Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Please don't perpetuate the lie that Xanathar supports real magic item pricing or suggest I can use it. It's still all rarity based, which is no substitute for utility.
So it's not a lie. It does in fact have real magic item pricing that you CAN use. You just don't WANT to use it, because for some reason you want to ignore rarity which is a proper metric for the sale of items of any sort, including magical. That's not the same is it not being usable. Your preference does not make my statement a lie, so stop calling me a liar.
A more accurate picture, however, would be that they used to produce handcrafted quality icecream (in d20). Maybe not perfect but at least they had ambition and poured a lot of manhours into perfecting that vision (the late-edition Magic Item Compendium).
The Magic Item Compendium was amazing in what items it had, and absolutely crappy in its pricing. The pricing was unusable by me.
Now all they're offering you is some over-the-counter shoddily made replica. Like "vegan beef" that really isn't beef at all.
Pricing has been shoddy since 3e. 5e is not a change with that. And I don't use 5e pricing, because it's shoddy pricing. WotC seems incapable it of making a good magic item price system.