I think the reason why it was so high was due to the anticipation of the tariffs. I think this is just Nintendo being fucking greedy. I have seen people defending nintendo over this. There is no fucking reason it should be this expensive even with tariffs in place. Everyone should be pissed about this. They're price gouging consumers.
I don't care if I get shit for this, but the price of the system itself, assuming it stays $450 by the time it launches, is fine. It's a bit more than I would have liked, but it's not unreasonable for the rather significant boost in power it's offering. There is an unfortunate reality about handheld systems, including hybrids like the switch, that means they will always be a higher price relative to their power than other systems on the market, and that's the fact they have a built-in screen. The screen alone is $200 of the price. I do think they could have dropped it to $399 and be just fine, because unlike sony who takes pennies from software sales, nintendo primarily sells 1st party software where they take everything but the retailer's cut. Most nintendo systems are priced at launch to be a slight loss, but small enough that one 1st party game and it breaks even for this very reason. I think there's a likelihood they added a bit to the launch price due to trade and tariff uncertainty so that if things did drastically get more expensive rather than drop in price as costs usually do throughout a generation, they wouldn't have to raise the price later and could avoid the disastrous price hikes the ps5 went through in basically every country except the US. They'd rather start it high and bring it down if they can instead of starting low and having to hike it up.
Exactly. Delaying the preorders to work out the logistics of what units need to go where and which markets they can fleece the most.
They're going to be a convenient excuse for price rises everywhere. 10% tariffs = 50% price rises,
"They're delaying the start of the preorders because preorders (which haven't started yet) are lower than expected" is a nonsensical statement, and if you thought more than 2 seconds before posting, you'd realize it too.
The world is bigger than America. Nintendo are doing a world wide release and they have a good idea via traffic and marketing data, who will be interested in pre-ordering, where and by what quantities.
"They have preorder data from other countries where preorders aren't open yet either!"
Are you being a fucking mong for the shits and giggles, or are you genuinely this retarded?
I'm not the biggest fan of donny but I have to say, he's really won me over this time. watching nintentards seethe and shit themselves is a high like no other. I can't wait for them to bing-bing-wahoo right off a cliff
Its not a video game console, its all electronics, many key mineral goods, large portions of industrial machinery, toys, tvs and trash, furniture and car parts.
I fully agree with you and stand party corrected, im just saying people who sperg out over the switch 2 tarrif shit over like actual minerals and industrial shit need to get their priorities straight, I do feel bad for americans in the near future where everything will be way more expensive for them.
LOL you are moving the goalposts already.
It took Switch 1 five years to hit 100 million and that was it setting itself as the first or second most successful games unit of all time. There's at least equal odds that Switch 2 doesn't get to 100 million units sold period.
Oh wow, I didn't realize we had insider information in the thread. Should I cancel my analyst subscription now, or wait until your uncle at Nintendo releases the 2030 sales data early?
