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Forums - Gaming - Pachter Believes The Nintendo NX Will Cost Around $299

 

Do you think Patcher is right?

Yes, other price would be a wrong move. 94 28.75%
 
No, it will be more expensive. 79 24.16%
 
No, it will be cheaper. 30 9.17%
 
No, because Patcher said it. 100 30.58%
 
Is this a NX thread? The ... 24 7.34%
 
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Cloudman on 16 November 2015
bigtakilla said:
Cloudman said:
Darwinianevolution said:
Cloudman said:
At this point, I think it would be hard to determine what the price of the NX will be. If it is a console and handheld, having it at that price while keeping it at that price seems impossible. I don't think they can make it powerful and split while keeping it at 299, unless Ninten is willing to bleed to make a base...

I don't think Nintendo is willing to make a loss in hardware to get people on the NX, although if the mobile project make "Wii-DS like profits" I can see them becoming willing to take losses.

Yeah, I don't think so. I don't think there has been many, if any moments, where Ninten took a loss to make a base...? o:

 

twintail 17 minutes ago

I suppose it won't be a problem to get people to buy them separately, but getting them to buy them both while having the same software may be. o:

But if you only have to buy the software once, and can play it on the go it would be enticing. IF you had to buy the game twice to essentially play the same game then it will fail. Odds are, if they are going to share the same library, you will only buy the game once, but can take it anywhere with the HH.


My main issue is if they share the same software, what incentive is there to get both? What if people are just fine with owning one of the 2?



 

              

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Ultrashroomz on 16 November 2015

Ignoring the fact that this is coming from Pachter, $299 seems about right.



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bigtakilla on 16 November 2015
Cloudman said:
bigtakilla said:

My main issue is if they share the same software, what incentive is there to get both? What if people are just fine with owning one of the 2?

Those are the risks, but there are risks in everything.

I would say the incentive would be (say it came out this year) playing Xenoblade X while I'm on my lunch break at work, or waiting in my car before my shift starts. Or playing the Legend of Zelda Wii U on the go. Or I'm visiting family for a holiday, let's say Thanksgiving for instance and I'm out of town, I can still play LoZ Wii U or Xeno X. There would be great appeal I think. 



Angelv577 on 16 November 2015

299 sounds reasonable to me.



Soundwave on 16 November 2015

It's reasonable.

The N64 launched at $199.99, factoring inflation, today that would just over $300.

The SNES launched at $199.99 today that would be almost $350.

You can't have a reasonably powered console and launch it for way less than $300. 



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Soundwave on 16 November 2015

$300 isn't a huge number, if people aren't willing to buy your product at $300, it means most likely it doesn't have great mass appeal to begin with.

Even the Wii, which was $250 at launch, with inflation taken into account, that's a shade over $295 in 2015 dollars. 



AlfredoTurkey on 16 November 2015

Imo, Nintendo needs to go back to the whole UNDER $300.00 model of business. They should take a loss on hardware this time in order to gain marketshare and respect and try to recoup through killer software.

A $199.99 price point on a console with at least PS4 power (it's possible that a console like that wouldn't even CAUSE a loss considering the PS4 will be three years old next year) and great games would do very well imo.



AlfredoTurkey on 16 November 2015
Soundwave said:

$300 isn't a huge number, if people aren't willing to buy your product at $300, it means most likely it doesn't have great mass appeal to begin with.

Even the Wii, which was $250 at launch, with inflation taken into account, that's a shade over $295 in 2015 dollars. 


Inflation doesn't matter to the consumer. People don't look at a sticker price and go "Well, it's X amount of dollars, but... given inflation bla bla bla." That's not now it works. People assign STICKER PRICES to certain things and don't budge from it. 

 

Game consoles will never sell well if they go beyond a certain price point, inflation or not.



S.T.A.G.E. on 16 November 2015
kitler53 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
If this is true, then why the **** is the Wii U selling for $299?


it will all make sense once you see the first tear down of NX's components.


Once this thing drops the Wii U should be less than $200. No offense to Nintendo, but its no longer worth it. They cannot have two consoles on the market at competing prices. Unless the NX has proper third party support the Wii U will cannibalize it once its sales stabalize. Nintendo has also got to notice that the five year development scale no longer works. Sony showed everyone a world where you can have a proper trilogy come out on one console via two to three year development cycles. I know Nintendo marches to its own drummer, but the new generation of gamers are more apt to respond to a console that just last longer. The Wii U in this day and age just seems like a cop out. 



JRPGfan on 16 November 2015
HollyGamer said:
Nautilus said:
HollyGamer said:
There is a possibility if they announce console 299 USD price, it would have the same graphical power with Xbox One or PS4, (just like Wii U with the same class with Xbox 360 and PS3) but if it's hybrid then it will have the same power as Wii U (because it will be to cheap building a tablet that have a capability with PS4) so i think that's my opinion based on current tech we have at the present.

I seriously doubt that the home console will be the same power as Wii U, even if they use the fusion concept.First because that would piss off people even more.After all, its a Wii U level power, so why change the console at all?Second because Nintendo always increased the Console power for the next generation, even if it wasnt a giant step, like the gamecube to the Wii.And third, if they did that, they would be in the same horrible situation they are now with third party.So no, it wont be same power.

The key word here is "Fusion " like tablet device that can be mobile, imagine if you can bring a tablet as powerful as Wii U, people will interested. Trust me, why people not interested with Wii U because they are not mobile (like iPad or Android) . It doesn't matter if powerful or not, what is matter is if the design fit with the casual.

For home console it will be the same power with PS4 or slightly better but it will be difficult to distinguised just like with PS3 and Wii U, or NX will be benefit utilize low power or small factor, but result the same out put with PS4

Im not intrested in a tablet  version of a wii u.