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Soundwave on 27 June 2023
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zorg1000 said:
Soundwave said:

DSi XL launched at $189.99, then they cut the price to $169.99 a few months before the 3DS, but I think that was their inclination that they could get away with $250, I don't think they just randomly decided "$250 because why not", they saw the DSi XL selling at that rate well enough for a while and thought "well if a revision to an old model can be sold for $189, surely a new system can be $250". 

Obviously they got carried away with the Wii and DS' success and became arrogant and sloppy. 

In either case, I don't think Nintendo will go soft or lazy with the Switch 2 launch. 3DS and Wii U do not feel that long ago and certainly at Nintendo I don't think anyone has forgotten how it felt to be in that situation. 

I think Nintendo will always err on the side of caution with product launches going forward for a good long while, like the Switch, I suspect Switch 2 will have a loaded lineup especially in its first 8-12 months on market. 

Launching lazy/sloppy/half assed just isn't worth it. It ends up being far more work in the long run if anything, it's so much easier have a big time start then the rest of the generation is more like walking downhill, trying to recover from a bad launch is like walking the same distance but having to do it walking uphill. Just not worth it. 

I don’t disagree with anything you said, I’m just not sure how any of it relates to the point I was making when you quoted me.

I said if Switch 2 is a pretty straight forward successor that doesn’t have an unwanted gimmick jacking up the price than I don’t think cross-gen titles will hold it back.

All this talk about 3DS is irrelevant because 3DS does not fit that description, it was a lot more expensive than the DS line because of the 3D screen people didn’t care about and it had a poor software lineup.

The whole point was talking about whether or not cross-gen titles will hurt Switch 2, Nintendo was not releasing cross-gen titles on DS/3DS so I’m not sure how that was a counterpoint to begin with.

It was only more expensive than the DS pricing range for 5 months though, after its 5th month the price was rapidly cut to $169.99, so the pricing thing was never a problem for the 3DS after that. 

I think basically just upgrading the graphics hasn't always worked well for Nintendo. Now sure, maybe it can be different for Switch 2. Maybe Nintendo's audience is larger, more robust and more important older (with more disposable income now). 

It's still going to depend a lot on making sure the initial software is really good, the first 8-12 months need to be great, not just good, great.