L_ said:
Sony had those hugely over priced memory cards for the vita, Nintendo has only now introduced that they would be charging for online after Sony and Microsoft have been doing it for years and we don't even know the price of it yet so really they've still been more affordable for the longest and don't see changing that much tbh. I mean theyre all companies and companies want money, though Nintendo seems to all what to do something different and exciting even though they may know it wont sell as well as generic box like PS4 and Microsoft so that's something I have to appreciate even if it doesn't turn out 100% perfect but what does. |
Keep in mind that Sony has always sold harware at a loss. With vita they had to make some of the money back and the memory cards were a way to do that (also they weren't in mass production, so they weren't that cheap for them either). A stupid way, as it showed, but still.
Nintendo not only wants to sell all hardware at a profit instead of waiting to make a profit by selling a single game, but they also never (or hardly ever) drop prices of their games. Their harware are always weak and offer less value for your money. They can offer those "unique" experiences without the consoles or the games costing that much.
Switch prices show they haven't changed a bit. In fact, the only thing that set them apart from Sony and MS (free online) is now gone. Not only that but they are not even willing to give some relatively recent games that could cost them at least some money (and let you keep them for a while). No, they want to spend as little as possible and demand as much as they think they can.
As for Ninty doing something new and exciting, keep in mind that that's the only thing they have left to do. Obvioulsy they can't compete with Sony and MS.
