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SpokenTruth said:
Lawlight said:

I’m curious to see how it performs. I look at the average annual income in China and the Switch seems out of reach for most of them. The middle class is huge but even they make less than half of the US’s middle class.

Middle class - 430 million.
Upper Middle - 185 million.
High Income - 228 million.

Now look at that change over the past decade and where it is projected to be in just 3 years.  If you don't this means anything, consider that the US purchased 17.5 million cars last year.  The Chinese purchased 24 million.

Cars are necessities that a gaming console isn’t. And while China purchased more cars (because there is more growth there), the average car price is lower by 42% compared to the US, which is why, in 2015, the US new car sales is 40% higher than China in terms of value:

http://www.autonews.com/article/20150316/RETAIL01/303169975/chinas-got-sales-u.s.-has-riches

Middle class is defined as an annual salary of $9k to $16k. Upper middle class is $16k to $34k per year. And that’s by household too:

http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-middle-class-is-exploding-2016-8?IR=T