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Nintendo Switch: March 3rd 2017 worldwide, MSRP $300

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RickD

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Suppose its too much to ask for just a Normal console with a Normal controller playing Nintendo games without forced on gimmicks and daft pricing.
They have the best First party Games lineup. Why are they getting it so wrong?

Low powered console and poor battery life hand held. Can't compete as a console and they are competing with themselves in the handheld arena.

I'll assume the NES classic device will outsell it, and they'll not understand why.
 
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Kuga

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Not at that price and for those specs, Nintendo.

Perhaps the Switch will be more palpable when there are more "must have" titles available and the price is discounted.
 
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Redevil

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The cost of the accessories is shamefully extortionate. I am guessing the accessories is where Nintendo hopes to make a lot of their money.
 
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trixx

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I need to see specs. If this isn't xbox one powerful, this is not good. I mean there's no battlefield, overwatch, call of duty or nothing. Like they need major third parties on board.

$400 canadian the specs need to be good for me to consider purchasing one or else I'm sticking with wii u for next 2 years
 
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TunaLover

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Pagusas said:
So to summarize:

No real specs, underpowered last gen hardware seems assured

Paid online

32gb storage onboard

Heavily aiming back at the Wii/waggle market

3 hours of battery life

No launch MARIO

$300


This is PS3 reveal levels of bad.
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Voice chat feature is not included in the system, you need download it for your phone.
 
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Gotdatmoney

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I was ready to jump on before the presentation but $400 CAD plus tax, games and paid online? That is well over $500. I am not paying that especially with the anemic software lineup and PS4 and Xbox1 can be had in deals for $270. I am out.

They had all my faith I would get this thing before with the October video. Now no chance. Guess I'm buying a PS4
 
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Kusagari

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I think the $300 looks a lot worse when you factor in most of us will want a 70 fucking dollars pro controller as well.

$430 before tax for the system, Zelda and the controller.

Yeesh.
 
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pastrami

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CrowdChant said:
Yeah, I get that. I do all of that. But are you saying that with all of that considered you would have paid $250? And now you can't scrape together another $50 by March 3?
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I mean, why stop there? Would you mind paying $350? $400? At some arbitrary point, you make a judgement call that something isn't worth the asking price. For some people, it seems to be $300. I'm not sure what your issue is.
 
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TuXx

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CrowdChant said:
Yeah, I get that. I do all of that. But are you saying that with all of that considered you would have paid $250? And now you can't scrape together another $50 by March 3?
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That mentality is why things are over priced and the value of $50 is not the same for everyone.
 
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admiraltaftbar

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CrowdChant said:
Yeah, I get that. I do all of that. But are you saying that with all of that considered you would have paid $250? And now you can't scrape together another $50 by March 3?
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It's not about scraping together another $50 it's more that for a lot of people that price of $300 is just too much to be worth it for what it is. It's a luxury entertainment item and it's completely reasonable that people wouldn't want to spend 20% more than the price they were expecting. Not everything you can afford is worth actually buying.
 
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trixx said:
I need to see specs. If this isn't xbox one powerful, this is not good. I mean there's no battlefield, overwatch, call of duty or nothing. Like they need major third parties on board.

$400 canadian the specs need to be good for me to consider purchasing one or else I'm sticking with wii u for next 2 years
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But would you'll play those games on a switch. See I hate when people ask for this request on Nintendo consoles, knowing full well that they will buy those games only on there PlayStation's and xbox and leaving the Nintendo versions to dust anyway. 3rd parties just need to creating new ip's for Nintendo consoles instead or they will never have a chance.
 
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popsicle_sundays

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I was so excited for the Switch, I really was......the launch lineup looks beyond abysmal, it's pretty much just Zelda, no thanks to that waggle stuff. I was always going into this as it being my 3DS XL Replacement, not Wii U replacement but Nintendo is really making it difficult on themselves, I honestly thought they learned.

I still do want one, strictly because it will hopefully replace my 3DS but this is definitely a wait and see, this has too many Wii U memories which burned me bad for buying it launch day.
 
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trixx

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TunaLover said:
Voice chat feature is not included in the system, you need download it for your phone.
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this is absurd hahaha, yet you still have to pay for online?

Blunoise said:
But would you'll play those games on a switch. See I hate when people ask for this request on Nintendo consoles, knowing full well that they will buy those games only on there PlayStation's and xbox and leaving the Nintendo versions to dust anyway. 3rd parties just need to creating new ip's for Nintendo consoles instead or they will never have a chance.
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absolutely the games would be partially portable. I know battlefield 1 would probably not work but I mean at least have one major shooter to diversify your library.
Hopefully the new Star Wars?

I had blops for wii u which was great and assasins creed.
 
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Weltall Zero

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This price tags places it outside impulse buy territory for a lot of people, especially what seems to be one of its targets, i.e. people wanting something casual and party-friendly like the Wii. Anyone dismissing these extra 50$ as nothing and not realizing how much this is going to impact sales and possibly long-term viability of the platform is simply blind.

I was rather excited for the Switch, but I fear this price tag may turn it into another Wii U. I will almost certainly still get one (I own every single Nintendo console including the Wii U), but it's hard not to wonder about its future.
 
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The Technomancer

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Console launches always remind me how much people care about specs. I dunno. $300 is pricy, but it doesn't seem unreasonable for what's on display. I think maybe its a bad business decision for pulling in wide audiences, but I'm going to pay that and I don't think I'm going to be ripped off. There's a lot going on with that hardware
 
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Duxxy3

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komorebi said:
Precisely zero chance Zelda, Mario, Animal Crossing, Metroid, and PILOTWINGS come to the PS4 though
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No chance that Uncharted, Halo, Forza, Gears, Crash Bandicoot, Horizon, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, The Last of Us, Gran Turismo, Call of Duty, Battlefield, Madden, Assassin's Creed and the bajillion other third party games come to the Switch.

It's another $300 Nintendo-only console. Not much different than the Wii U in that respect. Well that's not true. The Wii U had a pack-in game.
 
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gate stormer

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845 am here now at my gamestop, they open at 10 am. Only one other person in line and they have 33 units.

Glad I didn't wake up at 6 am like I planned.
 
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Air

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Man I was so hyped for this and now I'm just left with disappointment.

-$300 (the absolute highest it could be)
-paid online (something I did not expect at all)
-pitiable launch line up (they delayed this for games...) Where are the games?
-insane prices for accessories

Nintendo is trying to prime the console as a premium device, but there's nothing premium about what they've shown. We have to pay online, but with Nintendo's meager output, and iffy service reliability, they're not really justified in that. It's $300, but there's nothing on the platform that warrants that price (unless you don't have a Wii u). The one thing I didn't think Nintendo would take for granted is their position as a games company for affordable hardware and they went running into the completely opposite direction. Usually I don't mind buying Nintendo hardware at launch, but this is something that has to prove itself now. Which is a mistake because if you have to think about buying the console, Nintendo has already lost.

There are alternatives out there and aside from the Nintendo games I love, there's no reason to jump in early. If you don't plan on playing online and you're a Nintendo only gamer, there is literally under 10 games for you to buy by the end of the year, and for the price they're charging is insane. Let's not forget to use the online, you're paying to have access through your phone... Like they can't be serious about that. It's a device that could really be successful but I think nintendo are cutting off the legs before it even has a chance.
 
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Distresssss

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The Technomancer said:
Console launches always remind me how much people care about specs. I dunno. $300 is pricy, but it doesn't seem unreasonable for what's on display. I think maybe its a bad business decision for pulling in wide audiences, but I'm going to pay that and I don't think I'm going to be ripped off. There's a lot going on with that hardware
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Console only people care about specs until PC gamers chime in.


It's exclusive games that set them apart. Breath of the Wild is the kind of game I buy a system for.
 
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CrowdChant

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pastrami said:
I mean, why stop there? Would you mind paying $350? $400? At some arbitrary point, you make a judgement call that something isn't worth the asking price. For some people, it seems to be $300. I'm not sure what your issue is.
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What's my issue? I don't have one. Don't understand where I conveyed that I have an issue. I'm simply trying to understand the mindset of someone ready to shell out $250 because "that's where it needed to be" price wise. Instead it's $50 more. I don't see how that is a back breaking difference. Obviously if it was another $100, $150, or $200 more I'd get it. But a difference of $50 being some arbitrary cutoff doesn't seem to be a huge difference.

I get it. $250 would have been better. But it's not like we thought $250 and they destroyed us with $399 or something. I know people have different incomes. But if you can't afford another $50 by launch, wait a few weeks or months until you get it. Instead I've seen people in several threads claiming that they would have made an instabuy at $250 and now they won't buy it at a $299 price point. I'm not defending Nintendo, just surprised by such a huge backlash over $50.
 
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The Technomancer

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Weltall Zero said:
This price tags places it outside impulse buy territory for a lot of people, especially what seems to be one of its targets, i.e. people wanting something casual and party-friendly like the Wii. Anyone dismissing these extra 50$ as nothing and not realizing how much this is going to impact sales and possibly long-term viability of the platform is simply blind.

I was rather excited for the Switch, but I fear this price tag may turn it into another Wii U. I will almost certainly still get one (I own every single Nintendo console including the Wii U), but it's hard not to wonder about its future.
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Yeah this. That price is going to turn away a lot of people who wouldn't buy any console at that price
 
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Disagree Guy

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gate stormer said:
845 am here now at my gamestop, they open at 10 am. Only one other person in line and they have 33 units.

Glad I didn't wake up at 6 am like I planned.
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I'm not sure we are on the same topic as you mate

CrowdChant said:
What's my issue? I don't have one. Don't understand where I conveyed that I have an issue. I'm simply trying to understand the mindset of someone ready to shell out $250 because "that's where it needed to be" price wise. Instead it's $50 more. I don't see how that is a back breaking difference. Obviously if it was another $100, $150, or $200 more I'd get it. But a difference of $50 being some arbitrary cutoff doesn't seem to be a huge difference.
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If it was an 'all included' price then yeah £50 would be a moot point.
But expensive games, higher priced peripherals, paid online, no bundled game, low internal memory etc....

All of sudden it isn't an extra £50 is it
 
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7DollarHagane

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I'm actually really excited. I don't mind having just breath of the wild to play until Splatoon 2. It will allow me to really focus on that game and get the most of it.

GameStop is giving $225 for my Xbox one s so I'll be paying about $75 for the system. I never use the Xbox so I don't mind. Pick one up later when they are under $200.

$250 would have been nice but I'm not going to fret about $50. It includes the joycon grip and dock which wasn't always a guarantee. A $250 model probably wouldn't have.
 
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Distresssss

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7DollarHagane said:
I'm actually really excited. I don't mind having just breath of the wild to play until Splatoon 2. It will allow me to really focus on that game and get the most of it.

GameStop is giving $225 for my Xbox one s so I'll be paying about $75 for the system. I never use the Xbox so I don't mind. Pick one up later when they are under $200.
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I'll be trading in my Halo Box One as well I think. No other use for it and it's losing value by the month.
 
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kinoki

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
I really want a Nintendo console that my child can grow up with. I wanted the Nintendo Switch to be great. So far it looks like a flop in every regard. I hope they can turn this around and deliver a perfect Nintendo console by the time she's old enough to start playing games but if Nintendo continue in this direction I guess she'll be able to play Mario on PlayStation 5.

Nintendo... seriously, let me buy a NES Mini. It's sold out everywhere. :(
 
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