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Kerotan on 02 September 2017
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Miyamotoo said:
Kerotan said:

In an age where iPhones are selling gangbusters at $700 the Switch will look quite cheap to the consumer.  Especially as a shiny new piece of portable hardware.  

 

And $400-500 has been the standard launch price for consoles the last 2 gens.  

 

It's also both a handheld and hybrid so it will have consumers from both markets purchasing.  The fact it's selling like a portable in Japan shouldn't be a surprise to nobody. 

You are forgeting that iPhone had those prices even before 3DS launch, and 3DS didnt sell at $250 in any case.

Maybe for Sony/MS, Nintendo has very difrent price point and I was talking about Nintendo home consoles, GC launched at $200, Wii and $250 and Wii U at $300. Not only that, but Switch has price point of games of home consoles.

You think it's both, home console and handheld. Actually it's maybe it is surprised that is selling so much especially with huge stock issues with price point of $300, 3DS needs huge price point to start selling in Japan.

Have you adjusted for inflation because $300 today isn't $300 back when previous Nintendo consoles launched.  Back in 2007 Switch would cost around $250 so I'm glad we've debunked this myth.  

 

Back in 2000 the switch would of cost just over $20 and in 1990 just over $150! 

 

So by today's standards $300 really ain't much especially when you're talking a powerful handheld which the likes of 3DS, DS,  GB etc weren't powerful when they launched.