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Kakadu18 on 16 September 2021
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JackHandy said:
curl-6 said:

Gamecube was a modern and powerful console when it came out, and Switch was a modern and powerful mobile system when it came out.

Switch also wasn't really a "gen behind" as it's still significantly more capable than the 7th gen platforms.

Relative to its predecessor (N64) and its direct competition (PS2 and Xbox), the Gamecube was ridiculously more powerful than the Switch. And when I say ridiculously, I'm doing the best I can, because there isn't an adjective worthy enough. 

But again, we're getting off topic. The Switch has gone four years in the US without a single price cut. I can't imagine how much they're making off that thing compared to when it launched. Does anyone have those numbers? Would be really interesting to find out.

I found this on the Nintendo Switch wikipedia article. It was estimated that one Switch production cost was at $257 at launch. Kimishima back then said that thry may be able to see further profitability through volume discounts when they reach around 10M units. So their profit margin is now obviously huge.