| padib said: Lately there have been a series of articles on the Nintendo Switch. The general comments made by some users have been of the order "it is priced like a PS4 and yet the PS4 has all these games already for it". Or "it's not powerful enough". Let me ask you a question: when you buy a Nintendo console, what do you buy it for? Many people buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo's flagship games. Therefore you can't say the PS4 is a better value at the same price because the PS4 doesn't have Nintendo's games. Others buy Nintendo's consoles for portable games and especially japanese games, because Nintendo portables have been highly popular in Japan since, like, ... forever. So again you can't say that the PS4 is a better value at the same price. ONE: You get Nintendo's games TWO: You get 3rd party japanese games that are portable style and that cater to people who buy Nintendo's portables. THREE: You get a portable system. The PS4 doesn't offer that.
So why when you bring up these arguments, if someone counterpoints with "it has Nintendo games and Nintendo-like 3rd party games", you discredit the argument? Nintendo consoles are bought for the games, Nintendo makes great games, and Nintendo doesn't care about the race to graphical power anymore. The graphics are good enough, what matters now is the music, the art, the gameplay and in many cases the story. Stop arguing for the sake of arguing and understand the heart of the matter. When it comes to Nintendo consoles, you are buying quality of build, special design and the promise of a library of great games. Stop changing the goalposts. |
Me, at least, aint doubting Nintendo's console or games quality. Thats a given. But, they not going into the graphic race, why they price their console as if it was high end...
All this internet rant is not about Nintendos Software or Hardware Quality, its about the pricing.
Lets see which one is a better strategy...
Sony: Sold millions of PS3 at a loss... because they risk it to gain more developers and so, get money back from software sold on its system... That was key for them to have the next gen won (in the developer department), and they are still making money with some PS3s still being sold to this day...
Nintendo: They prefer to not sell at a loss, thus, losing console sales, and making developers go away. Their money gain will come only from the little amount of consoles and games developed by themlseves and will gradually be losing more and more fans... even the hardcore ones.
So, which one is a better strategy?? I only see a prideful company trying to go against the waves...
Just sell the Switch at $250 and the success rate will skyrocket.
"We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make us" - Andrew Ryan, Bioshock.
