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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 04 April 2017
Cerebralbore101 said:
Just found out the Shield can play multiplats like Andromeda. So portable-less switch would cost even less?

Link?



                  

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Louie_86 on 04 April 2017

Probably around $150 but if they dont spend money on the added portability they'd spend it on power, so I cant imagine the console being sold for less than $200.



Louie_86 on 04 April 2017
Captain_Yuri said:
Cerebralbore101 said:
Just found out the Shield can play multiplats like Andromeda. So portable-less switch would cost even less?

Link?



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 04 April 2017
Jpcc86 said:
Captain_Yuri said:

Link?

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Cerebralbore101 on 04 April 2017
Captain_Yuri said:
Cerebralbore101 said:
Just found out the Shield can play multiplats like Andromeda. So portable-less switch would cost even less?

Link?

https://shield.nvidia.com/games/geforce-now/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-game-of-the-year-edition

Can't find the ME: Andromeda info, but here's Witcher 3 on Shield, so yeah...



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SegataSanshiro on 04 April 2017

No such thing as a console without a gimmick. The very idea of a games console IS a gimmick in itself. Graphics are a gimmick. Ability to play music and films is a gimmick. So the cost of producing a console without a gimmick is $0.



torok on 04 April 2017
KLXVER said:

I know. Doesnt mean Nintendo would sell it for much less.

Considering the current price of the Switch and the launch price for 3DS, you're probably correct.



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 04 April 2017
Cerebralbore101 said:
Captain_Yuri said:

Link?

https://shield.nvidia.com/games/geforce-now/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-game-of-the-year-edition

Can't find the ME: Andromeda info, but here's Witcher 3 on Shield, so yeah...

That's through streaming m8. Its like PsNow...

The only way that the Shield can play either the Witcher 3 or any other big AAA games is either via streaming from a PC or through their GeForce Now streaming service. The switch technically has the capabilities to do that but Nintendo would have to allow it.



                  

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caffeinade on 04 April 2017
Cerebralbore101 said:

If Nintendo created a Switch without a battery, dockable screen, Joycons, game cards, or HD rumble how much would it cost to produce? In other words, imagine if the Switch was just a regular console that took regular game disks, came with a pro controller, and an HDMI cable. How much are Nintendo's gimmicks costing us?

How much would a tablet-less Wii U, with a pro-controller instead, cost?

How about a 3DS XL, without the 3D effect?

$100, if that.
If it were just a slab of Switch, same size as it is now, they could afford to give the console away with a purchase of Zelda (assuming Amiibo are still on the table, and people are likely to buy at least one other game).



Pyro as Bill on 04 April 2017

If you remove the dpad gimmick, the analog stick gimmick, the shoulder button gimmick, the rumble gimmick and the wireless gimmick.....

....you're left with Kinect.



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