Nintendo Switch dock issue

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axumblade said:

Captain_Yuri said:

I think the concept as a whole relies on the dock to make it work otherwise selling that it is a portable on the go and it is a console at home would be difficult. So I think the Switch will come with both but maybe later down the line, they will sell a sku without the dock and a lower price. Kind of like how with the 3ds, they later had a version without the 3d but for a lower price.

Since the dock doesn't have its own CPU/GPU/etc, I doubt it would cost much to make anyway.

I have doubts it will work this way because the Wii U didn't release a standalone tablet. But given that Nintendo are promoting this as a portable device, its impossible to tell which route they will go with it.

Meh, the reason why the wiiU didn't is cause all the tablet was, was just a controller and the streaming device. It couldn't come with a standalone tablet cause the tablet needed the base unit to work. The switch on the otherhand won't need the dock in order for it to function as a gaming tablet.

What I am thinking is that they will release a SKU without the dock eventually and really try to get into the impluse pricing. Maybe even make it so that it won't be able to go into docked mode at all and name it something slightly different but being able to play all the games. Or just let it be a normal switch just with a cable instead of the dock for idk, $200. Maybe $150 depending on when it releases and $200 with the dock.

I just want January to come already T_T