Was going to skip on Switch

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KBG29 on 13 January 2017

Peh said:

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I think Switch is going to sell very well at launch, and then fall off extreamly sharp. I was going to get it at launch, but now with the $299.99 price and the lack of titles at launch, I am going to wait for November and try to pick it up for either $249.99 or $299.99 with Super Mario Odyssey.

Even as a non U owner, that has no way to play Zelda at launch, I will be waiting tell I get my Switch this fall.

I doubt that Nintendo will drop in price soon. It has Nvidia hardware in it, and Nvidia can be expensive. And I also doubt that we will see a drop for the next 2-3 years in price. So... paying 300 $ now or later is the difference in playing earlier on or later.

You have also to consider certain publishers, because they look at the installbase. The bigger it is, the more willing they are in developing games for the console.

I think the price depends on how well it sells. Nintendo is basically all in with this move, and if it doesn't sell well, they will have to work quick. From what I saw at that reveal, I am expecting it to struggle at $299.99 after the initial wave of core Nintendo fans grab their units. I think it will require a price cut to succeed, and I think PS4/XBO will be $249.99 by E3, with $199.99 happening during Black Friday and December, putting even more pressure on them.

As for sales helping grab publishers, I completely get that. That is why I typically adopt platforms I support early. However, for something that I am only going to use for games, I just can't justify dropping money for it to sit around for 6 months while I wait for stuff to play. At least with other devices, I use them for masny non gaming tasks.

At any rate, this is a win for Nintendo, as far as I am concerned. I have not spent my own money on a Nintendo device since N64 and Gameboy Color. I got a Cube because I was interested and someone bought it for me. I got a Wii, because someone forced it on me, and I have never had a DS/3DS/WiiU.

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Kerotan on 13 January 2017

You're better off holding off and seeing if it actually does get good support instead of hoping it does.

Plus they'll probably release a new sku within the first 2 years like they do with the 3DS and DS revisions.

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 13 January 2017

I am gonna skip it at launch and buy it if the paid service makes sense. If it doesn't, I will hold off for a long time similar to what I did with the ps4

I will play zelda either with my friends wiiu or through emulation