Well it's always kind of a multifaceted answer to this questions.
Business Answer: Keep the price the same for maximum profit.
Consumer Answer: Drop the price for more affordability, especially with the unprecedented 3+ years without a price drop.
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Is the Nintendo Switch currently a good value at $299?
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Well it's always kind of a multifaceted answer to this questions.
Business Answer: Keep the price the same for maximum profit.
Consumer Answer: Drop the price for more affordability, especially with the unprecedented 3+ years without a price drop.
It was a good price at launch, but it's long overdue for a price drop. Nintendo loves squeezing those pennies.
The other platforms aren't hybrids. The other platforms don't have Nintendo games.
Yes, Switch is a good value at its current price.
Yes, Switch is a good value at its current price.
Yeah, and that's basically also the answer to everything.
I'm a huge Nintendo fan, but Nintendo is a company, and therefor and for making the investors happy, they will try to make as much profit as possible. Dropping the price before this holiday, were the Switch will sell enormously without a pricecut...it does make no sense.
As a consumer - of course everybody would like to see a pricecut - (heck, give it us for free;) - but they have no need to do that.
Depends what you count as the critical features of something. An Xbox isn't a portable, I couldn't care less about specs and it doesn't have the games I want on it, so it fails on those criteria for me. If you want the most powerful box you can get for the same price, don't care about portability and prefer what gamepass offers, then sure, thats going to be a better deal.
I think Series S is a tempting home console for switch owners who dont want to invest in full 4k console experiences next gen.
Not now, not ever. The thing comes with defects from factory, lacks basic features like ethernet port, support for bluetooth headset, etc. Should have costed $250 tops.
Also, it's games can be emulated in other hadware and perform better than the original. Not even it's games can justify the ridiculous price tag when the better experience is playing on other devices.
Also, it's games can be emulated in other hadware and perform better than the original. Not even it's games can justify the ridiculous price tag when the better experience is playing on other devices.
Based on its games, yes. But the hardware could do with a price drop. I say that as if Switches weren't still selling strong.
No, the value is shit. But I love Nintendo games, so I accept the fact, that I pay a lot of money for shit value.
The Switch hardware is getting old and can use a revision but its well worth the $300. You aren't getting Series S hardware in a handheld format for $300. Its a strange comparison to make in the first place.
Agree, but there is huge difference between worst and best value, like I wrote, you will hardly have best sales with worst value.
In your opinion, but general opinion is looked through sales and popularity of some device.
Again, Nintendo games dont perform worse on Switch, and Nintendo games are one of main reason for getting Switch.
Its almost certain that next gen Nintendo console will be Switch 2 with BC for current Switch games.
Streaming services will never act like real handheld (you will need internet connection at least), and you cant play great Nintendo games on it.
Yeah and Switch will be DOA when it release!!
Sounds like pre launch post from NeoGaf. :D
And yet (and In reality), Switch and Switch games are breaking records in popularity and sales.
Xbox Series S is good value for what represents (1440p next gen home console gaming),
Switch is good value for what represents (hybrid hardware that could be used like real home console and real handheld, with some of best Nintendo games ever),
you shouldn't compare those two, they are quite different.
Switch is good value for what represents (hybrid hardware that could be used like real home console and real handheld, with some of best Nintendo games ever),
you shouldn't compare those two, they are quite different.
At this current point in time, I think buying a Switch at full price is a bad move. Better to wait for the inevitable refresh and/or successor.
Game console values exist entirely on the shoulder of their software offerings. Nintendo has an absolutely stacked amount of fantastic exclusive games that make a the 300 buck purchase a no-brainer.
People like to completely blow console power out of proportion once their new-gen hype gets too high.
People like to completely blow console power out of proportion once their new-gen hype gets too high.
So you're saying consoles are useless because PC has the best experience for games.
The Switch at $299 is not a good value if comparing tech, but it's your only option if you want to play Nintendo games and have portability options.
Considering we used to buy a console and it's companion handheld (NES/SNES and Game Boy, Gamecube and Game Boy Advance, Wii and DS, PlayStation 3/4 and Vita), yes, this is a phenomenal value with no need to buy games twice and the handheld experience matching the console experience.
It's a cool system and a great way to do both home and handheld gaming, but it's not worth $299 in my eyes after owning it for almost a year now and it pretty much being a Smash Bros machine for the last few months.
4 years in? At the very same price it launched at? No tbh. Get it if you really want to play the games, cause those are absolutely worth it (outside of the overpriced ports), but you might as well wait for it to be discounted at this point. And even that might take a while. I don't even know if next gen launches will slow sales down enough for Nintendo to even bother.
Unless you can play the Xss on the loo, the bed, or on the go, you can't compare the value of the 2.
Boils down to if you like Nintendo's first party games or not. I can't say neither yes or no, really. Buying a Switch was a complete waste of time and money for me as I went back to only using my PS4 anyway, but that doesn't mean you won't have a good time with it. Check out what exclusives it has and make a decision based on that.
Yeah. I found one at Walmart and got $500 out of it on eBay. Great value.
Comparing it to the other consoles doesn't mean much when you buy Nintendo hardware for their library. It's also a handheld and people used to buy one and a console.
Comparing it to the other consoles doesn't mean much when you buy Nintendo hardware for their library. It's also a handheld and people used to buy one and a console.
Well, let's compare the Switch to it's existing competition in the handheld market:
And there you have it.
There are none.
And there you have it.
I would have said yes at any point until now, but this late in the game I'd just wait for a hardware revision with higher specs and hopefully fixed joysticks.
The hardware is really low quality compared to other things in a similar price range. You can get an iPad for $300 if you look around a bit. Just compare the displays, the processor, the chassis of that to a Switch.
In the home console space, the Series S is way more impressive than the Switch at the same price.
But I can't really say that a Switch is a bad buy for $300. It's a great console and has plenty of games that make it worth buying. I just wish the build quality was a little more worthy.
In the home console space, the Series S is way more impressive than the Switch at the same price.
But I can't really say that a Switch is a bad buy for $300. It's a great console and has plenty of games that make it worth buying. I just wish the build quality was a little more worthy.
I want to say no, but what would the equivalent PC cost that could play Steam games on the go and dock easily into a TV / monitor? I know Alienware had a concept that is way more powerful than a switch, but I'm sure it's way more expensive as well.
When I think of it that way, switch isn't a horrible value.
When I think of it that way, switch isn't a horrible value.