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TomaTito on 07 July 2021
Pemalite said:

You didn't explain why it's more expensive though. Clickbait title?

I put a lot off work on the content by editing the image (explanation), adding a link (inspiration) and stating the source (source).
And all this while watching Spain trying their best against Italy.

EDIT: In the end I got my facts jumbled up due to the match, it isn't the brightness sensor, must be something else,
and I can't put my finger on why the Switch OLED would cost more than the OG v2 ole model.

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Jumpin on 07 July 2021
Captain_Yuri said:

I'll tell you the real reason why it's more expensive.

Because Nintendo is washing yayo-bucks?



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Matsku on 07 July 2021
TheBraveGallade said:

nah. OLEDs are just more expensive man.
also screen is larger, and i belive the chassis and dock is metal now?

Not in the Switch size.



kirby007 on 07 July 2021
ironmanDX said:
BraLoD said:

It's more expensive because Nintendo know people will pay what they charge regardless.

Just like $70 for first party titles or $10 for a patch other companies just update for free.

Oh i didnt know apple had first party studios 



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Jumpin on 07 July 2021
TomaTito said:

Source

And the larger OLED screen is probably the main factor.

But, I'm having issues with the rail on two of my Switches. If this model fixes it, then I'll be upgrading... Unless Switch 2 is coming within the next year and is a proper continuation of the Switch... not a Switch U.



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mjk45 on 07 July 2021
burninmylight said:

So you're saying that Nintendo could have given the Switch an OLED screen for the same price all along, but moving the brightness sensor from the face of the unit to the top was such a costly process (hundreds of millions into research and development) is what drives up the price?

I'm no hardware expert, so it checks out with me.

I'm a Hardware expert so you have to listen to me, Sony accidently ordered millions of Vita OLED screens after they had already changed the Vita screens to LCD  but because the desert where Governments and Corporations love to hide their shit was full of dumped ET carts, they had no alternative but to keep them hidden in the warehouse that warehouse unbeknownst to them also housed another secret, a batch of prototype Virtual boy 2's.

It was during a search and destroy mission to eliminate any remnants of that dark past that Nintendo found those Vita screens and made a deal where Sony got to  save years of R&D costs simply by readying those Virtual boy 2 Prototypes for mass production and branding them PSVR 2 and in return Nintendo received the OLED screens free of charge, but unfortunately Nintendo forgetting to account for the labour costs involved in glueing the Vita screens together and then cutting them to fit the Switch.

Breaking news.. My connections at Nintendo have assured me that using the very best accounting practices that can be procured from the interwebz the actual cost is $100 per unit so in their own words  "Nintendo is once again generously subsidising it customers and should be praised for doing so".

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mjk45 on 08 July 2021
Captain_Yuri said:

I'll tell you the real reason why it's more expensive.

 Are you saying the reason why is it runs on the same tech as a money counting machine or is it because its made out of dollar bills?



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TomaTito on 08 July 2021
Jumpin said:

And the larger OLED screen is probably the main factor.

But, I'm having issues with the rail on two of my Switches. If this model fixes it, then I'll be upgrading... Unless Switch 2 is coming within the next year and is a proper continuation of the Switch... not a Switch U.

You don't say?

I got a Mariko Switch back in May as a gift from my energy provider, and I noticed how snug the rails were.
It is not dependant on the joycons but the rails themselves. Maybe we need to tighten the screws or something.

The rails in the OLED model look unchanged to me.



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