tak13 said:
What are you comparing? You have been obsessed with the game library and ignoring the significance of price... Mario kart 7 4.600 yen, 3DS 19.000 yen vs Mario kart 8 deluxe 6.800 yen, switch 29.000 yen! Switch should sell like 3DS in the first year, if some of the wii audience returns! The Game library much as attractive it is, people won't buy they product that it's on, if they find it overpriced/expensive! Switch for the 3ds owners who only want a portable console is overpriced/expensive. Even ps4 having all that vast game library wouldn't sell so much if it was overpriced/expensive for its audience ( 499$). As I aforesaid, the 499$ xbox one was selling like wii u despite the huge third party support, they had to ditch kinect for xb1 to reach the regular 399$ price point for a robust console ( early at its lifetime ) in order its sales to skyrocket. Hence, they will wait for a cheaper switch mini/lite or a low priced handheld only device that takes the same games. |
While developers obviously aren't the general public, many japanese developers came out and said they were surrpised how cheap the Switch is. Obviously it's not 3DS levels cheap, but it's 'only' 50$ more expensive than the 3DS was at launch and it is by far the cheapest in japan out of all the regions.
The japanense might not percieve it to be as expensive, as you think.
