November NPD 2018 Thread

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zorg1000 said:

The point isn't that 3DS costs less than Switch, its that it had both a price cut and revision in the first two full fiscal years and those were its peak years, neither of those things have happened for Switch yet which gives it greater potential for growth in fiscal years 3 & 4 compared to 3DS (years when it began to decline).

PS4 also needed a price cut and revision to have its peak year. 20m shipped in the fiscal year it received a price cut, Slim model & Pro model.

Ok. I get that.

My point though is that this price drop thing is not something that necessarily applies to the NS. 

Yes the PS4 needed a price drop before it saw its peak year, but prior to that it retailed for $350 and up and had years at those prices that were also really good. 

And fact of the matter is that the NS is selling really well. It may not be doing 20M @$299 numbers right now but its selling extremely well. Now what makes anyone think that nintendo is not content with it selling at its current rate and hence not be to eager to drop prices anytime soon as long as it maintains a 16M - 17M yearly sales average. 

Sony has taken that stance by pretty much refusing to drop the price of the PS4 from $299. I mean imagine what a $199 PS4 would have done in 2018 if it sold at that price all year round. But now when they do drop the price to $199 permanently it willl have less of an impact then and only keep the sales curve flat or just slightly down as opposed t massively down. Nintendo could very well be adopting the same strategy.