Yeah, DF are bit off comparing it to stock PS4 - even with its anemic texture fill rate and memory bandwidth, Switch 2 is ahead of PS4 in pretty much everything comparable, let alone when tech that PS4 doesn't have is accounted for.

That said, I can see why they chose "curb your enthusiasm" path for now, instead of going unhinged with wild comparisons (like some fans tend to, since Wii U onward).

I mean it kinda goes both ways, for every over-zealous fan proclaiming the Switch 2 is a handheld PS5, you have a lot of widespread misinformation like the notion that Switch 1 was on par or even weaker than PS3/360, or that Switch 2 is on par with a base PS4.

Reality falls somewhere in the middle.

Very true - that said, unless there is really something hiding in Switch 2 that is unknown (and thus far nothing indicates that), this is quite well known tech with performance that is not that difficult to estimate.

I don't expect there's any big secrets. That doesn't mean there's not room for misinformation though; the Switch 1 used a vanilla Tegra X1, yet to this day the myth that it was on par with PS3/360 persists.

I'm not arguing that the SW2 SKU they've revealed is too expensive. It's borderline. I'm saying it would be beneficial to have another dedicated home console SKU for considerably cheaper.

Unless of course Nin is hoping some of those consumers will just get a SW1 instead, or that those who may have to wait for years to save up, will just have to wait. If I were Nin, I'd want to make sure SW2 takes off like SW1 and has every reason to keep up that momentum, with as little controversy as possible, like an earlier than expected price cut, but that's just me.

That sounds a lot like greed to me, but that's just me.

Early adopters tend to be enthusiasts who aren't bothered by price and just want the cool new console.

The time for cheaper SKUs like the inevitable Lite model will be later down the line once the initial rush is over.

It's just how the console business works. Unless your platform is a disaster, you're going to sell everything you ship initially anyway, so there's less reason to have a cut price version from day 1.

"Nintendo annual gross profit for 2024 was $6.585B, a 0.5% increase from 2023."

Yes they can pay their workers, and still pocket a fair bit, each year.

"and at the same time companies need to be profitable, they're not charities and they need to pay their employees and continue to exist." ???

^ Multiple billions of US dollars every year? Common, Nintendo isn't some small cheap company at the breaking point or anywhere near it.
This reads very weirdly.

I don't remember Nin doing business like that with SW1, and the hype around it was pretty huge.  

Switch 1 at launch cost the same as a PS4, and it didn't get a cheaper model until more than two years into its life.