"Nintendo switch is too expensive"

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zorg1000 said:

curl-6 said:

There is no way a 6 inch 720p screen, a controller gimmick, a battery, etc should add $100 to the price tag.

For what you get, portable hardware that doubles as a souped up Wii U, $300 is excessive.

idk man, individually its a bunch of small stuff but eventually a lot of small things add up.

And like I said, its a customized chip that Nintendo has to pay for so its that part is obviously going to make it cost more than Shield TV.

One other thing i forgot to mention in the last post is retailer cut, from what i understand Shield TV is not sold at retail so there is no retailer cut associated with it while Switch will have that along with the cost to ship them all to stores.

but overall i agree that $300 is a bit on the high side and $250 would be the sweet spot.

If this really going to be Nintendo's only system going forwards, I have a feeling they opted for a very high profit margin. I suspect if they'd wanted to, they could have sold this at $250 without taking a loss.

At any rate, my main concern regarding the price is that I worry that it will dampen Switch's sales and land us in another Wii U situation where it doesn't get the games because it doesn't have the install base.