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numberwang said:

More like this probably.



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I've had mine since launch, so it doesn't affect me. In my case, I'm still hoping that we at least get digital Black Friday deals on eShop titles and I'll be bummed if we don't.

But as far as the Switch itself goes, they're going to sell as much as they ship regardless, so I can understand why they're not doing a Black Friday sale yet. 
Demand is already sky high, it wouldn't make much sense to slash the price and leave money on the table when there's a lot more to gain from leaving it alone.



Mar1217 said:
sc94597 said:

More like this probably.

That's my 2 economic classes at my college(cegep in QC) in a nutshell :P

More like this?



It's a shame as I'm looking to finally pick up a switch soon. Will have to wait till next year now. You can hardly blame Nintendo for not discounting it though. If it's selling like mad why reduce the cost?



Nothing to live for but I like it that way. 

Meh. It’s too early on and the device is selling well enough that there’s not really a need for holiday price cuts. Next year, definitely.



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SpokenTruth said:
Say you have 5 million to sell. And we all know they will sell every single unit.

@ $300 = $1.5 billion.

@ $250 = $1.25 billion.

You just left a quarter billion dollars in revenue on the table for what purpose?

 I wouldn’t go that far. Switch is going to sell very well, no doubt, but every unit is a bit of a stretch. The device has been readily available at most retailers for months now. It’s passed it’s sold out days, and logically Nintendo is going to be putting out far more stock over the holidays than they did the rest of the year. I agree, no need for a price drop, but every unit sold? Very doubtful, unless Nintendo intentionally goes back to artificial demand. 



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The reaction? The Switch is going to sell just as good without them, so I don't see a negative reaction coming.



zorg1000 said:
They are gonna sell as much as they can ship regardless so cutting the price wouldnt make any sense for them.

Thread shoulda ended here,

 

But there are some pretty good deals on software.

Last edited by Ljink96 - on 19 November 2017

Anyone expecting deals for it were kinda crazy... even PS4 that had about 1 year in the market when got it BF and already had steady supply didn't get any significant deal for that BF.
Why would Switch even be considered for a BF deal?



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

shikamaru317 said:
Expected it. Why do Black Friday deals when it's still selling out quickly at normal price?

Exactly. I HIGHLY doubt Nintendo will have problems selling Switches at regular price.



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