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Nintendo Switch Joy-Con $80, Pro Controller $70
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finalflame
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Nah, they think because they pay $27.80 monthly on their $150 phone bill for 24 months then get fucked on a trade-in once a new marginally better device is out they're not actually paying the $800 cost of the phone. Unfortunately console manufacturers have no way to play the same fiscal mind games.
It's an additional dock for lazy people who can't move it between two TVs. You get a dock when you buy the Switch.
Stilton Disco
Member
Fuck me sideways, how the hell are they that expensive?!
And yet they're clearly trying to court the Wii audience that has become used to mobile's cheap feeling subscription model for hardware entry and free games.
It's like they're trying to fuck up as hard as possible.
And yet they're clearly trying to court the Wii audience that has become used to mobile's cheap feeling subscription model for hardware entry and free games.
It's like they're trying to fuck up as hard as possible.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
A lot of people didn't stop to think what kind of hardware was in a pair of rechargeable wireless controllers with gyroscopes, IR sensors, NFC readers, etc.
Have few people actually bought an extra controller for the PS4 or XB1? This shit has gotten expensive. Single wireless controllers are $60 and the XB1 pad doesn't even have a gyroscope.
tiebreaker
Member
Bah, $300 for the console, $70 for the pro controller, and $60 or $50 for Zelda at launch.....
StereoVsn
Member
One thing that you forget. These days you need that smartphone and it's your most used device most likely. So that $500-$800 is for something that you need, use every day and most likely are willing to pay higher price for. That said, now days you can get a perfectly good smartphone for $250-400 range. The higher end is basically Samsung and Apple.
Edit:
Nah, you can always find PS4/Xbone pad on sale for around $40. MSRP doesn't matter in this instance since there are a lot of options out there.
RadioJoNES64
Banned
Mamma mia...
What did he mean by this?
Member
They want so hard to have the Wii Sports party phenomenon again, but charge $200 to get enough controllers to get a damn party going
This just makes me mad
This just makes me mad
orthodoxy1095
Banned
So let's clarify.
$300 for a Switch.
$70 for a Pro Controller.
$60 for a game (Zelda).
+ however much the online will cost down the line that only comes with a single game rental.
Uh what?
$300 for a Switch.
$70 for a Pro Controller.
$60 for a game (Zelda).
+ however much the online will cost down the line that only comes with a single game rental.
Uh what?
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
That is even more exensive than than the PS4 controller. Wow...
The L-Joycon and R-Joycon have different face buttons on them, with the analog stick only appearing on the L-one and the A/B/X and Y buttons only appearing on the right one. There are some games where you can mix and match but if you wanted to play Mario's Odyssey or the new Smash Brothers you' best believe you're going to need both of them.
I don't know about some of it like the HD rumble or the IR camera piece, but they are quite literally 2 self-contained controllers, like all of the expensive parts of an Xbox 1 controller packed into a miniature wiimote so it's not unexpected it would cost in the area and both it and the PS4 controller MSRP for $60. And likewise you'd expect retailers to discount the same way over time. The dock? Who knows, they didn't discuss what it is if anything more than a passthrough but I'm not sure why most people would need another one.
Might as well grab an OG PS4 for $300 and call it a day. Which is what most will do. This system has bomb written all over it.
GravityInsanity
Member
I got all excited. I wanted to get this for my nephew day one but damn those prices. I have to wait.
There's a huge disconnect here. $300 system was high to begin with based on the market they're going for, then you add in these high priced accessories and paid online and it just doesn't make sense to me. Nintendo's trying to play in the Sony/MS world but their product just doesn't hang with those from any perspective - library breadth, graphical fidelity, online support, etc.
They could have differentiated by sticking to the basics and keeping the price down.
They could have differentiated by sticking to the basics and keeping the price down.
Those prices are fucking insane. It probably costs them about $10 to make the thing at the most. As I said in the other thread, it seems this conference was a way to milk every last thing for maximum profit.
Expensive accessories, console $300US, paid online? All for a company that is basically dead in the eyes of console gamers. Add in "special" version of Fifa and Skyrim and it's not a good start.
Maybe a lot, but cheap tech. Gyro is cheap, rumble is cheap, plastic is cheap.
Expensive accessories, console $300US, paid online? All for a company that is basically dead in the eyes of console gamers. Add in "special" version of Fifa and Skyrim and it's not a good start.
Maybe a lot, but cheap tech. Gyro is cheap, rumble is cheap, plastic is cheap.
Nothing, they just want to get as much as they can from it. Nintendo are in trouble, they need maximum $$$
nhlducks35
Member
Well, this thing is no longer an impulse buy. And with all the games coming out this month and in February and March coupled with the lame launch lineup announced so far, this is looking like a hard wait. Maybe holidays to get a Switch, but probably most likely some time in 2018.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Yes, you can often find a sale on a first party controller after the console has been out for three years and flooded the market. That's not really the point.
"Listen to it. You can hear it in the air."
Reallink
Member
Right now I seriously think this will be the first major console or portable in 30 years I will not buy on launch day. I will at best wait for the discounted Holiday bundle or "New" redesign if it even makes it that far. This string of announcements has been an unmitigated disaster.
Dash_Riprock
Member
And here I though Ninty would learn their lesson after a second Wii U pad cost so much...
Most Smash Bros players would get the pro controller or alternative -- Mario's Odyssey isn't multiplayer, so it's irrelevant; you already get two with the system. Most the multiplayer games are being designed with a single Joy-con in mind to play on the go or in party situations. I think this is kinda being blown out of proportion.
an arm and maybe half of a leg.
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Deleted member 752119
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They're just incredibly out of touch. Insular, Kyota corporation that's complete lost touch with the market.
Sony dominates as they gave their North American and European branches a lot of power and input and adapted as the gaming market shifted. Nintendo never did, sadly. People retire/die and the next old ass, out of touch person in line has taken over and changed nothing.
Yeah, sure. You can play 4 players in relatively simple games. But one joycon is not comparable to a standard pro controller when it comes to being able to play anything.
There's only so much you can do on a SNES controller with gyro.
Price is ridiculous.
yet_another_alt
Member
I can sort of understand the price on the pair of Joy-Con but wtf at the Pro controller being more expensive than Sony and Microsoft counterparts?
That's the silver lining in all this. It will discourage gimmicky shit that requires bespoke addons. There's already a lot of potential in the joycons themselves. They didn't even show off the motion sensor in a game.