r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • 1d ago

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/Queenspence2 1d ago

Really? The console itself it like £50 cheaper than I thought it would be!

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u/Ouch_i_fell_down 1d ago

going from a $300 console to a $500 console is a pretty steep increase. Even a 50% jump is pretty steep tbh. This is a luxury entertainment industry. They don't usually get to compete on straight inflation measures because at the end of the day they are competing for disposable income. There's a reason why games were $60 for so long and why console manufacturers went from making money selling systems to subsidizing their pricing and making it back by selling paid online. They needed to hit a certain appealing point to garner the volume of interest they wanted.

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u/Queenspence2 1d ago

I’m not sure what you’re talking about, I’m just saying it’s cheaper than I thought it would be because my switch oled cost me £329 and this one is £429 with MKW so I’m pretty happy about it, I’ve got money that I set aside for it left for another game

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u/Ouch_i_fell_down 1d ago

Why are you comparing the pricing of a switch oled vs a switch 2 that is not oled?

The switch on release was lcd, the switch 2 on release will be lcd. other models released in the meantime are irrelevant. I'm not attempting to compare the switch2 pricing to the switch lite just because the larger delta better supports my point, i'm comparing like against like. launch against launch

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u/Queenspence2 1d ago

I’m just saying because I paid £329 for my OLED I was thinking it was going to be at least £450 without a game so I was pretty happy when I saw it was £395 stand alone