Investment firm Macquarie group claims NX reveal next week, will cost $300-350, expects disappointing sales

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Veknoid_Outcast said:

fleischr said:

That's the role of the 3DS and the smartphone games.

If NX fulfills the promise of a true competitive alternative to X1, PS4, then $300 is an okay price point. Depends on whether or not a game is bundled in there.

Can it fulfill that promise? The only reason to use that kind of power would be to placate third party developers, who may not bother to support the system anyway. Even if they do support NX, why would people buy ANOTHER expensive system when they can already play Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, and FIFA on Xbox, PS, or PC.

The extra power wouldn't do that much for Nintendo first party games, which will sell with relatively low-end graphics.

It makes more sense to manufacture a cheap system that's easy to sell. The Nintendo fans will buy it. The fair-weather fans will buy it. The Xbox/PS owners will buy it as a secondary system. But only if the price is right.

Someone said in another thread it was now rumored over 3 teraflops. 

I thought the same as you on the price when I saw the first rumor but if it is as powerful as the above rumor then the price seems fair.