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Nintendo Switch: March 3rd 2017 worldwide, MSRP $300
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PHOENIXZERO
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Wow, so not only over shooting on the price of the thing but charging for online too.
Nintendo needed to hit it out of the park with this thing and get mass market appeal on day one, instead that's going to be back to back strikes.
Nintendo needed to hit it out of the park with this thing and get mass market appeal on day one, instead that's going to be back to back strikes.
onemanasylum
Banned
Nintendo are going to get killed, this is not going to sell.
sry bro but maybe the majority of the people are not living in a nintendo bubble where you must buy anthying that nintendo throws out
not gonna pay 300 (i live in europe) in 2017 for a ps3 with a handheld controller when i can get a ps4 pro for 360
rokkerkory
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Damnit come on Nintendo
$250 was the sweet spot
$250 was the sweet spot
nycgamer4ever
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299 with those specs and two stronger competitors with far superior current game selection for the same price AND paid online? I was interested but will wait until a sale or price drop. That also translate to a higher price in different regions. With a pc, ps4, ps4 pro, xbox one s and scorpio coming that is a hard sell to anyone besides hardcore fans.
Bizmarkie76
Banned
Wtf Nintendo I dont have baby hands, those Joycon buttons are tiny af. Im waiting for a Switch XL or something, fuck this shit. Im not paying $299 US plus being forced into purchasing a Pro Controller as well.
TemplaerDude
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This is some system wars nonsense right here.
LordBaztion
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Wait, Nintendo is charging for online?
onemanasylum
Banned
PS4, X1 have proven massive third party support and the hardware to match it's price. Nintendo does not.
The Sum of Zero
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"sry bro" but I'm not in that bubble either. I skipped Wii U.
Would have preferred 249 but 299 doesn't kill it for me.
I UNDERSTAND THAT MAY BE TOO MUCH FOR PEOPLE ON A BUDGET, but the DOA posts sound like hyperbole.
Fixed that for you.
$299 and paid online took this from a definite buy to a "wait until inevitable refresh and price drop" for me. 
Oh well, at least once I buy it the library will be more filled out than at launch. I bought a 3DS waay after release and love it, seems I'll be doing something similar with the Switch.
Oh well, at least once I buy it the library will be more filled out than at launch. I bought a 3DS waay after release and love it, seems I'll be doing something similar with the Switch.
Schopenhauer
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Price point killed any interest I had in getting Switch at release. Will wait for a black friday deal or something.
How is this system wars nonsense when the post i quoting seemingly is ignoring competition?
But whatever im sure the majority is overreacting kappa
Zombie James
Banned
That pricing is DOA territory, imho. Too close to the PS4/Xbone and based on what they've shown so far (or not considering they haven't said anything about specs), they haven't justified it at all.
Maxwell Tegra is expensive. Nvidia gonna make a killing.
Suburban Thug
Member
You are in the minority here. The vast majority of people think they are charging too much.
Yea killed my hype at 300
TemplaerDude
Member
Do you have a piece by piece price list for the Switch components handy?
You rendered people on board with this as living in the "Nintendo bubble" (my last Nintendo console was a SNES in 1997) and boiled the product down to a "PS3 with a handheld controller" (sure). Sounds like nonsense to me.
chromatic9
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Expected really. They'll reduce the price like 3DS if its stalling and hit the early people.
Langdon Alger
Banned
Yikes.
n0razi
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It's not worth anywhere near $299... even the nvidia shield is cheaper with better specs
Do you? Nintendo has proven to be fairly out of touch with the market, so far from what I've seen 299 is a huge mistake and I think they are going to not get near the sales
Iced Arcade
Member
Lol no.
Zombie James
Banned
They haven't spent a single second on specs. Who knows? Maybe? $299.
toddhunter
Member
Hardware refresh, lower price and (maybe) a good lineup of games.
See you in three years Nintendo.
See you in three years Nintendo.
zerokoolpsx
Member
The price is higher than expected. Uhh, paid online too? Its not DoA for me, but gonna wait for a definite price drop first and good games of course. That Nvidia tax ain't helping Nintendo.
nycgamer4ever
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People are saying that is too high a price for them, me included. $299 plus paid online with tax is approaching $380-$400! Clearly the price is turning a lot of gamers away. It's in same price range as the ps4 and xbox one s with weaker hardware and lineup. It's going to be a hard sale to anyone besides the hardcore day one fans.
TemplaerDude
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You're the one who seems to be in the know on the price, don't try and turn this around on me. There's no point in arguing over what the future sales are going to be because I don't have a crystal ball, I can just say they have one in me and I'm pretty happy with the price.
Marmaladefire
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Not a chance
RoninChaos
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Are you serious? People don't want to pay 300 for some weak ass hardware and then 60 for a game and probably 50 or 60 for online play are entitled? Lol gtfo with that shit. Nintendo knows they're always re secondary console so asking for this much when they're in that position is laughable.
TemplaerDude
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Roddslayer
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Nah I'll just stick with my Wii U backlog and play Breath of the Wild on it.
Tallshortman
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Boy Nintendo better have their online networking and OS in top shape if they're asking people to pay to play online.
Still can't believe this seeing as they're going after a cross section of the mobile market which paid online access is laughable.
Still can't believe this seeing as they're going after a cross section of the mobile market which paid online access is laughable.
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