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Soundwave on 16 May 2024
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Phenomajp13 said:
Soundwave said:

The leak is from Famiboards who have the best discussion on the tech of Switch 2, their users found shipment data of actual Switch 2 hardware which basically confirms Tegra T239, 12GB LPDDR5X RAM, 256GB UFS 3.1 storage, but also the new dock has a fan inside of it, it's publicly available data but you would have to know what you are looking for and understand what the different product codes mean.

Looking at that, even regardless of what the Tegra GPU is clocked it (it's irrelevant because it costs the same either way, 1536 CUDA cores is 1536 CUDA cores no matter what, you don't pay for 1/4 of an apple if you take two bites and eat no more, you pay for the whole apple, the grocery store doesn't care if you eat all of it or not), the screen size, the RAM, the internal storage ...

I don't see $399.99 at all. This is $449.99 most likely. As I've said there are $1000 premium phone and tablets with LPDDR5X RAM and that much storage, I doubt Nintendo is going to gift that away for only $50 more than a Switch OLED. The iPad Pro OLED just released like yesterday and that has only 8GB LPDDR5X RAM and that's $1000+. 

I gotta admit, I do fear for the price tag but I also think Nintendo might be willing to take a slight lost to hit the 399.99. Maybe with a game sold which I think the prices are going up across the board to 69.99 helps the console break even with a game sold. I also think the iPad comparisons aren't fully one to one because Apple has great profit margins on top of likely a much more expensive screen, cameras, and battery. If the price is 449.99, then I see a game bundled like Nintendoland or Wii Sports that shows off the new controller features along with a very robust launch line up including a massive 3D Mario game and 3rd party titles in holiday 2025. Dont see Nintendo launching a 450 console in March, so holiday 2025 with 3D Mario, Mario Kart X in Spring 2026 with the Mario movie 2 hype and Pokemon Gen X in holiday 2026. Switch 2 with that price needs everything it can get. 

I doubt Nintendo will take a loss on hardware especially in a high inflation environment. 

If they can sell Switch OLEDs at $349 they probably figure they can get away with $449 Switch 2. 

Don't get me wrong, if they want to eat $50/unit and sell it to me for cheaper, by all means, I just seriously doubt it. 

These components are not dirt cheap components. Maybe a game will be bundled to soften the blow, I dunno. 

Obviously an iPad has much more in the screen and what not, but we're also talking about $1000+ vs only $450 and the Switch 2 has even more RAM (12GB to 8GB). I think they are launching in March because they will want those extra sales for the fiscal year end, unless software development is falling even further behind. 

But I would expect that they will come out swinging with a lot of big gun software early, new Mario Kart, new 3D Mario, new Donkey Kong, etc. to justify the price. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 16 May 2024