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Kimishima remarked about how the Nintendo Switch and 3DS still co-exist at this time due to difference in price.

Source: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2018/180502e.pdf

Kimishima said:

Consumers purchased Nintendo 3DS systems in numbers we expected last fiscal year. It has  an  ample  software  lineup  at  a  price  point  that  makes  the  system  affordable  especially for  parents looking to buy for their kids . We expect that demand to continue during this fiscal year  as well, so we will continue to sell the product.

Given  that  Nintendo  Switch  is  a  home  gaming  system  that  can  be  taken  on  the  go,  this   situation  may  change  if  it  grows  from  being  a  one -per -household  system  to  a  one -per -person  system. But the price of Nintendo Switch is not something with which most parents would buy a  system for every one of their children in a short period of time.

Moving forward, we will work to  ascertain  what  kinds  of  play  people  want  at  which  price  points,  and  as  long  as  there  is  such   demand,  we  will  continue  to  sell  the  Nintendo  3DS  system.  I  see  the  product  coexisting  with   Nintendo Switch at this point in time.

This got me thinking just how cheap the Nintendo Switch could get with revisions and economies of scale to assist to bring down the MSRP of the Nintendo Switch over many years.

Seeing how Nintendo has targeted this strategy with all of their hardware (except for Wii U). We have seen very impulse buy pricing (usually making to a price below $100) of many of their consoles at the end of their life.

The real question now, is how cheap can the Nintendo Switch's MSRP go to by the end of its life?

Nintendo always aims to make a profit on hardware sold and the other issue is inflation of the USD.

I think they will be able to get to $129 at some point (with a 2DS-esque cost reducing revision), and possibly $99 if inflation is slowed down enough.

What do you guys think?