Would you prefer Switch be higher priced with more power, or cheaper with less power?

I'm not gonna buy it early anyway, so I prefer more powerful but more pricey. otherwise they are not gonna have much support
 
Was expecting more than what was revealed. I'm going to skip the console like Wii and Wii U - don't care about portable gaming.
 
Higher price and more power, higher battery life, premium build quality and materials. But that will never happen. The market for a premium priced gaming handheld just isn't there.
 
Higher priced with more power. Since it's a hybrid I'll be buying one Nintendo console this gen instead of two.

Should it be like that is another question, since a lower price point and a better install base means more support, and given how much the 3DS struggled pre-price drop I am not sure if a high powered but more expensive console will matter much if nobody besides Nintendo supported it due to poor sales.
 
I'm playing Paper Mario Color Splash and it's way more beautiful and pleasant to play than Mafia 3 (a game which is ok) so I'm ok for a good Nintendo compromise.

60fps/720p for handheld mode and 60fps/1080p for home console mode. This is what I'm asking.
The pixels can go in AAA dev's asshole since they don't manage to do great usage of it. Be prepared for 4K on PS4 Pro... sure it'll be fun.

349$ with the rumored specs and I'm ok, 299$ and it's awesome (dock and JoyCon add on included, will be awesome to have on game or Pro Controller in the bundle too).

Edit: more power makes things way more complicated but people don't seem to understand (know?) that. Heat, battery, price are the first things obvious but hey... people want teh graphics !
 
Either
$399-449 compete with PS4Pro and Scorpio in performance
Or
$199-249 Upgraded Wii U graphics running 1080/60 with anti-aliasing

I believe anything in the middle will just be a waste of everyone's time.
 
In a vacuum and for my own personal desires I would prefer higher power for greater cost. But I would like Nintendo to be succesful and put out some great games. So I can roll with their choices, providing they price the Switch correctly of course.

Also great gameplay > graphics. Which is something Nintendo has always understood.
 
I want more power and always have. A reasonable console in March in terms of power is a PS4 Pro or better.

This will be like one of those cheap Android tablets. The Wii U was underpowered the second it was revealed. This time it's even worse because it's a handheld.
 
I'd like Switch, graphically speaking, to play Nintendo games at 1080p when docked, at the same framerates we were accustomed to on Wii U (i.e. Mario Kart @60, Zelda @30, etc).

I'd also like the games to run at the same framerates undocked, at wichever resolution this screen ends up being.

I'm ready to pay for both of these features.
 
As low a price as possible, while still maintaining Wii U levels of fidelity.

Third parties will likely never support Nintendo to parity with competing platforms. As an inevitable secondary and child-friendly console, the price must be very low.

However, I do expect the price to be too high.
 
Cheaper, less power. At the end of the day, I'm buying it for Nintendo software. Moreover, it is a secondary device to my PC.

This is from a consumer perspective not a business perspective which accounts for necessary, but few, third party support and other power concerns.

EDIT: Moreover, being cheaper increases the network effects across a larger audience. I benefit from a larger pool playing multiplayer games or engaging in social features.
 
Definitely cheaper with less power.

I think most people don't want to spend more than 199$ on nintendo hardware.
So 199$ powerful.
 
I just want it to be succesful, and for that switch needs to be $250 or less. don't care about multiplatforms, atlus games for example will come to the console even if it's underpowered
 
it will be expensive and not powerful enough.

But i'd love to eat crow though

It needs to be 200 at most, 250 bundled
 
I'd like a version that is the dock unit only that is way cheaper. Otherwise again I am being forced to buy an extra screen I will barely even use (if I want to play new Nintendo games).

Happy for the power to be whatever as the games will be great regardless.
 
Priced the same but being a home console exclusively.
It would be a lot more powerful this way, without any battery problem.
 
Higher priced with more power in order to not constrain 3rd party developers. Ideally I should be able to play The Witcher 3 or Final Fantasy XV next year and not Skyrim. But that's an utopia. Optimistically, this model might make couch and on-the-go hybrid the standard and all the best games in 10 years are going to be played everywhere and people don't have to choose which games to play at home and which to play on a hotel.
 
The mobility does nothing for me, I'd prefer them redirecting those efforts into a more powerful stationary system.
 
Nintendo have stunning art direction and that is infinitely more important than power to me. I'd be happy with a lower power cheaper device. I think their handheld and home console output over the last few years has been incredible and unifying that number of good games on one platform will be enough to carry the device even if it's just Nintendo pulling the cart before long.

We may also see a situation where PS4 and Xbox One eventually become too expensive to develop viable games for and Switch becomes a nice alternative for smaller developers.
 
$250/£199 is the price point that will see this thing sell gangbusters, whether they can hit that or not is another issue. The good thing is that the price of many of the components has likely dropped in the past 5 years given the smartphone volume of scale producing them.

My major concern at the moment is the battery life. If this thing only lasts 3 hours it will basically not be usable without a battery pack, which is not gonna fly with the general public regardless of whether we are happy enough with that.
 
GluedOnBeard said:
I'd like a version that is the dock unit only that is way cheaper. Otherwise again I am being forced to buy an extra screen I will barely even use (if I want to play new Nintendo games).

Happy for the power to be whatever as the games will be great regardless.
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It won't happen. The screen itself will will cost $10 tops.

You can literally buy greetings cards with a screen in now.
 
Depends on the difference and the price. For a $50 difference up until 299 I'd prefer the power.
For a $100 increase or 350$, definitely less...
 
A right balance of those two. I mean If Switch is a PS4pro
humor me
level specs with a 799.99 US Dollars price or a PS vita level specs with 99.99 price tag no one would buy it.
 
My ideal service would be a very cheap portable with a dock (sold separately and in bundles) with extra processing (kinda like the Surface Book). So people that want a cheap console gets it and people that want power too.

Edit, I'm kinda hoping Ms eventually releases a Surface device for gaming that is like that.
 
Cheaper with less power, and preferably with better battery.

Nintendo games tend to look great regardless of console power thanks to the art styles and colors.
 
Honestly I don't care about the power, have a PS4 and my PC can run everything on ultra.

But I would pay an extra 100-150 for more battery life because 3 ain't gonna cut it.
 
There's not really a better chip they could pick up for pure graphics than a custom X2. Maybe Imagination could match it but they'd still need someone to design the SoC and it would probably be way more expensive for just a small savings in battery life.

4GB of RAM is nearing the cap, only one Android phone I'm aware of has more and 8GB phones will be probably be dependent on Samsung reducing the size in 2017.

Even if Switch was more powerful it'd be at the mercy of it's battery. You'd get shorter life, period.

So really they are at the highest end they could reasonably get for their form factor at this point. Hell even advancing other things like the screen are dependent on it's ability to render them in native resolution undocked, if most games aren't hitting 1080p then it makes no sense to have a nice screen with a bunch of non-native res games.

This isn't magic where anything is possible, they've done a very impressive job so far for the constraints of the market.
 
FirmBizBws said:
Honestly I don't care about the power, have a PS4 and my PC can run everything on ultra.

But I would pay an extra 100-150 for more battery life because 3 ain't gonna cut it.
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Yes, this. I don't get why people need all consoles to be equally beefy, especially when it leads to a handheld having a battery life of 3 hours. I'd be fine with 3DS hardware on my handheld for another 5-8 years if the battery gets better, to be honest.
 
Personally, if I decide to buy a Nintendo console again it would be to play Nintendo games. Nintendo have show that they don't need much power to make good looking games, so I'll prefer switch to be cheaper with the right amount of power Nintendo needs.
 
Somnid said:
There's not really a better chip they could pick up for pure graphics than a custom X2. Maybe Imagination could match it but they'd still need someone to design the SoC and it would probably be way more expensive for just a small savings in battery life.

4GB of RAM is nearing the cap, only one Android phone I'm aware of has more and 8GB phones will be probably be dependent on Samsung reducing the size in 2017.

Even if Switch was more powerful it'd be at the mercy of it's battery. You'd get shorter life, period.

So really they are at the highest end they could reasonably get for their form factor at this point. Hell even advancing other things like the screen are dependent on it's ability to render them in native resolution undocked, if most games aren't hitting 1080p then it makes no sense to have a nice screen with a bunch of non-native res games.

This isn't magic where anything is possible, they've done a very impressive job so far for the constraints of the market.
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This. I just hope they manage to hit a price where they can reasonably be successful.
 
Higher power with higher valued battery. I can always save more money to buy a console, but you can't save an underperforming console. I have no doubt first party games will look amazing regardless.
 
PandaShake said:
Higher power with higher valued battery. I can always save more money to buy a console, but you can't save an underperforming console. I have no doubt first party games will look amazing regardless.
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Power has never been the major factor in whether a console sells though. It may play a role, but it is lower down on the scale compared to price, exclusives, marketing etc.
 
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