I think the battery life and the price here is a bit optimistic. 350 Euro is about 500 Canadian but I'm expecting 550-600 Canadian myself, with the unit positioned as "the one for enthusiasts and not the mainstream video game player." The Series X to the OLED-turned-Base Unit's Series S. Otherwise I think this is just about how it'd go down.
€350 is more of a dream, I doubt that's what they're going with seeing that they priced the OLED €350. But this is the most expensive Nintendo system ever I believe, will Nintendo really ask that much for a hardware while they've been historically making their hardware as cheap as possible? Perhaps those days are over.
Either way, €350-€400 is for the enthusiast player.
OLED (€300) for the mainstream player
Super Lite for Japan/people who want the best experience on the go and don't care about dock features.
Lite for the families with kids and those wanting the base entry/cheapest offer.
4 options is a lot though, so I think either if a Super Lite really exists it could be replacing the old Lite, or there is no Super Lite (which is the more likely thing).
Oh I think so. They don't like selling at a loss, but that is one of the biggest advantages they have on the other two. I mean, I will buy it regardless, but I like cheap lol
ALSO
Purple SNES > EU/JPN SNES
I said it.
They will 100% sell these at a profit. Remember that over half their revenue was from hardware sales recently, their profit margin is through the roof. I want it cheap as well, but it's unlikely to happen lol.
OLED price cut and OG Switch being phased out I completely agree with, but I can't picture Super Lite releasing while both OLED and OG Lite are still on the market. Or if it is, closer in price to the OLED than Lite.
Lite is there to be a cheap entry point to the Switch's library. If Switch and Super Switch share a long cross gen period (as I think most people expect they will), a SNS Lite would be acting as an entry point to a much, much smaller library of exclusives, at least for two or three years; for most games, a Switch Lite will continue to be 'enough'. SNS will probably be sold out for months at a time each year, and there's more room for profit in more expensive models, so if I'm Nintendo in that situation I'd want to put as much production behind the full SNS rather than dilute the lines with a lower profit SNS Lite. Meanwhile keep producing OG Lite (separate supply chain so it doesn't step on SNS' toes) as a budget option and 2021 OLED model as an entry point for those who don't want to spend $400-$500 but still want to play on their TV.
I know it's not a popular opinion (and I'm not personally interested in it myself) but I honestly believe a dock-only Super Switch model is more likely than OG Lite and SNS Lite coexisting for more than a few months. Of course, in the long run, docked-only is unlikely and SNS Lite is an almost certainty-- I'm only commenting on the timing of models being phased in and out.
I'm >< this close to just deleting this post because it feels too long for the shallow depth of the thought it explains, but oh well lol.
Having 4 different options is a lot, I agree. So it's either the OG Lite being phased out as well or an SNS Lite will not be made. I still think the cheapest option will be €200 at max though. They want households to have multiple systems, gotta make it more attractive with the price.
Assuming we'll see a late 2022 release, I can see this timeline:
2022: Lite, SNS Lite, OLED, SNS
2024: Switch 2, SNS Lite, SNS (Lite and OLED phased out, games made will mostly run on SNS systems as well)
2026-2027: Switch 2 & Lite 2 (SNS systems retired, ending ~10 years life cycle of the Switch)
Lite 2 might release earlier, but it all depends on the market then)
The (SNS) Lite should have a decent profit margin because of the form factor and stuff. There are no expensive joy-cons packed in, smaller screen, smaller size in general, smaller package, no dock etc. You want that system to be plentiful in stock as well, it should be the go to solution for families.
SNS TV only could happen, but I'd wonder who it is for. It won't run games better than the hybrid, that's not logical imo. The only selling point of that would be the price. It should be cheaper since it doesn't need to have a screen, dock, battery or think about cooling.
Yeah…. You’re not getting this if you’re asking for the other improvements
The days of the DS like lifespan are dead fam
One can dream!
I guess I'll keep carrying my power bank around then...