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pokoko on 28 January 2017
Teriol said:
pokoko said:

You do know that the Switch is right a bit cheaper in Japan, right?

With taxes it is 284 USD so the difference is not so big.

About $40, which is nothing to sneeze at.



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Teriol on 28 January 2017
Hiku said:
Teriol said:

Well, some of them knows the tech inside the system, on vgchartz nobody has a clue about it, that's why they know it is cheap.

The devs are looking at it from a tech price point of view. That's not everyone's view on value though.
Knowing the tech inside it is not gonna make the average consumer say "Hey you know what? $300 ain't so bad after all."

But as for VR, I'm curious how this system could pull off VR if PS4 is just barely able to do it.

AMD VR is crap compare with Nvidia VR so maybe it can give us a little surprise on that front.



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Platina on 28 January 2017

I feel that HD rumble is something you need to feel for yourself to truly be able to understand it, much like VR, so I am pretty hopeful it's something good



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TomaTito on 29 January 2017

Funny someone mentioned a vertical mode, that could bring DS compatibility

Surprising so many expected higher price? Bandai Namco even says "The price is exactly what I’d expect from a marketing point of view, but if you count all the individual peripherals… The full thing is pretty cheap, and I say that as someone familiar with the inner workings of the system. I have no idea how they kept the price that low".

Bandorr said:
Teriol said:

With taxes it is 284 USD so the difference is not so big.

29,980 is the cost. I will assume that A) Japan uses VAT, and B) that is the value post VAT. This that is the final price point with tax included and everything.

That is $260 dollars US.

It cost $300 dollars US and that is pre tax. So around $330 or so post tax.

That is a $70 dollars difference.

Are you sure about that? Manuel mentioned the Switch prices in a store (I think it was Bic Camera) are marked without taxes.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8276077



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Darwinianevolution on 29 January 2017

I really hope as many japanese devs as possible are getting the NS dev kits, this thing will need a massive japanese support as soon as possible. The Switch is tailor made for Japan.



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SuperNova on 29 January 2017

'I did the “Pro-Wrestling LOVE Pose” at the presentation, but I don’t think people were digging it. But it broke the ice with the audience, so I think I’ll keep doing it. I’ll call it “SWITCH LOVE”'

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Jranation on 29 January 2017
Darwinianevolution said:
I really hope as many japanese devs as possible are getting the NS dev kits, this thing will need a massive japanese support as soon as possible. The Switch is tailor made for Japan.

I think the PSVita and the 3DS needs to die for the Switch to REALLY get that support. But of course, Nintendo needs to make the first move to bring the Nintendo fans on this. 



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Jranation on 29 January 2017
SuperNova said:
'I did the “Pro-Wrestling LOVE Pose” at the presentation, but I don’t think people were digging it. But it broke the ice with the audience, so I think I’ll keep doing it. I’ll call it “SWITCH LOVE”'

SUDA is the best! XD

Lol yes! That was funny. When I saw a glimpse of the audience, there were all wearing business suits....... I can see why they weren't digging it XD 



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TomaTito on 29 January 2017
Ka-pi96 said:

I think it's pretty odd for just the pre tax price to be labeled on the game. But the 29k price is definitely before tax, it said so during the Switch presentation thingy. Tax is currently 8% as well.

Edit: Been living in Japan for long? Prices are normally with or without tax?

The japanese price rounds off to 30k, plus with your tax figure that goes to 32.4k.

Compared to the 329eur post-tax price, that would be 263eur, around 70eur under Europe's retail price.
Compared to 300usd pre-tax price, it's 260usd, the 40 bucks pokoko mentioned for the US.



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TomaTito on 29 January 2017
Bandorr said:

Not sure no. VAT as a whole is new to me. So when someone gives a price I can't tell if is pre or post VAT. So I just started assuming it was all post VAT.

Assuming pre tax. And a tax of 8(I was rounding to 10 to be simple) percent. It is 32378.4 yen. That is $281 us. Compared to $324 us.

So still a $43 dollar difference.

Yeah, that's the value I ninja'd.

In Europe the price difference is a pro controller, while in the US it's Puyo Puyo Tetris.



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