In Theory: Nintendo's next-gen hardware - and the strategy behind it

[Frogger]

teigaga said:

Well it wouldn't be stupid.

The Xbox was selling better at $500 then it was when its price dropped to $400, the PS3 at $600 was outselling the 360 $399. Theres obviously more to those numbers then I'm letting on but the point is systems can sell  at prices above $399, pressure to be below that pricetag comes from competiton of which Nintendo will have none. You're right realistically Nintendo will not sell there system for that much, but I think they could get away with it and it would be more profitable for them then $399 and benefit them in the longrun if they used that pricetag to beef up specs. Just my feelings on it but I don't think sonys next console will be less then $499.

Lmao, where did you get any of those stats? A $450 Nintendo console would be a tombstone for them. $400 is the sweet spot, and I struggle to believe that they would make it more than $300.