Amazon U.S. November bestsellers and general Amazon-based discussion

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nemo37 said:

Madword said:

Nintendo's problem (if you can call it that - its not really a problem) is that November is all about Black Friday and thats generally all about price. Sure Switch will sell great as its a wanted item, but I think XBOX and PS will beat it in November because of Black Friday. Because BF is about price and its the Switches first year and cannot really get a massive discount. PS4 and Xbox are 4 years old, have had revisions, and can be discounted. So Switch not winning November isn't the end of the world, its probably expected... it may also impact it winning in December if good deals continue on the other two platforms.

Perhaps I am catastrophizing (which is what I usually do), but I feel like the other systems being significantly cheaper will divert a lot of holiday shoppers away from the Switch to the point where it will lose momentum. Truth is that I have always been skeptical about the Switch's price from the beginning largely because anything above $200 has historically not worked well for handheld products (the Vita and 3DS's troubles at $250 is evidence of this). I understand that Switch is also a home console, but now we have these more powerful home consoles (with much bigger libraries with less expensive software) that are sold at a significantly lower price as of this holiday, and the Switch, while an incredibly powerful and flexible handheld, is nevertheless priced $100 above the typical sweet spot for a handheld console. I just cannot see how it can maintain momentum like this.

Switch is doing great at $300 bucks, and will do fine for the holiday. It's just going up against a system in its prime right now that can afford to make cuts four years in. Switch will be doing these moves in four years, believe you me. If Switch is holding its own at this price, it'll haul ass when the discounts come in.