It's a bad thing the Switch isn't being sold at a loss?

[vivster]

RolStoppable said:

vivster said:

Let's not really kid ourselves though. People are not buying it because it's the only hybrid. They're buying it because it's the only device with new Nintendo games. That's why it's unique and that's the only reason people are buying it.

That's fine with me, because it doesn't change that it's okay for Nintendo to charge as much as they do. If people insist on lower prices, they must realize that either proper competition is needed to push the prices down or disinterest in the product must be high enough to force the company to cut the price. That's how the market works.

In Switch's case, option 1 isn't going to happen, so the hopes rest entirely on option 2.

This is a semantic problem. Of course it is "ok" for the company, they can do whatever the hell they want. However the consumer had made his voice heard that he doesn't find the price "ok" at all. That's what it's about. No matter what a company does, it's absolutely fair to criticize. The market situation does not absolve from criticism and if any company needs more of it to get their act together it's Nintendo.

This thread says it's not a point worth criticising, which apparently a lot of people disagree with seeing the backlash to the price.