Nintendo Switch Lite Officially Revealed - $199, September 20th, Dedicated Handheld

[Pyro as Bill]

DonFerrari said:

Pyro as Bill said:

Nintendo has charged me a total of $20 to play online on both their handheld and home consoles for the past 14 years. So yeah, I think that's MUCH better than the competition. Given I'd pay $20/yr for the NES catalog, online multi is still free for me.

Nintendo is greedy when they don't sell their hardware at a loss.
They get complaints when they don't discount their games after the launch hype has worn off.
They get complaints about the price of their online service.

How exactly is Nintendo supposed to make money?

(Basing something's value on how much each component part costs is almost as bad as communism)

Your first argument is the same of people that said they would pay 60 on XBL or PS just for the discount and free games. Myself I don't play MP at all, still have the sub for like 4 years.

I can see why a non-Nintendo fan would get confused but if you look at the list of games for Gold since September (NES online launch), Super Mario Bros 3 has probably outsold them all combined.

Have I said Nintendo is greedy for not selling the HW at loss? Nope, I said for me it is overprice considering the other HW released selling for 50 loss while Switch would be 50 profit.

The comments weren't directed at you, they were a general observation but you seem to agree with all 3 points if we change 'greedy' to 'overpriced'. It's easy to sell HW at a $50 loss when you're making nearly $60 in pure profit from the subscription.

Nintendo get this complains and deserve it and you know it. Their online was much worse and even Nintendo community complained to pay for it on that state. Every company discount their games from 6-12 months after release and forward.

The service might be a lot worse but the price is a lot better. "Every" company discounts their games because they have to. Call of Dutys and Mario Karts don't. It's not Nintendo's fault that 'every' other game isn't able to hold it's value like Nintendo games do.

MS and Sony are making money, so not sure why wouldn't Nintendo make money. It is more like some people preffer to defend Nintendo on what they do that is  less value than the competitors. Like it is some kind of pleasure to pay more for the same.

They make most of their cash from 3rd parties and greedy subscriptions. I'd rather Nintendo profits from making games and hardware that retain their resale/trade-in value than subscriptions and bargain bin games.