400-450. It needs to be a 4k system and why? GTA 6, The Witcher 4 and all the others AAA third parties.

I can see the base Model for 399.99 and another more expensive one for 449.99.

Hmm, you mean the kind of games the Switch did not need to be a best selling console ...

It doesn't truly need to be a 4K beast machine.

Anywoo, DLSS technology will make the upscale possible for these kind of games so I'm not too worried

DLSS 2.0 can hit 4K resolution even from as low as 720p actual native resolution, so "4K machine" is not that big of a deal with Nvidia's DLSS tech.

The first 1:30 of this video shows how passable even extremely low resolutions can be with DLSS 2.0 enabled, you could definitely have like 360p for undocked (DLSS-ed to 720p) on a small screen and even 720p for docked mode (DLSS-ed to 4K) and it'll be passable. 

$349 at the minimum

Most at $399

With the Switch OLED being 350, seems clear that is the minimum.

400 seems the most likely price point. Maybe they'll do a pack-in to try and make it more attractive at that point.

Two years ago I would have said that 399 would be pushing it, but after inflation and how well the PS5 is doing at a $499 price tag, I think that $399 would be fine.

However, the spec to price ratio should be understandable. I am expecting something on par or greater than the Steam Deck for $399 since they are launching their console two years later than the Steam Deck at minimum.

I'm hoping Nintendo can keep it at 350 or less (probably unlikely but still I can hope). My gut tells me it'll be 399, any higher and I think a Switch 2 will be off to a rocky start.

To be honest I think they could get away with $449.99 even, but they would need a very strong software lineup to get that.