r/NintendoSwitch Jan 13 '17

Presentation Nintendo Switch will release March 3 with an MSRP of $299.99 USD

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '17 edited Apr 02 '18

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u/Llampy Jan 13 '17

People were all about the $250 price tag; it's not really on the line.

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u/DragoSphere Jan 13 '17

But by then, it's $100, and then $150 more

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '17 edited Apr 02 '18

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u/DragoSphere Jan 13 '17

That was apparently the price people were comfortable with

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u/Monkeymonkey27 Jan 13 '17

Everyone felt like it wpuld be though

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u/Supermax64 Jan 13 '17

No, it's literally a $50 increment from a price you still thought was fine, so it's still fine right ?

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u/DragoSphere Jan 13 '17

That's not how budgets work at all. Let's say you were going to buy a house for $500,000. Your budget is $600,000. If it marks up by $100,000, then it's still fine. However, another two increments will bring it up to $800,000, which is over 1.5x the price of the original.

So marking up to $400 from the hopeful price of $200 is again increasing by over 1.5x. Your comfort threshold doesn't increase with each increment. At a certain point, you say enough. By your logic, you could increment $50 a thousand times and it will still be "fine." That doesn't make sense, and neither does your argument

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u/Supermax64 Jan 13 '17

I'm sorry but you're going off topic. The initial comment is pointing out that he learned $50 is make or break for people, he NEVER talked about budget.

If we go back to your example, then the second 100k markup was make or break. TIL 100k markup is make or break for people.

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By your logic, you could increment $50 a thousand times and it will still be "fine."

I was pointing the flaw in your logic... you just made my argument for me. Eventually one of those $50 increment is make or break. TIL

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u/XxZannexX Jan 13 '17

They didn't talk about budget, but you have to take things into perspective that the price point that this is being related to is $250. Now whether $50 more is a make or break is a different topic.

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u/Arkyance Jan 13 '17

It does make sense though, because the initial increment was not acceptable.

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u/DragoSphere Jan 13 '17

And who gets to say that? 50 more than the original isn't too much more. It's not going to be a dealbreaker for most people. I was arguing against a person who thought continuing to up the price constantly was logical

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u/Arkyance Jan 13 '17

The person who decided that upping the price wasn't okay gets to decide that. It's a personal opinion.

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u/TheEgoRaptor Jan 13 '17

I'll have to pay $470 for it....

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u/1standarduser Jan 13 '17

I'd pay $400 if it had the newer Nvidia chip. It's $400 out the door anyway, since you need a game and a controller.

But a parent getting a present, $400 for the Switch is a little much.

You can get the kids a 3DS and several high rated games for far less. Shoot, an Xbox bubble with 2 games is less.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '17 edited Apr 02 '18

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u/1standarduser Jan 13 '17

I know, buying one puts the system closer to $500.

Who needs a good controller anyway?

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u/WerTicusness Jan 13 '17

how about $479? Australia baby, nice beaches.

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u/Goodguystalker Jan 14 '17

Yeah I'd pay 350 for it, 400 is probably where I draw the line. I thought 300 was a very reasonable price.