type-O? Or is there justification for 800% to 1000% Mark ups?


Also a question. I could swear I read some where that Cybereyes were so common that you could go get your meat ones ripped out on your lunch break and get new cybereyes put in, and be back at your desk by the end of your lunch break, but I can’t find it in the book. Anyone know which book it’s in and the page? I’ve looked and looked and can’t find it.