thismeintiel said:
Gotta laugh at Nintendo betraying their "affordable HW model." They already did that with the Wii U, including an expensive controller with extremely weak HW, when compared to the competition, which lead them to launch at $299, $349 for the more desirable model. It seems they are going to be repeating the same exact strategy they did with the Wii U, unless this thing is going to be $499-$599 at launch. And we all know how well that turned out for any other console. Also, given that the Wii U controller shouldn't have even been that expensive to make in the first place, with it's 480p res and resistive touch tech, it seems Nintendo just can't negotiate the kinda prices Sony can. I can only imagine how much a controller like this would cost Nintendo, which does lead me to believe the HW specs won't be that great. It also won't help that the manufacturers of the chips aren't going to be willing give Nintendo a really low price, given how much the Wii U sold. |
Just to make one minor point (not disagreeing with the gist of your post) -- inflation is kind of a thing.
Super Nintendo launch price = $199.99 US in 1991 is $350+ in today's dollars.
NES Action Set ($149.99 in the 80s) is over $300 today too.
