Nuvendil said:
This is a flash chip, not an old school cart. I assure you the difference between a high capacity blue ray and a MROM chip is not $10. Even the 32 gig isn't. Even if we buy into the line companies put out that there's no good margins in flash drives (mostly bs btw, they wouldn't be in the business if the money wasn't there), I would still peg the actual cost of a 32 gig Game Card at $5, I believe $3 over a PS4 blue ray disc. The specific $10 figure is frankly a matter of habit on the part of devs as well as capitalizing on the fact people think carts=super expensive. Also, likely bracing for lower sales vs PS4, wanting bigger margins to offset lower volume. Of course, this move guarantees lower volume so yeah, self fulfilling prophecy thinking. |
I think your figures for cartridges cost are too low but don't have any concrete info to back that up. Where you are and how much do usb memory sticks cost with 32GB of flash memory, many of those are manufactured at very high volumes. Macronix have to make lower volumes of game cartridges and these game cartridges have a non standard interface and the cartridges have to be programmed with the game itself. I would of guessed about $10 for a 32GB cartridge or possibly a bit more. If 32GB of flash memory really is only $5 why are we stuck with only 32GB in the Switch? Maybe a 128GB Switch is incoming if flash memory really has fallen to very low prices. Strangely I'm normally the one stating components are actually cheaper to make than many others believe. It's nice to actually be on the other side for a change.
