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Luke888 on 26 January 2017
bonzobanana said:
Surely price drops before launch is an indicator that it isn't a must have item and there isn't hordes of people waiting to buy one. Although saying that I can't remember if hugely successful formats like wii and ps2 held their price up to launch. Just seems a strange thing to do if you can't get enough stock to start discounting.

I've a feeling there will be a glut of Switches on the secondhand market after people have played through Zelda. Some will wait for Mario but others might just get maximum value at that point and buy again later hoping for a lower price.

they are not proper price drops since Nintendo didn't set a price for the Switch in Europe, it's up to the retailers to decide it and they clearly realized that overpricing it this much would have hurt the potential sales...



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bonzobanana on 26 January 2017
Luke888 said:
bonzobanana said:
Surely price drops before launch is an indicator that it isn't a must have item and there isn't hordes of people waiting to buy one. Although saying that I can't remember if hugely successful formats like wii and ps2 held their price up to launch. Just seems a strange thing to do if you can't get enough stock to start discounting.

I've a feeling there will be a glut of Switches on the secondhand market after people have played through Zelda. Some will wait for Mario but others might just get maximum value at that point and buy again later hoping for a lower price.

they are not proper price drops since Nintendo didn't set a price for the Switch in Europe, it's up to the retailers to decide it and they clearly realized that overpricing it this much would have hurt the potential sales...

Again though why would you do that unless demand is dropping. If I have 200 people chomping at the bit for a product and will only get 100 stock allocation why would I discount? Surely an indication of falling demand. 

The general most common view on this forum is that the Switch is a huge success for launch with all stock allocated to customers and shops waiting for their second batch of stock to fulfill more orders. That is not a discounting scenerio. 



Alkibiádēs on 26 January 2017
bonzobanana said:
Luke888 said:

they are not proper price drops since Nintendo didn't set a price for the Switch in Europe, it's up to the retailers to decide it and they clearly realized that overpricing it this much would have hurt the potential sales...

Again though why would you do that unless demand is dropping. If I have 200 people chomping at the bit for a product and will only get 100 stock allocation why would I discount? Surely an indication of falling demand. 

The general most common view on this forum is that the Switch is a huge success for launch with all stock allocated to customers and shops waiting for their second batch of stock to fulfill more orders. That is not a discounting scenerio. 

There's no set price for the Switch in Europe, so retailers are competing against each other to set the best price. If one of them drops the price, others will soon follow.

Considering the Switch only costs $260 in Japan and $300 in the USA, €330 for Europe was a ludicrous price. 



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Aerys on 26 January 2017

Nothing schoking, just went back to thé normal Price, now waiting for réal deals on thé consoel



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