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[Deerock71]

Switch 1 came before most of them. For years it was the only handheld player in town.

Now Switch 2 comes out and there are already PC handhelds coming out the same month or year.. Not remotely comparable.

Edit: Also no COVID bump!

I saw an estimate of the combined number of handheld PCs ALL TOGETHER was in the neighborhood of 6 million. Nintendo will have that eclipsed on the opening month.

 

[Astray]

I saw an estimate of the combined number of handheld PCs ALL TOGETHER was in the neighborhood of 6 million. Nintendo will have that eclipsed on the opening month.

I mean sure. But you have to consider that even the Xbox One managed to sell evenly with PS4 early on. Hardcore people are the ones to buy day 1.

There are levels between Wii U failure, Gamecube failure and N64 "failure". People want to assume that this machine is gonna be either a complete bang or a complete bust.

My personal opinion though, is that Nintendo has mispositioned this device in the market.

The base console pricing is > PS5 Digital and Xbox Series S (compared to Switch 1, which undercut both of them), and it doesn't feel like it has either the wild creativity or specs to be "worth the money".

This will make it a harder sell to parents particularly, why pay so much money on this for Mario Kart World when Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has a ton of content and can be replayed endlessly? It's gonna be the "why buy PS5 when PS4 works fine?" question all over again, but worse.

 

[Little Chicken]

Nintendo creating false scarcity again.

 

[CrimsonTide]

ToTK, Kirby and Mario Party are all $80 as well according to Walmart so I don't think so.

DK might be a slightly smaller title if they're pricing it at $70 instead of $80. Like how astro bot was $60 instead of $70.

Budget title DK is $70 lol God damn man

 

[cireza]

Nintendo creating false scarcity again.

Considering the amount of consoles they sell compared to Sony/MS, I actually think that they have some monster logistic in place.

 

[Little Chicken]

Considering the amount of consoles they sell compared to Sony/MS, I actually think that they have some monster logistic in place.

Nothing stopping them from just bundling a digital version, too.

 

[March Climber]

The good news just never stops! The Joy of Nintendo™

I read this in the Nintendo Direct announcer guy's voice.

 

[cireza]

Nothing stopping them from just bundling a digital version, too.

The fact that this offer will expire remains to be seen anyway.