How much will Nintendo cut the price of the Switch?

[SuperJortendo]

zeldaring said:

SuperJortendo said:

I agree that software sales are more important than hardware sales, but that's why I think they'll reduce the price. Their older evergreen titles, of which they have many now (MK8, Odyssey, BOTW, Smash, etc.), will see sharp spikes in sales with new hardware purchases. It seems like it would make them more money to drop the price and increase hardware sales because of the untapped market who are waiting for a price drop. Though I expect you're right about the re-introduction of the Nintendo select series around the same time as the price drop, which would also help increase sales. I'm willing to do a signature bet with anyone that a price drop is coming this year. Or any kind of bet really, just to make things more interesting.

if switch 2 is BC why would they see a spike in sales? and switch will be at 140-145 million by the time switch 2 comes out everyone that wanted those games already bought them.

Because I think they'll reduce the price of the OG/OLED/Lite before Switch 2 comes out. The people who want those games but are waiting for a price reduction would cause a spike in sales. I doubt the Switch 2 being backwards compatible will cause much of an uptick in sales of those games because, as you said, everyone who gets a Switch 2 can already play them on Switch. A cheaper Switch will bring in new consumers who haven't been able to play those games, and will finally be able to (legally).