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[EN250]

400 should be OK I guess, but then again, I know 500 is a lot and thinking Nintendo's HW now way it'd be worth it, but after the Switch, they can ask whatever the hell they want because people will pay for it no matter what

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

$400 seems to be the sweet spot.

 

[meech]

Whats the predicted launch date?

 

[blacktout]

Whats the predicted launch date?

Nobody knows, but current speculation is sometime between mid-May and the end of June.

 

[Vaquilla]

Will someone who recently dropped 350 on an OLED Switch drop 450 on a Switch 2? I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of price elasticity.

OLED Switch would have gotten some double dippers and stretch buyers leading to more success, especially when compared in value to the basic Switch.

The equation for Switch 2 is entirely different. There is a reason why consoles don't sell 100 million units in a year and it isn't simply supply constraints.

If Switch 2 is 450 and you have to buy a Pro controller on top of that AND expanded storage... it becomes a much harder sell.

There was a version of the PS3 that was 500 dollars at launch. That's only 200 dollars more than the PS2. Sales were half of the PS2... and there was a very strong argument for upgrading. PS3 included a hard drive which meant better loading times and no need for memory cards, full integration of networking equipment, bluray player, significantly better graphics, wireless controller, with essentially a built in multi-tap... from a technology vs price standpoint, I'm not sure any video game console added more for the price difference, yet it was roasted for its price.

PS2 - 300 dollars
Network adapter + internal hard drive - 144 dollars
Multitap - 35 dollars
8mb memory card - 30 dollars

Already brings you to 509 dollars... didn't include wireless and doesn't factor in bluray or the controller being wireless.

The situation is nothing like PS2 to PS3.
Sony fumbled the lead up to PS3's launch so badly that is was a laughing stock, Nintendo has made no such blunders thus far.

This is the same line of thinking ("it's too expensive for what it offers") that had people famously declaring the Switch 1 DOA at $300, and it sold over 150 million units and counting.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

The situation is nothing like PS2 to PS3.
Sony fumbled the lead up to PS3's launch so badly that is was a laughing stock, Nintendo has made no such blunders thus far.

This is the same line of thinking ("it's too expensive for what it offers") that had people famously declaring the Switch 1 DOA at $300, and it sold over 150 million units and counting.

What a lazy response devoid of any actual analysis, other than to say Switch 2 is assured to be successful regardless of its price and offer up a paltry straw man argument about claims of Switch 1 being DOA that weren't brought up here at all.

 

[Vaquilla]

What a lazy response devoid of any actual analysis, other than to say Switch 2 is assured to be successful regardless of its price and offer up a paltry straw man argument about claims of Switch 1 being DOA that weren't brought up here at all.

Except I didn't say that at all, so you're actually the one strawmanning.

 

[Imtjnotu]

We're all double dipping when the oled version drops aren't we.....

 

[AJUMP23]

I bet $400.

 

[CLW]

$6000 GPU $600 PS5 $400 switch seems about right in todays fucked up timeline

 

[EverydayBeast]

Think about the ps3, $599 US dollars

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Wild to me that some people thought it would somehow be less than $399. The OLED is STILL $350, so there’s no way the Switch 2 is gonna launch at the price of an end-of-life portable. Even if they lower the price of the OLED.

It’ll be $399 minimum. I’m bracing myself for $499 though.

Especially with how many features this hardware is rumored to have. I wouldn't be surprised if it was around the 400 to 500 dollar price range. Reason why we aren't getting an OLED Screen right out of the gate

 

[a'la mode]

$449 for a regular, $499 for the eventual refresh with OLED. You heard it here first!