Why are Crucial SSDs so expensive?

brandon402

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I was looking at SSDs and noticed the Crucials were a lot more expensive than the other brands. I purchased a Crucial M4 128GB back in early 2013 for around $90. Now it shows $270 at Newegg, and many others are similarly priced, why is that? I was curious if anyone knows, thanks!
 
Solution
The M4 are old versions. The M500 is Crucial's newest and are in that original price range of the M4s, granted they have less capacity (120GB vs 128GB).