Has regular price for Delphi been reduced? Not that I find it cheap at all, but I recall way bigger license prices than these: https://www.embarcadero.com/app-development-tools-store/delp...
[edit] I can only get the prices in GBP but for 'professional' it's £1,140 (Perpetual License) + £399 (Year one Maintenance) so not quite as bad as I thought but still a sizeable portion for year 1.