my thing is a huge number of people buy ing 300 or 400$ phones, all the way up to like 800$. It's ridiculous for someone to expect a gaming system to end up being like free. Sub 200$ is just crazy at this point in time for a high quality screen, decent portable game specs, a decent battery, etc.

do me a favor people and look into like tablets even, which have limited realistic function, there is not a lot sub 200$

its a fantastic price for what it does in terms of easy of access for both portable and home gaming. The 3DS has been selling out at not far from a 200$ price point recently, and the PS Vita with a memory card is as much as what the Switch will be (despite the Switch being graphically vastly superior).

I see a lot of armchair comments based on nothing, as if some of you expected magically a new handled hybrid device to magically cost less than the still alive previous gen handhelds (3DS / PS Vita). bizarre

yeah I don't wanna judge but saying that $250 is too much for this item is just ridiculous.

Re-read what I said again... 

I said that I liked the $250 price but it is above what I would call the impluse buy category. Remember when the 3ds launched at $250 and Nintendo lowered it to $150sh? $150 is what I would call impluse buy where a random person that is looking for something to get his kid for his birthday wouldn't have to think too hard when deciding what to buy. And that is The New 3ds XL which sells for $199. Orignal 3ds XL, Original 3ds, new 3ds and 2ds all sell for less...

Also never did I say that $250 was an unreasonable price for what you are getting nor did I ever mention it won't sell. The fact that I said that I liked the price and that I am pre-ordering 2 of them should have told you what I thought of the price...

Yeah, $250 is a price it could sell well at. Especially when the people most interested early on are those willing to fork over more money. Later on with a price drop though it can hit that range where its a great impulse buy for your kids bday or xmas etc.

Yeaa! I say holiday this year, we will see it at $200 as a holiday/black friday special or $250 with 2-3 games depending on the games. This is gonna be one exciting year for sure!

250€ is good if it comes with a launch game.

200€ without one is also good.

200€ with a game and I'll buy three at launch.

Sorry but... Lol ? You dont even know thé Line up and youre already starting to say its better than thé 3ds whatever they come up with

$250 + Pokemon at launch = Day 1 purchase from me!

Well tbf if they manage to have a worse start than 3DS they may aswell not launch the damn thing