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Miyamotoo said:
Kerotan said:

It launched cheaper then any home console by Microsoft or Sony. It certainly isn't modern day traditional home console price. It's in between which makes sense because it's a portable console with the ability to function with a TV. 

But not cheaper than Nintendo consoles and Switch is Nintendo console not Sony or MS console, it has higher price point than Wii and same price point like Wii U (base model whithout game), also not to mentione that 3DS had price point of $250 but only 6 months after launch needed to have price point to $170-180 in order to start selling, simple $250 price point for handheld was too high. So like I wrote, Switch has price point of home console not handheld, so no, its not strange thats not selling more because has price point of $300 that far away from price point of handheld (>$200).

With so many people these days spending between $300 to $100 for a mobile phone, the switch price point will not make it a hard sell whatsoever. Unlike 3ds which graphically it's games were terrible compared to switch, which makes it a much harder sell when it's games visually look so basic. 

 

Switch is a step up from the vita graphically. It's the natural progression and I believe in today's world its price no way confirms it as mainly a home console. If they took the portability out of the switch it would be selling more like the Wii u hence why Nintendo will never make a traditional home console again. They just don't have the pulling power anymore to pull it off. That requires top class AAA support and to get that they need to make a powerful machine capable of supporting them all. And we can see Nintendo aren't willing.