You dont need to start a new thread every time you have an opinion. Especially when there are many threads about the topic already.

Its not the price tag that urks me, its a combination of the price, battery and paid online that urks me

I didn't think about this until I read what you said, but it's not entirely impossible for the Switch to have regular $40 handheld games and $60 console games, based off of the approach they had when making the game, is it?  I mean, they might not do it but it is something to think about.

 it's not that what they want is bad, is that the switch offers other stuff. And just because the switch doesn't offer what they want that means the switch should cost less to manufacfture, cause there's other value on the system that costs money.

These opinions are obviously not ridiculous. You can sit there and justify the cost all you want, and you're right. Is $299 a fair price for the technology in the Switch? Probably. But that's the not the problem. The problem is that people don't see that value in that technology. The switch is portable? Awesome. Are people willing to pay for that feature? The switch has "HD rumble"? Great. Are people willing to pay for that feature? Millions of people aren't, and millions of people would rather a console that's missing either of those features that would be cheaper, or missing those features and comes with Zelda for the same price.

See people ask themselves questions like "do I want a semi-portable console with expensive accessories, or do I want to buy a PS4 that's cheaper, comes with a great game, has cheaper accessories, has a huge library, and will be getting all of the great games not made by Nintendo, and probably won't be coming to the Switch?" Sorry, but you're going to have to come to terms with people asking themselves that, and deciding that the Nintendo Switch isn't worth it. The Switch could cost Nintendo $298 to build, ship, and sell to the consumer, and that still not be worth the price in a prospective buyer's eyes.

Its not just that.

Switch - $299
Pro Controller - $70
Skyrim - $60

Just to play Skyrim, a half decade old game, you gotta shell out $430. You can say the pro controller isn't required, but looking at the joycons, they are not built for comfort or long play.

Now look how many threads I have with an opinion about the switch, oh yeah, this one. now move on.

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Trouble is we actually NEED our way more expensive phones that are extremely capable of playing HD, high quality games and we WANT our video game consoles.

If someone shows you a new console that costs as much as an older console that significantly overpowers it AND you already spent significant dollars on your mobile device that can provide similar gaming performance at much cheaper software costs, it is totally reasonable to expect you to surmise that you already bridged that gap.

$300 is actually not a lot if you consider the fact that the 3DS has been selling rather well at $200. For that extra $100 you get a console that can play Mario Kart 8 on the go versus something that can play games between the level of N64 and GC.