And when you look at the inflation rate as well it’s actually reasonably priced.
Remember the Switch released 8 years ago and never had a price hike. Of course a beefier machine released 8 years later will cost more
Remember the Switch released 8 years ago and never had a price hike. Of course a beefier machine released 8 years later will cost more
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The reason the Switch lasted 8 years without a price hike is that the price is totally arbitrary, disconnected from production costs. Nintendo has happily sold their consoles at a loss because the real money is made selling dev kits to studios and taking a cut of game sales
SNES in 1991 for $200
N64 in 1996 for $200
Gamecube in 2001 for $200
Wii in 2006 for $250
WiiU in 2012 for $300
Switch in 2017 for $300
The Switch 2 is $500
That's not inflation or production costs, that's boundary testing.
The games are nearly spot on with inflation.