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Let's take a look at our current generation as an example:


The price of Nintendo home console hardware: $300

Hardware + x amount of Nintendo games = $300 + ~$50x



The price of cheapest competing hardware: $400

Hardware + Nintendo games + online functions = $400 + ~$50x + $50 per year

Cost after five years of gaming = $650 + ~$50x



And yet, the second bundle doesn't even have a GamePad.