Bottom line? Paid online... you can charge me for anything but being able to play a game with someone else online. I wasn't planning on getting a Switch and after hearing they will charge for online play guaranteed it. Wii U for life baby

and how much would cost, I'm not saying that we don't have the tech, I'm talking about the price.

Yeah, I get your point, since ive been reading you on several ranting threads. What would be the price for a handheld with that power if M$ or Sauny make it? Itll be pricey for sure, worth it? maybe but still pricey. 

$300 is ok, for what its offering I guess, but I have this damn habit of getting 4 controls for the PS3, 4 for the PS4, 2 for the Xbone, 2 Pro and 2 Gamecube-like for the WiiU even tho im the only one who uses all those consoles... hahaha I have no friends that live nearby to come and play but I still get full set of peripherals for no reason. So peripherals in the Switch being pricey is a low blow for me.

Because it's not a smartphone.

The SoC is a relatively small price of the pie, Nintendo and nVidia have agreements in place for pricing that other companies are likely not privvy to.
It should be competitively priced with Tegra X1 in terms of fabrication.

Besides, the Switch is already expensive for the hardware you get. (6.2", 720P screen? Common Nintendo. This is 2017.)
The least Nintendo could have done is offered the handheld the best performance possible for the form factor if they were going to cheap out in other aspects but still charge a premium price.

Pay to play is the biggest issue. Hardware prices will eventually lower and the games will eventually show up, but pay to play is forever.

The thing that also likely bothers people as they go headfirst into this portable market is there really are phones and tablets that are far better than this system even at a comparable price. You are literally paying more money for a worst portable product only because this one is the one that can play Nintendo games. People always talk about home consoles how Nintendo games would be better on say a playstation. But now its also true that Nintendo games would be better on even cheaper tablets and phones if you could just bluetooth connect whatever controller you want to it. So its like they are keeping their brands hostage from gamers on inferior hardware throughout.

joy con, pro controller, and especially that outrageous docking station price. Just awful

Lack of future really. Nothing forward was show. Short term is ok but whats beyond the horizon.

Sincerely, never tought of this one. Its a very valid point that i havent read in anyother thread yet.

Even if you think hard, looks like the system will remain the same with no posible new features, reducing its lifespan. No equivalent of 4k, or blu ray play, or VR or HDR (at least not in the quality of its competition)