Kimishima hopes to sell over 20M Nintendo Switch units next FY.

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nemo37 said:

EricFabian said:

10M, $300 price tag and 9 months. Why do you think Switch will stop now?

Perhaps its me looking into past trends too much. Portables in general and Nintendo home consoles do not typically do very well at high prices. The 3DS, DS, and GBA all received price cuts very early in their lives and it helped them greatly (particularly for the 3DS). I am convinced part of the Wii U's malaise was related to its price as well.

Another issue is that Sony and MS will most likely cut the prices of their systems next year and Sony has a particularly strong lineup which could steal some thunder from the Switch (MonHun in Japan has a huge base building potential for PS4, for example). I see Switch and the stationary systems being able to co-exist and compliment each other; nevertheless, they are still all fighting for the consumer's attention and lower prices  for the stationary systems combined with big lineups compared to this year can still negatively impact the Switch and the gamer's focus on it in 2018. 

I do not remember DS but GBA most definitely did not receive a price cut early. It launched at 99 USD and get its first price cut a year and a half later. The GBA launched almost 3 years later at 99 USD. The heck?

Plus, Gamecube was the cheapest piece of hardware at the time and how did that work out for Nintendo? People thought Wii and Switch were overpriced when they launched and how did they do for Nintendo? Maybe you should do more looking into your theory.