Putting the Switch's price into perspective.

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Aquietguy said:

SvennoJ said:
The console is not the problem, the accessories are overpriced. PS2 controller in 2001 was $34, inflation adjusted for 2017 $45, Pro Controller is $70. That is quite a difference. Sure there's more tech inside it, so is there in the console and anything else nowadays. For comparison, you can get a wireless keyboard for $20, wireless mouse for $15.

You have to account for the level of tech inside the Switch's controllers.

Why? People have to consider that tech to be worth the extra price in order for that price to be justified. If they don't care about it, than the extra tech has no value and thus is irrelevant to the price.

Let me put it to you this way. Let's say you're in a market for a used car, and the car you're looking at typically sells for $5000. But, one seller of this particular car has invested $2500 into putting in a horrific sparkling purple and pink two-tone paint job, a gaudy spoiler, a fart can exhaust, and a cold air intake. As a result, they believe the car is now worth $7500 and they're selling it for that price. But you don't care about any of that shit. You just want a stock car. Is that car worth $7500 to you even though you don't want or don't care for those extra features? No of course not. In fact, in this example the car may in fact be worth less than $5000 as those features would cost money to remove and revert the car back to stock.

Some goes for game consoles. If someone doesn't care about "HD Rumble" and sees a PS4 controller for $50, and a Switch Pro controller for $70, they're going to feel like it's a ripoff.