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Arkaign on 21 October 2016
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sethnintendo said:
Arkaign said:

$300? No way on earth. A small core of diehards would buy it, but it would fare worse than WiiU. Another issue is that given the constraints of mobile hardware, this is probably not much more powerful than a WiiU, and they promised the new Zelda would come out on the WiiU YEARS and YEARS ago. That puts them in a tough spot :

Either release Zelda on both WiiU and Switch to keep their promise : many people will just buy the WiiU version.

or

Release new Zelda only on Switch : burn people with a big lie that many bought a WiiU for in the first place.

Remember : Zelda BOTW was announced in 2013 as a 2015 WiiU release. It's now missing it's release by TWO years :( Skipping a release on the WiiU would just be a slap in the face of the loyal few who bought the U.

So 250 with a bundled game and your fine with that?  Or do you expect this thing to be 199?  If it is 199 then I highly doubt any bundle game.

Yes, I think $249 with a good bundled game can be doable, provided there's a decent launch lineup with a few other good looking titles to go for.

$199 base would also be acceptable I would think.

$249 base or $299 w/bundle would be terrible for Nintendo's chances. Each of the three companies has a certain base group of fans that will buy whatever, but it's absolutely critical to make it a hit not just with the core base, but with the general gaming public as well. Pricing at the same level as a PS4 or X1S has zero chance of succeeding, because as we can tell from sales : multiplats rule the roost.  WiiU had my favorite exclusives of the last 5 years, but it got annihilated in sales because it was neither very affordable nor had adequate 3rd party support. Even the games that came were far better on the Sony/MS systems once PS4/X1 were out (I know that's not super fair, considering they came later). The long-term nail in the WiiU's coffin was the price being stuck so high for so long, and that was due to the design being tied to the expensive tablet. It resulted in a weak console at a high price. At first glance, this seems like a repeat : weak hardware, and I'm really worried about the price.

I *WANT* to eat crow. There is a big market for a hot console at the sub-$200 price point that hasn't been met.