I dont have the cold hard numbers on actual cost per unit if that is what you mean but its a simple conclusion to make that since Sony exists solely to make money for its shareholders and not as a charity any move it makes has a profit motive as an end. The day Sony introduced the Pro naturally sounded a death knell for the older version.

It is also drawing from other companies who introduced mid gen refreshes like the N3Ds.

It's only certain SKUs that are sold out (which is the same case for Switch in JP). There's one model that you can find, but the standard non-Pro model hasn't been easy to find as is evidenced by it's stark while Pro has stayed pretty stable.

Switch* is literally a powerful handheld that truly mimics home consoles (a hybrid). When it is all said and done, it will have no disadvantages compared to 3DS.

Handhelds' main selling point is their portability. Switch has exactly that. Right now, its high pricepoint and Nintendo's unwillingness to abandon 3DS are harming it to an extent. But once the price goes down, and Nintendo completely unifies their library, the Switch will fully inherit the strengths of a cheap handheld. What I'm trying to say is.. being a hybrid will ultimately put it in an even more favorable position than a normal handheld.

In Japan: Hybrid > Handheld > Home Console. With this bias in mind, Switch's performance isn't all that impressive so far. Sony might never opt to make an equivalent to the Swtich, because their home consoles sell too well outside Japan. They can't risk the world to just improve their situation in Japan alone. Whereas Nintendo got nothing to risk after the failure of Wii U.

Switch* is literally a powerful handheld that truly mimics home consoles (a hybrid). When it is all said and done, it will have no disadvantages compared to 3DS.

Handhelds' main selling point is their portability. Switch has exactly that. Right now, its high pricepoint and Nintendo's unwillingness to abandon 3DS are harming it to an extent. But once the price goes down, and Nintendo completely unifies their library, the Switch will fully inherit the strengths of a cheap handheld. What I'm trying to say is.. being a hybrid will ultimately put it in an even more favorable position than a normal handheld.

In Japan: Hybrid > Handheld > Home Console. With this bias in mind, Switch's performance isn't all that impressive so far. Sony might never opt to make an equivalent to the Swtich, because their home consoles sell too well outside Japan. They can't risk the world to just improve their situation in Japan alone. Whereas Nintendo got nothing to risk after the failure of Wii U.

According to the launch aligned sales in Japan from Media Create and your price argument is irrelevant since no two platform strategies are the same ... 

Word of advice, don't base your argument on presumptions such as Nintendo themselves intending to match the price of Switch against the 3DS without solid evidence ... 

This discussion is about sales numbers ... 

So same case as Switch, why do many people claimed Switch have been sold out in Japan last year is fake news but ps4 is not?

Isnt the typical rule of thumb, the older a model gets the cheaper it is to manufacture? I'd think their profit margin is higher on the slim model considering it's older tech, scaled down from the original PS4, and still selling at $299 msrp.

I can eventually see the pro model being the volume seller, a scaled down, slim version, like what 2DSXL is to the 3DSXL. And then a super slim PS4 model for the budget gamers ala 2DS.

I don't think Japan's stock problems are/were artificial, I think Sony knows Japan isnt as high priority as the U.S. or Europe and didnt want to have surplus stock after the MHW fever wore off IMO. Which we see in recent Japan hardware sales, PS4 already back down to baseline. 

But that's exactly what has happened lol. People have claimed both are fake, because it doesn't agree with what they want. 

Not 'Always' true as diminishing returns set in at some point and there is the added cost of running 2 products with significant differences in terms of volumes, parts availability e.t.c. You can be certain Sony would incur less costs making a single SKU of 30m than making 2 SKUs of 15 million each no matter the efficiencies they find in the manufacturing lines. The day the Pro was announced was an Obituary of sorts for the older models......Do you see the older 3DS models around anymore these days ?

By the way, I am not of the opinion that the stock problems are artificial, only saying there exists more plausible reasons to suggest such conspiracy theories in the case of the PS4 compared to the switch . It is also worth considering that even if the stock shortages in China are not artificial, they still might have arisen due to allocation of manufacturing resources between the older version(s) and the Pro.

Except price is relevant because the 3DS was behind during the period it had the higher price you know why because Switch off the bat is a more appealing device even at its current price. 3DS required a 50 quid price cut to get into gear even though its launch price was still 50 quid lower than what the Switch is, cutting the price early for 3DS was never the intended strategy for it.