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Should the Nintendo Switch get a price cut?

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Platina on 29 March 2018

It's selling really well so there isn't a need for it to



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Arminillo on 29 March 2018
AlfredoTurkey said:
PortisheadBiscuit said:

Sonic more popular than Mario? Extremely debatable

Sega owning the U.S. during the 16bit era?? Also debatable and more than likely false. I'd love to see sales figures, could've sworn the pie was 55/45 or something along those lines.

From 1991-1994, Sega dominated. I've talked with SOA head of marketing Al Nilsen and he confirmed

well ive talked to the NOA head of marketing and he said that MARIO came ahead in their tests.



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AngryLittleAlchemist on 30 March 2018
berzerkertank said:
I think that the Switch should have launched at $250 instead of the $300 price tag they ended up going with, but it's given me enough great games in its first year, so I think that it's okay for right now.

Why do you think that? Just personal value? 



Kai_Mao on 30 March 2018

I think Nintendo is gonna do a permanent price cut next year, most likely. It’s hard to believe they need a permanent price cut this year. I can see bundles though.

The Swtch isn’t really losing momentum and the sales have been really good up to this point. Why cut it this year when there’s really no signs of the console slowing down outside of a February month? Remember, Nintendo did not want to launch the Switch and sell at a loss. Whether you believe the NVIDIA chip, the joy cons, the dock, and the extra stuff that come with the overall package cost $199 or $250 to make a unit, it doesn’t really matter. They want to build profit and revenue. And at this time, it doesn’t seem that the profits and revenue are gonna decline (if at all) to a point that a price cut is warranted this year. I guess we’ll see in the April financial report.



Rocketjay8 on 30 March 2018
PortisheadBiscuit said:
AlfredoTurkey said:

From 1991-1994, Sega dominated. I've talked with SOA head of marketing Al Nilsen and he confirmed that during that period, kids were voting for Sonic over Mario in all their tests. Market research showed that Sonic was more well known than the President of the United States. He was the number one mascot of the 16-bit era in the US by far.

As far as over all sales, it wasn't until late 1994, when Sega had internally shifted all resources to the Saturn and thus, left the gen that Nintendo started really gaining. The over all numbers are hard to come by. I have documents that show it won the US, but there are others who claim that the SNES eventually over took it but to me, that's pointless. 

A race is run and the results only matter as long as they're both in the race. If one leaves the race ahead, on their own accord, to race a different race... does the person who is losing the race win? Technically, sure. But not really. Sega left the 16-bit generation winning.

Seems like a bit of horse pucky here.

Super Mario World alone outsold Sonic 1, 2, and 3 combined in N. America 12.78 million to 8.52 million

Sega Genesis debuted a full 2 years before the SNES in the U.S., so SNES catching up in sales after Saturn debuted seems like a level playing field 

GProgrammer said:

Yes SNES outsold the Genesis 20 million to 18.5 Million

Just as I thought, very close in terms of sales with Genesis losing

 

13 Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) 22.88
16 Sega Genesis (GEN) 16.98

http://www.vgchartz.com/analysis/platform_totals/



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GProgrammer on 30 March 2018
Rocketjay8 said:

 

13 Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) 22.88
16 Sega Genesis (GEN) 16.98

http://www.vgchartz.com/analysis/platform_totals/

the SNES 20 million and Sega Genesis 18.5 million is from actual NPD data



zorg1000 on 30 March 2018
CaptainExplosion said:
I don't think I've ever been this outvoted in one of my threads before.

Guess we can wait for a price cut.

I mean, ~15 million in one year making it one of the best first year's in console history and selling 200k+ each week.....from Nintendo's perspective why in the world would they cut the price?



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berzerkertank on 30 March 2018
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
berzerkertank said:
I think that the Switch should have launched at $250 instead of the $300 price tag they ended up going with, but it's given me enough great games in its first year, so I think that it's okay for right now.

Why do you think that? Just personal value? 

Pretty much. I'm fine with paying any amount below $400, so I never have to worry about being cheated out of money that often.



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Medisti on 31 March 2018

A price cut is usually done when sales start to flag to keep interest going. With Switch doing how it is, a digital pack-in game at the same price point is much more likely than a price drop.



Wman1996 on 01 April 2018

I say give the current Switch a $50 or so price cut if they come out with a 64 GB version (which would be $300).



Lifetime Sales Predictions 

Switch: 151 million (was 73, then 96, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million)

PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 57 million (was 60 million, then 67 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

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