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[flashfire926]

Wyrdness said:

flashfire926 said:

What do you mean "no space in the device"?

Micro SD fit ridiculous amounts of gigabytes, now approaching 512 gb, and you say the Switch flash storage can't be 64gb because of "no space"? And there is no way it adds more than $50 to the cost. Heck, by next year they can phase out 32 gb and sell 64 gb for $300. 

And unlike us, Nintendo mass buys the flash storage, so they get it at a much lower cost than us. Same goes for many other electronics companies.

Are you even reading all the posts he's the one who brought up space and that was in regard to putting a HDD in the platform, it's like you looked at a few words and made up a post in your head, if 32GB isn't enough now then 64GB sure as hell won't be enough either he's talking about comparable space to other consoles which is 500GB minimum, to put things in perspective iPhones have 256GB at the moment and that contributes to them being 800 quid, these costs are based off the lower costs these companies get them for as well.

Oh okay, my bad there, guess I didn't get the whole context. Adding HDD sounds ridiculous lol.

But to your last point, phone manufacturers are a completely different beast. Let's take the IPhone 6 and 6s for example. The entry level iphone 6  and 6s was a paltry 16gb. This was done on purpose so many people would have to spend the extra hundred dollars (around 80 quid) to get the 64gb option. Why? Because the extra 48gb storage costs apple nothing ($20 dollars at most), while giving them a boatload of extra profit. It's a common misconception that the extra storage costs the full $100 apple. That's why they don't put a microSD card slot in there, cause they will miss out on all that money. When everyone gets the cheapest option. 

A more indicative example of how much extra storage costs apple is the newly announced apple TV 4k. 32gb is priced at $179, while 64gb is priced at $199. That 32 gb extra probably costs apple just around $5 in 2017. That close pricing of the two variants will nudge 95% of people to get 64 gb, giving apple the extra profit there as well. Smart (but admittedly shady) business if you ask me. 

 

Edit: also, I respectfully disagree that 64 gb isn't enough. Sure, it isn't enough for gaming enthusiasts like us, but it's probably enough for 95% of Switch customers who won't play a boatload of games on the system, and many of whom will buy their games physically.