Sounds more like he's just guessing.
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Laura Dale: 2 Switch SKUs planned, UK Retailer GAME will sell at £199.99 and £249.99
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Sounds more like he's just guessing.
I trust the report. Vook is probably skeptical of that directly converting into an Australian price that's similar given Nintendo of Australia's history.
Oh, I'm with you.
I believe VOOK, but Laura has been so on spot with NX so far and, frankly speaking, Matt can't be wrong about it.
Yeah, it just makes you wonder how they ever sent the other one in the first place.
frankie_baby
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worth mentioning though that Wii sports reappeared on Wii U in a chopped up free to start fashion, something like that for the Switch pack in would wouldn't surprise me
Skittzo0413
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I'm more saying that I wouldn't expect Nintendo to put out a free to start/DLC/microstransaction heavy game as a launch title, as that would be far more aggressive with that type of pricing model than we've seen from them. I certainly wouldn't put it past them, but I'm not expecting it.
SolidSnakex
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But it can have an impact on it. I think Nintendo more than any other company knows the type of positive impact the correct bundle can have on the success of a console. Tetris bundled with the GB, Super Mario World bundled with the SNES and Wii Sports bundled with the Wii. Would those have still been successful even without bundles? Almost certainly. But I also feel that it was also very helpful for all of those systems to essentially have a showcase game that came with the system itself. By bundling a game like Wii Sports with the Wii it meant that people could take it home and immediately know exactly what Nintendo was trying to sell with the system as a whole. It was a perfect demonstration of the controls. It was obviously what they hoped that Nintendoland would do.
Ah ok it's an AUS coversion thing, then.
I haven't had a chance to read through the thread yet but isn't the pound = dollar when it comes to retail pricing? Like if the premium switch is 249 dollars isn't it usually priced the same europe at 249 british pounds or 249 euro for other countries?
I know the 2 currencies aren't equal but I thought I always remembered Europeans getting screwed by having to pay more based off US > EU pricing. Am I wrong on this? Should we expect the Switch to be 199.99 and 249.99 USD? If so I'm ecstatic and 200 is impulse buy territory
I know the 2 currencies aren't equal but I thought I always remembered Europeans getting screwed by having to pay more based off US > EU pricing. Am I wrong on this? Should we expect the Switch to be 199.99 and 249.99 USD? If so I'm ecstatic and 200 is impulse buy territory
Obscuritas
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I'll take the premium sku, thanks.
Anyway they know that their sweet spot is 250$, while the other sku is for the enthusiasts.
Anyway they know that their sweet spot is 250$, while the other sku is for the enthusiasts.
Right, people need to take in to account the source.
Sorry but an Australian source is probably not the best for Nintendo info since they get hosed regularly there.
You can't make any references between NA pricing and Aus pricing. You can for Uk, Can and Jpn though.
If it turns out that GAME's release prices are £299/£349 then there would be plenty of people (on forums like this) calling them out and calling them scum for being higher than was "reported".
This information had no right being out in the wild - true or false.
Dark Cloud
Member
Exactly. It makes too much sense. They said they don't want to lose money and I would imagine being at $199, then they would.
frankie_baby
Member
pound = dollar wasn't usually a thing though thanks to brexit I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen now, its worth also mentioning that UK and European prices include tax at about 20% whereas American prices don't and a varying tax is then added on top when the customer buys it
No, pound system prices are usually 50 lower than dollar and euro prices. The 199 pound will most likely translate to 249 dollars and 249 euros. It could be that after Brexit, but it is by no means common.
Thanks to you both. Foggy memory these days! Forgot about VAT as well
Skittzo0413
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I thought it was this way in the past too, but judging from other responses I guess it's not true. Either way I doubt we can take the US price as fact considering all of the currency fluctuations going on.
I'd expect a larger SD card, yeah.
If I had to guess:
$249
-Switch w/dock
-Small SD card
$299
-Switch w/dock
-Larger SD card
-Pro Controller
-Bundled game
I wonder if that's realistic for only an extra $50. Or if the pro controller will come with the $249 SKU.
Doubtful, including a larger microSD card would be more expensive per unit than just upping the internal memory. If Nintendo's even bothering with internal memory then I bet they don't include a card at all.
Inferno313
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I don't expect either SKU comes with a pro controller. Both SKUs probably come with the Joy-Cons and a Joy-Con Grip.
alternatively, GAME could be trying to shut it down because Nintendo may have only discussed these things with them, and no other retailer, and thus they are worried that the fact this has leaked could damage their relationship with Nintendo/
For the New 3DS they already adjusted the conversion rate. Same is true for their latest game releases. New Nintendo 3DS XL and New Nintendo 3DS game bundles were 199.99 EUR and 179.99 GBP. And that was before Brexit.
And for PS4 and Xbox One, they can be found for 200 Euros and 200 GBP. There seems to be price parity already.
JetSetRadio
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So 300 euro if you actually want to play something, might explain that rather low 2M target.
Skittzo0413
Member
Then the wording in the article is awkward, because she phrased it as "additional pro controllers."
But that is expected.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Interesting, I suppose it doesn't need to be.
Falchion
Member
Yeah I'm not anticipating either bundle to have the pro controller which is a must buy for me so I'll have to tack on am extra $40 for whichever one I get.
Stone Ocean
Member
Well there it is
Yes? If you read a bit further, I said a good pack-in game/bundle can potentially give successful hardware an additional boost. Just that the new Zelda isn't the game to pack-in if they choose to go that route, which is why I originally addressed your post.
Exactly. But fuck GAME, right? Let people leak whatever they want. That's what we're supposed to think.
I have a feeling it'll be Mario Kart 8
Makes sense, if there's anything they won't include from the go, it's the pro controller.
Obscuritas
Member
Of course not. Wii U launch SKU with a pro controller (and a Zombie U copy) was 100$/50$ more expensive than the base model/sku with Nintendo Land.
PadWarrior
Member
299 with a game is petfect.
Skittzo0413
Member
The content of the Switch trailer and a LOT of the Switch features.
Summarized here: http://letsplayvideogames.com/2016/10/a-deep-dive-on-lpvgs-nintendo-switch-reports-and-info/
frankie_baby
Member
wouldn't be surprised if there's no grip in the cheaper pack, could open it up to selling at very low prices come next christmas
When the NX would be revealed and what was going to be in the trailer (Zelda, 3D Mario), the detachable controllers, that Beyond Good & Evil 2 actually exists, how the NX pad looked like (with notably the split D-Pad), and a lot of other stuff.
We don't know what the launch games are yet. January 12th will probably hint at which game would be the pack-in.
If there is a mini-game comp (Mii Play, Mii Sports, Nintendo Land 2, etc) or a budget concept title (Steel Diver, etc). That would likely be the pack-in game. Especially since a new IP or a B-C IP aren't going to sell with Zelda and Mario Kart 8+ on the shelves. Nintendo isn't going to give you more memory and a 50-59$ for $50. More like memory and a $30-39 game for $50.
How about the grip?
What if the joycon grip is actually comfortable? I'm gonna give it a chance before buying a pro controller probably.
kuroneko0509
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I've already lost count on how many times you asked who's matt during this year... lol