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Gonna basically repost what I said in another thread but MS and Sony are probably kicking themselves they didn't just charge $600+ for the ps5 and series X because for 3 years scalpers raked in the hundreds of millions Sony and MS saw nothing from.
Reality is the Switch 2 for atleast a few years will likely sell out as fast as they can make them. a $399 switch is just gonna sell out instantly and be resold for likely a long time for far more than that...So why not charge $500 for it? They can always cut the price down the road if they need to; which I don't think they will. And raising the price is too much of a PR disaster. So it's better to just start higher. Yes I know everyone in here wants a fully featured next gen switch but also doesn't want to pay more than $400 for it but I just don't really see that happening. Think about it this way; Switch is at like 100 million sold; is there at least 1/5th of the userbase next year willing to fork out $500 to upgrade? I'd say for sure. So thats probably what they'll do.
Especially if it is as fully featured as the rumors imply, people are gonna buy this thing. Like look at the competition. Sony is out there charging $200 for an empty husk these days.
Its about building good relations with consumers. The lesser you sell your console for the more the consumers will like you as a company. Of course you can't sell the console for too low, but you want to aim for the cheapest amount you can sell it for without losing too much cash or in Nintendo's case, sell it for the amount that makes you a tiny profit. Also by not selling the console for too much you bring in more casuals and families who otherwise wouldn't buy the console if it cost more. Diehard fans will always buy a console at launch if they can, but you want a wider scope of customers than that. Maybe more relevant for Nintendo which wants as many parents as possible buying their systems for their kids.Gonna basically repost what I said in another thread but MS and Sony are probably kicking themselves they didn't just charge $600+ for the ps5 and series X because for 3 years scalpers raked in the hundreds of millions Sony and MS saw nothing from.
Reality is the Switch 2 for atleast a few years will likely sell out as fast as they can make them. a $399 switch is just gonna sell out instantly and be resold for likely a long time for far more than that...So why not charge $500 for it? They can always cut the price down the road if they need to; which I don't think they will. And raising the price is too much of a PR disaster. So it's better to just start higher. Yes I know everyone in here wants a fully featured next gen switch but also doesn't want to pay more than $400 for it but I just don't really see that happening. Think about it this way; Switch is at like 100 million sold; is there at least 1/5th of the userbase next year willing to fork out $500 to upgrade? I'd say for sure. So thats probably what they'll do.
Especially if it is as fully featured as the rumors imply, people are gonna buy this thing. Like look at the competition. Sony is out there charging $200 for an empty husk these days.
Switch 2 isn't going to be released with OLED. They need to keep pricing down, so they're likely to be going with LCD as the rumors suggest.For me, it kinda depends on the device itself. If it's not a step back from the OLED, I think 350 is a nice spot. If it is, more like 300, I guess?
If it can legit run that Matrix Awakens demo at some reasonable level of fidelity ... I really, really think you're being unreasonable if you're going to sit there and whine that $399.99 is too expensive. Even $449.99 is completely reasonable.
$450 is fine with me. Just understand that I don't think Nintendo would price the system based on final fidelity result (after-DLSS), but more closely aligned to raw processing power (before DLSS). If DLSS enables the system to achieve Series S-like graphics, but using chips that has lower processing power compared to the actual Series S, then it would (should) be priced lower.
In other words, DLSS tech in theory allows users to get more bang out of the buck. Nintendo most likely would want to keep it both profitable (don't lose money on each system) and at the same time keep it low enough to try to make it as accessible as possible to the public.
$350 would be nice, but that's likely not happening.. None of the current switch models have had permanent price drops. And there will be at least a $100 price difference between OLED and Switch 2. I expect OLED and other V2 switch to go down to $300 and $250 when Switch 2 releases.
$400 sounds the most plausible.
Around 450 is my guess. If the rumours are true, that screen ain't going to be cheap.
It’s a 1080p screen not 720p, I don’t know if a 1080p LCD screen is more expensive than a 720p OLED of the same quality thoWhat screen? I thought the rumors are saying Switch 2 will go with LCD rather than OLED, which should bring the pricing down. Unless the LCD has some new technology that makes those more expensive than OLEDs?
Size. It's rumoured to be considerably bigger. That alone will be sold at a premium.What screen? I thought the rumors are saying Switch 2 will go with LCD rather than OLED, which should bring the pricing down. Unless the LCD has some new technology that makes those more expensive than OLEDs?
I wasn't trying to imply LCD was cheap or low quality. Just that it was my understanding that generally with things being equal, OLED are more expensive than LCD counterparts. But yeah, I didn't realize the size, if the rumors are correct, is going to be significantly bigger than current Switch screen size (8 inches screen)Size. It's rumoured to be considerably bigger. That alone will be sold at a premium.
Also just because it's LCD doesn't mean it's cheap or low quality.
I feel part of how they price the successor in part depends on how they plan to price the current family of systems next year: will they all stay at their current prices, necessitating that the next system be at least $399 on principle, or will the Lite and OLED get price cuts so that the next system can potentially slot into the latter's $349 slot (I'd be shocked, but you never know)?Considering what Nintendo has been saying and how they've been acting this generation, are they planning to move up- or down- market? That would influence their decision to price this generation at a higher or lower price relative to the market. On the one hand, what we've heard of the hardware seems to point to more of a performance upgrade than last time, which could signify a move to target enthusiasts more. On the other hand, all their IP initiatives like movies and theme parks could suggest they are looking to cast their net even wider and garner even more customers.