The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

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PAOerfulone said:

They should absolutely make Switch 1 the budget option. Enough time has passed to where I think Nintendo could feasibly cut the price even more than $50 for each model - Roughly $70 to even $100 and still profit.

The OLED model may not have as much leg room, being the more recent of the three models, releasing in October 2021.

But the base and Lite models? More than enough time has passed to where their production costs should have dropped considerably, and they can still make a decent profit on each system sold even with hefty price cuts.

They could do a lineup of Switch Lite at $129 or even $99; Base Switch at $199, and Switch OLED at $299. They can also finally do the Nintendo Select lineup for Switch 1 games; All in time for Switch 2, which I'd imagine will launch at $399. Or even $349 if we're lucky (At which point, I think they'd start to phase out and eventually discontinue the OLED model because why spend $300 on the OLED model when you can just save up a little more cash and jump straight to Switch 2 for just $50 more?)

So basically: 
Nintendo Switch 1 Lite, $99 or $129; Nintendo Switch 1, $199; Nintendo Switch 1 OLED, $299; Nintendo Switch 2, $349 or $399.

And they run with that lineup for a few years until they eventually come out with a Switch 2 Lite model, which will effectively kill the Switch 1 family altogether. But I'd imagine we won't get that until 2027-2028 - Given Switch 1 plenty of time to enjoy its twilight years and have healthy and respectable end-of-life stage.

I would love Nintendo to do this! Sadly, I think that Nintendo wouldn’t consider this as an option since they have sold the Switch for 8 years now without an official price drop (bundles are a special case exception). I sure hope that they consider this and put it into action. It would help out the market in South America, Mexico, and China.