*Warning, this is not sugar-coated*

Dude, you need to get your emotions in check and think with your head. You're ready to spend THAT level of money on a game that frankly is still in its proto stage, you have no guarantee HW is going to make it through this "re-org", you prolly couldn't get tech help for it right now and prolly not until the "new HW" gets their ducks in a row, there's realistically a number of things that could go wrong or already have been documented to go wrong that you may/may not have the capability to diagnose and repair, and you don't know about the availability of spare parts/tech help in the future.

Seriously, stop and ask yourself "why do I want this special snowflake game?". DON'T buy it just to say "I have one of like....10 in the world." To me, if your "friend" is willing to stick it to you that hard, you need to step back and re-think this.

And we wonder why pin prices don't stop rising. People can't stop throwing money at them.....-______-