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

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.

Relative to its predecessor the 3DS and to other mobile devices Switch was also capable for its time. It's not really apples to apples to compare a mobile device to dedicated consoles. You have to take the sort of machine it is into account.

As for its price in the US, I mean, why would they cut the price when it's still selling like it is? People are clearly quite happy paying $300 for one.

Gotta be honest here. I kinda miss when there were two separate Nintendo platforms. You knew that when you bought both, you were (for the most part) getting two entirely different things. Different UI. Different apps. Different games etc. It was fun. 

Kakadu18 said:
JackHandy said:

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.

Thanks! Yeah, I figured as much. If they were turning a profit at launch, they're raking in the dough now. It's a shame they didn't pass along some of that to the consumer via price cuts though, but I guess that business for you.