numberwang said:
$399 would be twice the price of the Switch Lite and the same as the PS5 non-disc. Sony's newest console ships with an 825GB fast SSD. Nintvidia better bring the good stuff if they want to charge a premium price for a handheld with dock. Anything below 128GB or really 256Gb is laughable nowadays. Allegedly Nintendo plans to ship 30 million units in the fiscal year 2021/22 so we should expect a generational leap that should convince consumers to buy a premium device on hardware specs. |
The Switch has proved that its price compared to its competitors does not matter at all. The Switch is so unique and one of a kind that people are willing to spend 300-400$ for a Switch/Switch Pro since it is an experience that they can't get anywhere else. While yes the Xbox Series S or PS5 might be technically a better value since they are like 15 times more powerful than the Switch for around the same price and the Xbox Series S and PS5 are both selling at a loss while the Switch is being sold at a relatively large profit. However, for one thing the Switch is also portable which is a huge advantage for the Switch and it's really the only hybrid system that could play quality Nintendo games and 3rd party ports for 300$. The price difference matters more for PS/Xbox since they are directly competing and are very similar consoles overall, for Nintendo it doesn't cause they essentially have a monopoly in their own market. So people won't be turned off by a 400$ switch pro because it offers a completely different experience from PS5. Proof alone is current Switch sales, many people would worry that a 300$ Switch at launch would struggle since at the time you could get a PS4 and Xbox One for like 250$ which had more powerful hardware than the Switch and more multiplatform support, but the Switch is such a unique experience people still brought it. Same is happening right now where Switch sales have only increased even when PS5 and Xbox SX released.
