All this for me, 300 would be ok with a games, but not without.

Switch is more like:

Nintendo Switch ~299$
Carrying bag ~20$
Screen protecter ~20$
128 GB Micro SD card ~ 45$ (so now you have 32gb+128gb = 160 GB total)
Nintendo Pro Controller ~70$
Zelda Breath of the wild ~60$ (no game comes with the switch)

= 454$


vs PS4 slim with uncharted bundle for 249$.

Switch isnt nearly as cheap as people make it out to be.

Its the size of a tablet, so you ll need a special bag to carry it + games + extra's in.

You ll want to use it as both a portable + homeconsole, you dont want scratches in the screen so you ll get a screen protector.

You ll need more storage than the 32 GB it comes with, so again you ll need a SD card.

You might need a powerbank, to charge your switch if 2.5hours of gameplay on the go, isnt enough for you.

The "dogface" controller isnt for everyone, you might again want a normal controller (without delay issues), so a Pro controller is needed.

There are so many hidden costs to the switch.

It only really needed the portable comparison. It's a horrifically underpowered home console and that's more a bonus than a competitive platform. Compare the Switch to even ps3 or 360 and most games look well below their standard. Many £20-30 android boxes could run much of the Switch library on a performance level not because they are as powerful as Switch but so many games on Switch don't push the hardware.

It's a fantastic portable though and goes well beyond Vita performance. In fact if there was an updated Vita model I doubt their would be much difference in performance.

I wonder if the instore display units are going to show the Switch as a portable or have it connected to a tv. I worry that connecting it to a tv is going to do massive damage to the Switch in sales potential. You see xbox one and ps4 delivering fantastic graphics and its not going to go well for Switch I think. I know Zelda is pretty but not much else is and Zelda itself is not technically impressive just beautiful because of the art style.

for being the strongest handheld yet this price is cheap

Pretty much this, looking at past pricing doesn't tell us much about the modern market. Doubly so when Nintendo have chosen a tablet form factor, the likes of which didn't exist at the time of most of those home consoles' release. The modern market is just so changed, so very, very big and not one you can analyze simply by comparing launch prices adjusted for inflation.

And, as others have already pointed out, including OP; it's an expensive handheld for those considering it an option for a 3DS.

But does it pack more tech than the Dualshock 4 that has a touchpad, light bar, headphone jack and speaker along with rumble and motion sensors. You can pick up a Dualshock 4 for $50 and I think the rrp is $60. Having HD rumble isn't an excuse for the Switch pricing. 

Agreed. 

What factors do you believed caused the Gamecube to fail though? What boxes didn't it tick?

More expensive than any popular handheld, cheaper than almost all consoles. Sounds about right.

Yeah thats how i feel about the price.

The price of the Switch would have been just fine in 2012-2013 if it was launching alongside the PS4 and Xbox One at their launch prices. But it isn't. It's launching against systems that are 3 years old, have seen multiple price cuts, and are now cheaper than the launch price of the Switch. No one cares about what the PS4 and X1 prices were three years ago. They only care about PS4 and X1 prices now.

Now you might be asking why this is relevant. That's because a prospective Switch buyer is going to go into a store and is going to be choosing between the PS4, the XB1, That's a fact. The problem is now, is that in almost every way the Switch is more expensive than the Xbox One and PS4, especially when you consider there are hundreds of great games out for those systems that can easily be had for less than $20. When a prospective buyer can buy a PS4, an extra controller, and 4-5 games for the price of a Switch, a pro controller, and Zelda, that becomes a hard sell.