Switch: a multi-wave console lifecycle (prediction)

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Soundwave said:

I mean the $199.99 Switch Lite is basically the option for people who can't afford to pay $300 to get into the Switch ecosystem. There's no reason to cut the price of the main model when that exists and can serve the budget portion of the market. It basically functions as a price drop. 

That's the thing though, it doesn't function the same as a price drop; if it did, almost nobody would be buying the $300 version, yet outside of instances where it's been sold out, the $300 model has consistently outsold the $200 Lite. To get the full Switch experience you still need to pay as much as you did at launch.