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Dulfite said:

The issue with the $450 price is that it gets them too close to XS/PS5 pricing, and closer to whatever SX2/PS6 pricing will be.

$300 Switch compared to $400 disc-less/$500 standard PS5 really helped it sell well. Being $50 more expensive than a PS5 disc-less and only $50 cheaper than a standard PS5 doesn't seem like good business sense, considering the Switch 2 won't be close to them in performance.

I think at the absolute most they go $400 on Switch 2, but maybe as low as $350. Based on the success of Switch 1, they no doubt got really good deals on parts for Switch 2 from manufacturers, so I don't think it will be as expensive to build as some here think.

You could literally say this about Switch vs PS4 and how did that turnout? Switch and PS4 were both 299.99. Switch went on to sell 40 million more than PS4. Switch 2 at 450 would be fine because PS5/Xbox series still lack the hybrid feature and Nintendo games. Switch 2 will launch with far better 3rd party support giving Nintendo much better help at selling the console. Switch's price didn't help against PS5, Switch was already established and I love how you just ignored Xbox series S being same price as Switch and had no affect at all including the US where Xbox is quite relevant.