Don't worry Nintendo fans love to pay more. They will buy it no problem. The Switch should be £160 max yet Nintendo charge £280 because they love to nickel and dime their customers.I was expecting atleast some hardware improvement maybe not 4K Switch level leak rumor improvement but atleast some kind of specs bump but no all we got is a OLED screen.
How can such an outdated hardware of a console be priced anywhere near $350? It's so underpowered yet, it costs just $50 US Dollar less than a PS5 Digital Edition. The Switch OLED is now more expensive than the Xbox Series S is, which is underpowered on its own, but is still miles stronger than the new Nintendo Switch Oled.
They Nintendo is selling us 2012 hardware specs with no specs improvement from the regular Switch which is already overpriced itself for almost the exact same price as a Next Gen 10 TFlops system is being sold for.
That all i have to say End Rant.
Switch OLED list of specs
Nintendo has passed along an official list of specs for the new Switch OLED. Despite previous rumors, it appears that the internals are largely the same. That means the resolution will not see an upgrade over the standard Switch and Switch Lite. Since there’s a bigger screen, there’s just a...nintendoeverything.com
Mario odyssey has been on sale several times for $35, including right now.Except games worthwhile never go on sale with switch. Why is odyssey still 60 dollars and 50 on sale?
They can price it as high as they want because they don’t have any competition. You can’t compare the Switch with past handhelds because it’s also a console you can connect to the TV. It’s a unique concept. If you want to play their new games get a Lite for 179.99 on Amazon.Actually, if you really know Nintendo history then switch oled pricing is even less convincing to buy it.
In the past Nintendo handhelds were less powerful than their competition but their price was much lower. You could either get more powerful PSP for more money or get less powerful NDS but for less money.
I would like to play some Nintendo games again but their pricing is closely reaching next gen consoles offering with far better specs offering much better graphics better frame rate etc
So yeah, I would like to play mario or Zelda now and then but I’m not desperate enough.
It’s indeed it’s the only hardware where you can play Nintendo games but they get away with this ridiculous pricing only because they have no competition in handheld consoles.
You obviously have not bought any high quality DAPs.Oh right, so that means this
Should be a similar or the same price as this
In about 10 years , Nintendo will bring you thisI want more horsepower, higher resolutions, real D-Pad and I want the SD card slot replaced with a 42MM M.2 SSD slot.
You can put the best software right now on a 2013 Nokia and it won't sell for anything close to the price of an Iphone 10, never mind 12X.Software and Hardware don't exist in a fucking vacuum. Holy shit... the price of hardware is directly connected to what experiences that hardware can run.
Why the fuck people buy iPhones? Because they're the only ones who run iOS. And they like iOS because it gives them a good experience and the apps they want. The cameras are basically the same nowadays, the inside is basically the same, but people still pay the Apple tax. It doesn't matter if the hardware is expensive or outdated, the experience of using it is what matters, and the price will reflect that. If Nintendo puts this hardware at this price, it's because only them can offer Mario, Zelda and Metroid. If you want to play them anywhere else, well, you can't. If Nintendo was competing on third parties (with some exclusives) with Sony and MS, they would be forced to put it in the same price range and compete in the same type of hardware, because the experiences they would have would be basically the same (that's why you have Xbox and PS on the same price range all the time, more or less). Nintendo doesn't do that, they tried and they failed.
The demand for the Switch is insane, why would they cut price? Why would they release the successor right now? Nintendo is a gaming focused company, they don't have the luxury of selling at a loss initially and them having other parts of the company recoup what was lost. They play it safe? Yeah, they do, but they can actually pull it out because people like Nintendo.
The market doesn't give a shit if you want a Pro or not. Now we have a cheap switch, a mid range one, and the most premium one... all running the same but with some distinctions between them. But the experiences are still exactly the same, and that's what sells it. Deal with it.
Exactly! People spending that much money on video games, need to start treating themselves as CUSTOMERS not fans.You can put the best software right now on a 2013 Nokia and it won't sell for anything close to the price of an Iphone 10, never mind 12X.
Also that mythology around the supremacy of Nintendo's software is starting to reach conspiracy proportions. What is that absolutely outerwordly experience that Nintendo's games provide? If I go to a store right now, I will find Luigi's mansion at almost twice the price of each of the last 2 GOTY of the year, TLOU2 and Sekiro. I don't need to say anything else about their pricing, whether it's fir soft or hardware.
Nintendo has been testing their customer's sanity for as long as they could and will continue to do so until they finally speak with their wallet like they did for the Game Cube and Wii U. It's as simple as that. When gamers stop being silly enough to pay the price of 2021 technology for 2013 technology + Oled, Nintendo will backtrack at the same second. They won't pull out the "Our software justifies any hardware price" argument that you're trying to make. Even nintendo's PR isn't that arrogant.
Switch OLED gives you an updated screen and slightly more storage for $50 more. PS5 makes you pay an extra $100 for a disc drive.
My mistake, it only took 4 1/2 almost 5 years.Mario odyssey has been on sale several times for $35, including right now.
In about 10 years , Nintendo will bring you this
Count your gens bruh lol.The Switch is not a 9th gen console.
The Switch is not a 9th gen console.
I wanted to see what these new super-duper high quality DAPs are so I googled "Hot DAP" and I ...well ... just don't do that.You obviously have not bought any high quality DAPs.
The switch is not a 9th gen console. Gen 9 is Series X & PS5Count your gens bruh lol.
Some count it as 8 and some count it as 9
lol that is abolsute nonsesne. I love how people make different rules for Nintendo alotgther.I've read couple of years ago here on Neogaf someone saying that Nintendo consoles, despite their low performance, are always current-gen because they fight for the exact same customer as PS/XB consoles do, and I think that's the best view on the case ever since.
What gen was the game cube? What came after that? Then that? Thennnnnn?The switch is not a 9th gen console. Gen 9 is Series X & PS5
By that logic, PS4pro and Xbox One X are also 9th gen consoles
Nintendo are free to join them by releasing an actual, proper successor console.
6th generation.What gen was the game cube? What came after that? Then that? Thennnnnn?
My Sony Walkman was around 1000$ but they can go way higher.I wanted to see what these new super-duper high quality DAPs are so I googled "Hot DAP" and I ...well ... just don't do that.
My Sony Walkman was around 1000$ but they can go away higher.
What is insane is how they got so much tech into a box for 400 dollars...... How?
I know I was guessing they would before launch but that was a load of optimism and usually it doesn't work out like that.
I'm starting to believe Nintendo feels they can't compete without gimmicks.Pretty ballzy to not push. Reinforces that Nintendo has 0 belief that portable gaming can be substituted by streaming and poses any threat.
no, but I remember this:remember the 1000$ stand ?
Also, people can just not buyXS X|S and PS5 are not portable consoles. Comparing apples to oranges.
may not come with one but it hooks up to my oled tv very nicelyBut the PS5 doesn't come with an OLED screen so...
not but I remember this:
Ironically no one wanted the system at that price.
...and still, no one wanted it compared to the 360 which was only about half in price. The system started going well as soon as they had the Slim which cut all the stuff not many people cared for.Ok let´s see... PS1 & PS2 hardware chip for BC, hdmi (360 didn´t have), wifi (360 didn´t have), media card reader (360 didn´t have), blu-ray player expensive back then (360 had a DVD player and back then a blu-ray player was more than US$1,000), 20gb HDD, expensive Cell CPU. Expensive because of all the things it had back then vs the Switch Oled more expensive because of a display and internal memory improvement with minimal effort to justify the increase in price.
you can get the current iPhone SE (released in 2020) which is basically the iPhone 11 in an 8's body for only $50 more than the Switch OLEDProblem is the equivalent analogy would be selling an iPhone 8 for $750 in 2017, then another iPhone 8 in 2021 for $800 (instead of an iPhone 13 that's like 6-10x more powerful). Perhaps now you can see the issue. If computing price to performance ratios didn't improve over time, modern laptops or smartphones wouldn't exist. They'd cost Billions of dollars each if your price trajectory was based on the first 1970's PC's. I don't understand how so many people are ignorant to this fact, every single CPU/GPU unveil there's a peanut gallery gasping in disbelief when the new product is 50% faster part for the same price as their 2 year old part.
...and still, no one wanted it compared to the 360 which was only about half in price. The system started going well as soon as they had the Slim which cut all the stuff not many people cared for.
Now point is, that the PS3 FAT was expensive to produce and was sold at a loss.
The PS3 FAT probably cost 700 to make, maybe even more. Selling it for 600 is consumer-friendly. Sony tested the water if they could sell a premium product at that price, and the market answered "no, you cannot". Nintendo usually doesn't sell hardware at a loss, they sell hardware at a profit.
I want more horsepower, higher resolutions, real D-Pad and I want the SD card slot replaced with a 42MM M.2 SSD slot.
...and still, no one wanted it compared to the 360 which was only about half in price. The system started going well as soon as they had the Slim which cut all the stuff not many people cared for.
Now point is, that the PS3 FAT was expensive to produce and was sold at a loss.
The PS3 FAT probably cost 700 to make, maybe even more. Selling it for 600 is consumer-friendly. Sony tested the water if they could sell a premium product at that price, and the market answered "no, you cannot". Nintendo usually doesn't sell hardware at a loss, they sell hardware at a profit.
While it's technically true, that Nintendo has no direct competition right now (Unless you count gaming on smartphones), there is a reason they are on top.Initial PS3 cost about 830$ to make from what I remember. But it's problem was not the price alone, but the fact that there was a cheaper and better alternative (X360). Gen later the situation swaped, PS4 was the cheaper and better console then XB1.
But here's the thing - Nintendo doesn't gave this problem, at all. You want a handheld? There's none, you either get a Switch or nothing, they can do whatever they want, and as long as there won't be any real alternative people will willingly or unwillingly swallow it up, because of lack of any alternative,whereas with other platforms there's PS, there's XB, there's PC, laptops, GF Now, PS Now, Stadia, GP and so on, all those alternatives to get to play the exact same games, the exact same way.
But Switch? It's absolutely unique, if you want that kind of experience, you have to vo to Nintendo, no other way around it.