What has happen to the economy that external hard drives are so costly?

[Walker77]

Can some one explain why are external hard drives so costly?

There is a 4 TB external hard drive for $170. Why are they so costly?

 

[Gabriel Pike]

It has really gone down over time. Here is a graph of the relative cost over time.

 

[HardReset]

Buy internal drive and HDD cage, cheaper that way.