Soundwave said:
Miyamotoo said:
Fact is that cheaper than regular 3DS.
There is no need for magic, like I wrote, Joy Cons, Dock, smaller device means less materials, point that want work in dock mode means less parts in Switch itself, less cables, Joy Cons Strips, smaller package...they can make smaller Switch just for handheld play for $100 less than curent Switch.
Of Course that on handheld device screen is one of biggest consumer of power. Switch is not hot at all, of course that can easily make even better or more efficient cooling for smaller device that has smaller screen and smaller battery. You can't say there is no way around.
Offcorse you can, Switch is designed to work in TV mode also, it has big screen and huge battery (half of Switch is taken buy battery), smaller Switch for just handhedl paly can ditch some parts that are required for TV mode, and you will gain on space because smaller screen and smaller battery.
You doenst make any sense, its very obvious that point of Switch Pocket/Mini would be to offer Switch games just for handheld gaming at more afordible price point than current Switch. For intance not all 3DS owners would pay $300 for current Switch especially if they dont need TV mode, but some of them would definatly paid for instance $200 for Switch Mini/Pocket for handheld play only, of course that would increase sales dramatically. In this case Switch Mini/Pocket would efektly replace 3DS/3DSXL segment on market not 2DS.
Hardly it would be just $50 cheaper, dont forget that Nintendo charging $80 for Dock and two Joy Cons for $80, so how do you think Nintendo would try to sell smaller Switch just for handheld play, without Dock and ditchable Joy Cons for just $50 less than regualar Switch!? Definatly difrence will be around $100, not just $50.
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No they can't.
The components you're describing there don't amount to $100 ... cables ... really?
Doesn't matter how grossly Nintendo wants to overprice for a dock ... we know for a fact that thing is basically a fat hunk of plastic with a tiny chip board. The supply maker is going to laugh in their face if they go to their suppliers and say "cut off $100 on the cost here, because we're losing this dock please". Yeah that's not how real life works.
It won't be $100 difference, to get to $100 Nintendo is going to have to either lose money on the hardware or cut off their profit margin, a bunch of plastic and a couple of cables is not getting you to a 100 bucks.
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Offcourse they can.
Like I wrote, not just cables, Joy Cons, Dock, smaller device means less materials, point that want work in dock mode means less parts in Switch itself, Joy Cons Strips, smaller package..
Realite is that you can achive price point that you aiming, and we already know that lotsa stuffs could be cut from current Switch model, so they can defiantly cut price of $100 for smaller Switch for just handehdl play. And that price difrence totaly make sense, not $50.
At end situation is very simple and obvious, current Switch already has more higher price point and screen that is already big, so there any need for making actually even more pricey Switch with even more bigger screen, but definitely there is need to release smaller, chepar Switch just for handheld play when 3DS dies, that will effectively replace 3DS/3DSXL segment on market.
