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PortisheadBiscuit on 23 May 2018
quickrick said:
PortisheadBiscuit said:

they're still taking $50 off, and it's aimed at households that already have a Switch. So there's obviously an adapter already in the household 

you because there so much people that are actually gonna buy 2 switches, they removed the adapter for a reason, its  a BS reason just to price gauge, typical nintendo. 

If this were a WW rollout maybe, but this is extremely limited and Japan only. Japan is really into their handhelds, it's not a stretch that a household would have multiple units. 



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quickrick on 23 May 2018
PortisheadBiscuit said:
quickrick said:

you because there so much people that are actually gonna buy 2 switches, they removed the adapter for a reason, its  a BS reason just to price gauge, typical nintendo. 

If this were a WW rollout maybe, but this is extremely limited and Japan only. Japan is really into their handhelds, it's not a stretch that a household would have multiple units. 

then why not include a a charger? as i said before they are trying to increase sales in japan thats thats why they cut the price, but its a tard pack.



nemo37 on 23 May 2018
quickrick said:
PortisheadBiscuit said:

With this you're assuming Nintendo is cutting into their own margins? $15 to produce the dock (up from your original assertion of $10 a few posts ago), $2 to produce the adapter, and what another couple bucks for the HDMI cable? Something is amiss in your estimations if Nintendo is taking off $50 for the missing items. We all know Nintendo doesn't cut into their own margins, they wouldn't even do it with Wii U. 

there not taking 50$, because the ac adapter is a must buy, it retails for 30$. if the customer ever  wants  to hook it to a tv and wants official nintendo products  hes gonna need a joy con grip, dock, hdmi, basically spend another 140$.

The joy-con grip comes with these systems. Also, this specific bundle is made for people that own a Switch and want more for their household (remember in Japan living space is more limited so there is one TV per house) so a dock and separate AC adapter is not necessary for people that already have one. 



PortisheadBiscuit on 23 May 2018
quickrick said:
The dock probably cost nintendo 10$ to mass produce. i don't see why they would ever sell it with out the dock.

 

quickrick said:
PortisheadBiscuit said:

If this were a WW rollout maybe, but this is extremely limited and Japan only. Japan is really into their handhelds, it's not a stretch that a household would have multiple units. 

then why not include a a charger? as i said before they are trying to increase sales in japan thats thats why they cut the price, but its a tard pack.

LOL, the disparity between your first and last posts in this very thread. All within like 15-20 mins of each other... 



quickrick on 23 May 2018
PortisheadBiscuit said:
quickrick said:
The dock probably cost nintendo 10$ to mass produce. i don't see why they would ever sell it with out the dock.

 

quickrick said:

then why not include a a charger? as i said before they are trying to increase sales in japan thats thats why they cut the price, but its a tard pack.

LOL, the disparity between your first and last posts in this very thread. All within like 15-20 mins of each other... 

what ever dude.



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nemo37 on 23 May 2018
quickrick said:
PortisheadBiscuit said:

they're still taking $50 off, and it's aimed at households that already have a Switch. So there's obviously an adapter already in the household 

you because there so much people that are actually gonna buy 2 switches, they removed the adapter for a reason, its  a BS reason just to price gauge, typical nintendo.  main reason they took 50$ is to increase sales in japan, while taking the smallest hit possible. 

You do realize multiple people in a household own separate handheld systems right? It is not for one person looking to buy two Switches but rather multiple people in a single household looking to buy a Switch for individual members of the household as opposed to one for the household. The pricing is what gets in the way of that, part of the reason why 3DS sales were stronger in Japan after the price cut was because at the lower price parents were less hesitant to purchase them for their children and it became less of a barrier for families that have more than one children to purchase a handheld for all of their children.



quickrick on 23 May 2018
nemo37 said:
quickrick said:

there not taking 50$, because the ac adapter is a must buy, it retails for 30$. if the customer ever  wants  to hook it to a tv and wants official nintendo products  hes gonna need a joy con grip, dock, hdmi, basically spend another 140$.

The joy-con grip comes with these systems. Also, this specific bundle is made for people that own a Switch and want more for their household (remember in Japan living space is more limited so there is one TV per house) so a dock and separate AC adapter is not necessary for people that already have one. 

everyone in japan is buying switch mainly as a handheld device, nintendo knows this, thats why they excluded the ac adapter, its just a way for nintedo to make the price cheaper and try to boost sales in japan, with out really taking a hit. i think we can all agree the ac adapter cost nintendo nothing to make, yet they exluded to force people into paying 30$ for them.



Miyamotoo on 23 May 2018
quickrick said:
PortisheadBiscuit said:

With this you're assuming Nintendo is cutting into their own margins? $15 to produce the dock (up from your original assertion of $10 a few posts ago), $2 to produce the adapter, and what another couple bucks for the HDMI cable? Something is amiss in your estimations if Nintendo is taking off $50 for the missing items. We all know Nintendo doesn't cut into their own margins, they wouldn't even do it with Wii U. 

there not taking 50$, because the ac adapter is a must buy, it retails for 30$. if the customer ever  wants  to hook it to a tv and wants official nintendo products  hes gonna need a joy con grip, dock, hdmi, basically spend another 140$.

To be fair they could just buy USB C cable instead of AC adapter.

 

quickrick said: 
PortisheadBiscuit said: 

they're still taking $50 off, and it's aimed at households that already have a Switch. So there's obviously an adapter already in the household 

you because there so much people that are actually gonna buy 2 switches, they removed the adapter for a reason, its  a BS reason just to price gauge, typical nintendo.  main reason they took 50$ is to increase sales in japan, while taking the smallest hit possible. 

I am pretty sure that at least in Japan there will be plenty of people that will have more than one Switch per house.



RingoGaSuki on 23 May 2018

I wish this (with an AC adapter) was just an option at launch, would definitely have picked it instead. I've used the dock like five times total since launch.



Miyamotoo on 23 May 2018
RingoGaSuki said:
I wish this (with an AC adapter) was just an option at launch, would definitely have picked it instead. I've used the dock like five times total since launch.

I am sure you could sell you your dock with HDMI cable for around $50 if you dont use it.