How much would Nintendo hardware cost to produce without gimmicks?

[Cerebralbore101]

nemo37 said:

Cerebralbore101 said:
OK, so $199 or less if not for gimmicks. 

Portability is a gimmick when the battery life is 3 hours. 

Personally, I love the 3D effect of the 3DS. But I can't help but admit that it adds a lot to the price of the system. 

The Switch's battery lasts between 3-6 hours, which is about the same as the 3DS and Vita. If you consider those systems a portable based on battery life then the Switch is also one (though from personal experience I would say you probably need a jacket pocket, because it will not fit in your pant pockets, so maybe slightly less portable...lol).

With 3-D mode off I've been able to get 8 hours of battery life out of my 3DS XL. That's a pretty big difference over the 3-6 hours that the Switch has.

http://bgr.com/2017/02/28/nintendo-switch-battery-life-comparison/

If you follow the link you can see that the Switch dies pretty quickly even when not playing games. So that's basically 3 hour battery life while playing games vs 4-8 hours for the 3DS.