vivster said:
No it's not. The cost of the product is irrelevant to the consumer. That's why good console manufacturers take a loss on their hardware. The Switch costs $300 because Nintendo said so and not because it needs to be that price. And people complain because they think that is above their value estimation. It's easy to understand, really. |
lol good luck running a bussines, you want profit. "good console" manufacturer like sony sell consoles at lost because they earn profits from third party games and online services, something that Nintendo doesn't have. Nintendo needs to make a profit from consoles and sell the first party games, because that's the core of their business, unlike sony and microsoft. You can't say the value is irrelevant to to consumer because that is not how it works, it's a simple thing and in one basic business class they teach you just that. And thank good that Nintendo doesn't overprice their consoles like other business overprice their products (NIKE) They sell you a device that cost what is worth and enough for them to make profit.
