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

Obviously, I'd want high power, low price, high portability :P

But, past a certain point that allows for easy reception of PS4 downports, power is the least concern among those three. Get it to $300, $250, and then $200 (possibly with new SKU) fairly quickly and let it have decent battery life. Switch should first be a well priced portable and then a console that can play at least lower end PS4 games.
 
The best scenario for me would be a very power-efficient and modest portable mode that scales very well with a 720p downclock via Nvidia's very scalable architecture, with a noticeable performance increase in docked/unlocked mode that brings it up to ~XBone levels or just under in effective power, whether merely through 1080p resolution or through increased assets on-screen.

The ceiling for this thing should be $300, but $249 would be amazing. Whatever they can't do for 3 hundo or under won't be worth it, imo. The price point isn't everything, but they will NOT get the kind of impulse buying they need to build a big user base before holiday 2017 if they price it at a premium, and I want this thing to be successful merely because I want to continue playing dedicated Nintendo console games for the rest of my life.

So, cheaper with "less power," but only if less means a bit less than XB1 when docked as a minimum. I'll buy it no matter what because I think the design and idea is awesome and I love Ninty games, but I feel like hitting the right price here is more important than hitting big tech numbers.

Additionally, we know from both Nintendo patents about SCDs and from knowledge about the scalability of Tegra chips that Nintendo could be in a very good place to iterate and keep up with modern tech. As such, it makes more sense for them to target the mass market with a lower price point and build an install base that will become used to their ecosystem than to hope they can market a more expensive system to those people now when most of them already have a PS4 or XB1 if they are into powerful consoles.
 
decent battery is all I care, power has become more and more irrilevant as generations passed by and dimished returns kicked in
 
Devilgunman said:
Because I will never consider a 7 inch tablet with shitty battery as a proper handheld system.
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Greatest downside to its potential success imo. If Nintendo cannot sell it as a viable portable, their route to developer and consumer support in Japan is dead, which is the one place that they can still really compete and dominate the market. Small market, but being big there is important for third party support and that is the position Nintendo has boxed themselves into chasing it and trying to unseat PS these last 15 years or so.

Moreover, the thing needs to compete against a much more developed mobile scene at launch than 3DS.
 
$300-$350 then a price drop later on down the line is what I expect.

I don't care whether it has more or less power. I just want it to have the right amount of power for developers to complete their games without having to make sacrifices
 
Cheaper is better. Plus, who the hell thinks of Nintendo and associates that brand with high-end electronics?
 
Obviously cheaper with less. If you want power, you don't get a Nintendo system. Besides, if they want it to sell well, it has to be cheaper.
 
If they could do $399 with PS4k levels of power with 5 hours of battery life? That would be my dream. We all know that's not possible. Not because Nintendo can't, but because that would be way more than $399, since you have to factor in the screen and the massive battery needed, in addition to the actual hardware/dock. You're looking at $599 and that;s going to kill it.

I think it might depend though on what the target audience is. Because everyone is talking about that $250 price point or $299 being ideal - I mean, that commericial looked like it is targeting decently well off adults who enjoy premium gaming products, rather than mass market appeal and catering to teens.

So part of me is confused, as Nintendo has never been the latter but their ad felt that way.

That being said, ideally, I'd want a $399 price that makes this system for sure PS4 level of capability with a decent battery. They do that, and it could probably do alright, even if it won't hit mass market appeal.

But, I am fine at $299 for something like this too.
 
To be honest, I think I'd probably like for Nintendo to just stop making hardware, just just put out their software on Sony/xbone/PC. Their hardware hasn't really appealed to me since about 2007.
 
I'm getting it day one either way. Hoping for Wii levels of success so 3rd parties can't ignore it. I was one of the few playing 3rd party games on WiiU (Blops2, Splinter Cell, Need for Speed) and I'm willing to buy them again on the Switch. IMO a Nintendo console with full support is all I need. Free online and Nintendo exclusives?! Sign me up.
 
Define higher price. is higher price like 399? If so it'd better have more power.

At the price I think it's at, which is $249, I think I'm fine with it being almost Xbox One.
 
Doesn't really matter there's only so much power something the size of the Switch can have without consuming too much energy or generating too much heat. I'm sure it's fine where it is. Nintendo doesn't have the sway with the public these days to convince people to buy a $400 console, even if it was more powerful than the PS4 Pro, hell they couldn't get people to buy a $300 console, granted the Wii U was $300 because of that damn controller. Unless the thing is a runaway hit I'm not confident in its 3rd party support given Nintendo's history.
 
Battery life will be the biggest gate on system performance not cost. Nintendo have chosen best in class mobile graphics for once but there's a natural cap on how powerful a mobile device can be while still delivering good battery life.

You can get an Xbox One S or PS4 and a couple of games for £250 now, so anything above £200 is simply DOA.
 
Whatever can get it to $250 standalone and $300 bundle. Basically just make it an impulse purchase and I'll be happy.
 
I the Switch is the sole piece of hardware Nintendo is going to support for the next 5 or so years, then I'd be far more comfortable paying a higher price for a more powerful system.
 
Even though price isn't a huge problem for me, I say cheaper with less power because this system will probably end up not getting a ton of high graphical fidelity western third party support. I want this system for it's Japanese game support, so a lot of extra power would be wasted on it. Also, better battery life is a nice plus if it is cheaper.
 
As cheap as possible while still being able to run breath of the wild at 720p/30fps. I'd personally buy it at $400+ but I'd rather have everyone get this device than just me.
 
we dont know what the dock does yet, so id say about $250 is reasonable, what could be interesting is the way the switch interfaces with said dock, what if its something like thunrderboltd/usb-c/some proprietary external pci-e interface? whats precluding Nintendo from say releasing a future separate "performance dock" with a beefier gpu,more storage, and some active cooling, for better tv gaming while docked? didn't Nintendo get some patents in the past about some sort of performance module?
 
I just want a SNES 2... thats all they need to do. Its not brain surgery. No screen, no silly controller, just a good solid system with a traditional setup.

Speaking of which, where is my SNES mini?!
 
I want it to be in the middle. No really. If it were more expensive it would be compromising its sales potential and that prevents developers from making games for it and profiting from it. But there's a good margin where you just don't want it to be cheaper because that means the low power prevents some developers from expressing their creativity visually.

So to answer the question, I want the most efficient device that Nintendo can crank out for a MSRP of $229.99. I want it to be the highest class device possible for that price point. And I'm confident that they can reach that.
 
£399 with specs comparable or above PS4 Pro. (note that I don't know much about its power)

Though I suppose...

If they sold as-is for £249 and give the user the choice with my fantasy £399 version, that would be kind of wild.
 
This is for the Nintendo games primarily. So low price and good battery life are much more important than expensive power features for imaginary PS4 ports.
 
High price with tablet functionality


Edit: tablet nowaday have good battery life, screen and form factor. And Nintendo tablet would sell gangbusters.
 
I'd spend up to $500 on a, uh, "super-powered" Nintendo console. But I don't think that's ever going to happen.
 
Ya I'm more in the higher price for better power and battery boat, I also have to wonder if the second iteration 6 months later will be better because Nintendo loves making 10 variants of the same hardware.

Makes you pause for a moment on wanting to be an early adopter which isn't good.
 
jdmonmou said:
Higher price with more battery life
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I would rather it be cheaper so its more attractive for consumers and then have it either support usb-c so people can buy power banks or Nintendo themselves release battery packs separately. Then those who really want longer life on the go can pay the "higher price".
 
Devilgunman said:
Cheap price, low spec and great battery. Third party will never flood Nintendo console regardless of what power Nintendo pack in the machine so why bother. They should just put WiiU hardware in the handheld and just copy what Neo Geo X did

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Just a proper handheld in a TV out doc. That's all I need. Not a tablet with stupidly tiny detachable controllers gimmick and shitty battery life.
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yes i totally agree! keep the multi touch out, keep the camera out, keep the motion controls out. Just give me a good screen, good performance, and great battery for a reasonable price. please

Like the switch could totally replace my ipad for gaming. easily.
 
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