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Kyuu on 23 August 2023
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Chrkeller said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

Considering more than half of PS5 owners are also Switch owners, yes, they are the same demographic at least partially.  

https://www.google.com/amp/s/english.jagran.com/lite/technology/around-half-of-playstation-5-users-also-owns-nintendo-switch-in-us-says-report-10085121

Remember: Early adopters are hard-core gamers and hardware makers fans. This is not mass market. It's a demographic of tec enthusiasts and they are absolutely willing to pay more

And this is all ignoring the big elephant in the room: The mass market is buying OLED in droves for 350 USD and its ancient tec to play PS3-level games of graphical fidelity. I see no reason whatsoever for the same demography turned their back on Nintendo for charging 50 ot even 100 USD for a much stronger hardware 

Agree to disagree.  Nintendo has a break point above $400.  It isn't their market nor their main demographic.  

If power was key than Steam Deck would be competing with the Switch.  It isn't.  

Nintendo's most successful consoles have always been well priced, not high end.

SteamDeck has no exclusive software, let alone exclusive software of Nintendo's caliber. I never understood this comparison. SteamDeck is just a PC configuration, one of thousands, whereas Switch is its own thing.

Whether or not the market welcomes a Nintendo console over $400 is anyone's guess. People thought $500 may prove too high a pricepoint even for the PS5 early on, because the PS4 launched a $100 cheaper and got a pricedrop quicker (instead, PS5 got a price hike, and Digital Edition remains sparse). They thought Series S was a giga smart move because of the price difference, look how that aged! Every single generation most people make ridiculous predictions and they proceed to learn nothing of value from them.

A Switch 2 above $400 could still be a huge success imo (Nintendo with a unified library is a whole different beast), if maybe not as successful as the $400 alternative. $500 is where I would draw the line. If Nintendo releases two versions, early adopters (first couple of years buyers) will want to go for the more expensive/feature complete version regardless of the price difference. That may or may not change in the middle of the generation.

I'd go for two models: one (stripped down) at $350, and another (feature complete) at $450. But I think Nintendo will launch one version at $400, and I won't be against it because it's the safest and most balanced price/specs/features point. I think they can go higher, but it's a bit risky.

Last edited by Kyuu - on 23 August 2023