Otter said:
Lucas-Rio said:
Price is a problem: both software and hardware, it cut Nintendo from the family market. And even Nintendo fans have not yet adopted the Switch 2 (like me ) for lack of compelling game coupled with a uninteresting prices. Switch 2 flopping its first November was unexpected. There are still December , but with that prices tags, a lot of families will stay on Switch. |
The $350 price tag for OLED Switch was $50-100 more than what Nintendo had charged in the past for their successful consoles or handheld, but that didn't cut them from the family market. I'm not convinced we know this hard cut off point where family's suddenly say no. It's all relative to whats on offer and I still think $449 can be successful price if there were compelling reasons to own one. I agree Mario Kart as a stand alone $80 title is massively off-putting though
We saw with the 3DS and the Wii U, some notably portion of consumers simply do not return if they do not feel the device makes for a compelling purchase at any price point. There was a $129 2DS and it didn't shift major units. Right now I don't think issue is cheaper if people are happy with the Switch they have at home.
But considering there were no deals, maybe December will be better since that will reflect actual gift buying season.
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Out of the 153 millions of Switch sold, the OLED model is only 30 millions 25 millions for the Lite and 98 millions for the Base model. The switch success is firt an foremost the base model success.
The 3DS suffered from a big pric problem and the lack of interest of 3D. Nintendo turned it around by slashing the price, but of course it never reached DS level success, but price was a big problem.
The Wii U was completely unappelling, priced quite high and people juste rejected the product.
Switch 2 on the contrary had a great launch with a lot of hype and goodwill contrary to 3DS and WII U. But the risk is killing its momentum with a price that turn away the mass market.
There are no easy solution for that as the components have a price. I imagine Nintendo is unwilling to sacrifice its profits by selling the console at loss until the situation become too bad but at that point, the product image may be damaged a little too much.
