History of handhelds, and really the PSP was $250? That worldwide or just EU, and how did it fair while it was sold at that price? The 3DS still did well for itself also, though it had an early pricecut. My mistake on the games but you get what I mean.

EDIT: Just checked and it was $250 WW and still did well at that price. So fine, I'll rephrase, Nintendo handheld history, specifically the 3DS. :L

The price sitting in the middle ground of handheld and console while specs and use do this as well seem fitting... not sure how much it will sell at 250 USD as we know at 150-200 it would fly off. I expect good first steps.

Sadly, I think the WiiU will be my last Nintendo console. Smartphones have simply become too powerful, and it seems like Nintendo is content to be vastly outpaced by Sony and Nintendo in console gaming ($250 in 2017 does not bode well for prospective specifications). It also doesn't help that they effectively abandoned the WiiU mid-cycle. My hope is that someone competent buys Nintendo or they transition to software, so I can play true next-gen versions of Mario and Zelda.

If it's meant to replace the 3DS, as it indeed is, a US$ 250 price is not good. If this is the launch bundle with the dock and they follow it with a dockless version by 200, then it's acceptable.

Dock probably doesn't even cost $10 so I doubt removing it means they can sell it for $50 less. Like the rumors say I think it will be $250-$300, so really $300 as the deluxe will likely be a better value than the basic like it was in the Wii U's case, but that's just another assumption.

And imagine how much would be fly if price is $100! You need to be realistic, New 3DS XL is still seling good with price point of $200, and Switch offers much more than just a 3DS, Switch at home is real home console. That definitely game more value that just $50, not to mention incomparable stronger hardware including 720p vs 240p 3DS screen. $250 is great price for Switch.

Little offtopic because we had conversion PS4 Slim vs Pro, I bought PS4 Slim two days ago, currently enjoying Bloodborne. :)

Well, being realistic releasing Switch for 250 will be basically the ground of X1S and PS4S so it will have more competition than at 200. I don't think the price is high, but customers are know to complain a lot and be price sensitive. $100 wouldn't be realistic, but 200 isn't impossible just hardly what it would release for.

Happy you are enjoying it, very little reason to fork extra 100-150 USD on Pro unless you botter with resolution since gains on fps will be minimal imho.

Yes, It will be close to XB1/PS4 with price $250, but fact is that XB1/PS4 are just a home consoles while Switch is not just a home console its handheld also, that definitely gives additional value to Switch. Actualy Switch would sell ok even if it would have same price like XB1/PS4, but of course it's better to have lower price than them, and most important is that it will not have higher price (higher than $300).

Tnx, I bought Slim for $150 less than I would pay for Pro, so that huge difference, and I dont have 4k screen and difference on 1080p screen is not big at all.

I see value in Switch at 250 (also 300 on WiiU didn't bother me much), and since my little boy will be entering the age to play games I know I'll find more content for him on Switch than on PS4 so I'll probably buy it not so long after release.

Well so you done a lot do saving (some luck guys bought Pro for 322). Well a lot of people will arguee that even on a 4K screen the difference isn't that big.

If you're correct, I can see it flopping pretty hard. This price point is more oriented to a Wii U-like home console market, where we have 2 competitors with loads of games and a massive install base being sold by less than that. Switch would be onslaughted, it would be more expensive than its two more powerful competitors. This isn't the market segment for Nintendo because their 3rd party support is weak at best (they are already confirmed to lack Red Dead and Mass Effect).

This price point would also completely allienate their portable user base, that's several times larger than the home console one. They tried to push a high price point with the 3DS and failed, resorting to a 180 bucks price to get it going.

Despite all that, a 250+ price point also seems like a rip off. The Switch looks similar to a Shield tablet. Hell, it's basically the same thing. And a Shield tablet costed 200 bucks, with a profit margin. I don't believe Nintendo will come with a price point higher that 200 bucks.