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DélioPT on 22 March 2017
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tak13 said:
DélioPT said:

Why should we only use the US?

The price was actually higher in Japan.
Overall, only cheaper in the US.

That doesn't change anything.
Nintendo's MO hasn't been of releasing right away a cheaper product.
And if we ignore launch prices and just look at current prices, we could probably include GBA SP, too.

Also, as i told Miyamotoo, recent Nintendo comments show that a simple handheld is far, far away.

As i said, owing to the fact that it's the biggest core video game market of the world and the most important for Nintendo...

GBA 99$ GBA SP 99$ USA ;)

Yes it is... Because 3DS is still alive and doing well...

They expect 700K 3DS units to be sold in France this year, (  7th year of 3ds ), as it sold last year and 800k for switch in its first year...

The question is not about which region sells the most.
For both DS and GBA, the norm was 149. The US was an exception.
And i'm not even going to question the price in the market of the revision's predecessor - too much hassle to find out.

I don't know which part of what i said the "Yes it is" relates to...
I'm going to assume it's related to the "far away" comment.
3DS is in it's 6th year, not seven (full years) and we should have heard that they were developing one and not still thinking about it; it was also a comment against Miyamotoo's idea that a handheld is just around the corner (next year).

tak13 said:
DélioPT said:

Done what with 2DS?
All i said it came out at last for a cheaper price tag and that 2DS was 3DS without a 3D screen (i was making a comparison of what you can and can't take out for Switch mini).

Switch Pro doesn't necessarily need a big screen, but it does need better battery and more power (for the reasons i explained in another post).

"Currently is too soon, but moment 3DS dies (next year) it will right time."
They already said they are still thinking about a handheld. It won't come anytime soon.
Second, for some reason you ignored how DS and 3DS were treated. The prices went up, not down, when, by your logic, Nintendo should have placed them at 99-129 (for example) first.
So, i don't understand why you expect Nintendo to bring so soon a cheaper version - and could even they do it in a way that would allow them to cut 100-150 dollars?

Your idea of a Switch Mini has got nothing to do with the family of systems, specially when you take out the joy-cons.
And if Nintendo can sell two Switch models, one at 250 and another at 300, and still be successful at it, why should they have a model at 150-200 and another at 300 and lose profits?
For some reason you assume that lower price points bring costumers that a higher price tag can't bring.
If that was true, sales of PS4 wouldn't be so high right now, yet they are. And i remember reading about how devs weren't expecting gamers to migrate so fast from the old to the new generation.

You are ignoring what the appeal of a product can do to it's sales, the fact that Nintendo has a history (2DS and 3DS) of introducing better and/or more expensive HW and how, by introducing a cheaper Switch, Nintendo would lose price leverage - and profits, too.

Ok, you saw those games at launch and about all those others that were never announced or came out for Wii U (launch window included)? 
Decision to fully support a console isn't something you decide based on what the console sells on launch or launch window. Those deals - or lack of them - are made months and years before a launch.

That's why the three years old ps4 price is 100$ lower than its initial price ( 399$ ) and currently there are deals for only 250$ bundled with a game!

I'll explain better: the PS4 was a monster hit at a high price. Did people cared it cost 400$? No. They saw value in that proposition, so they bought it.
And this is the point i'm trying to get across Miyamotoo: prices are not a priority if people see anough value in it.