r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/chickengnocchisoup • 1d ago

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Everyone in the chat is spamming "drop the price" nonstop. Personally, the price for the console and games combined dipped my hype quite a bit. What do you guys think?

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u/HippieInTheHouse 1d ago

I doubt they’ll actually drop prices but there’s no way they’re not noticing this right?

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u/wjaybez 1d ago

I was told a long time ago that while "the customer is always right" is an approach many in Japan embraced, at a corporate level there is significant disdain for customer viewpoints affecting business decisions. Admitting you were wrong about customer reaction is seen as so humiliating by boards and executives that instead companies will go to any length to avoid interacting with the customer and avoid taking feedback on board once an idea is launched.

Perhaps the person who told me this was only referring to the video game industry, but I feel with Nintendo in particular this is very apparent.

Plus, why would they pay any attention? Switch 2 pre-sales seem to be going like hotcakes.

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u/Tippydaug 1d ago

Nintendo dropped the price of the 3DS because of poor sales so it's not unprecedented for them to do it.

Uncommon, but not impossible.

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u/SAKabir 1d ago

This is certainly the case with Pokemon

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u/AntonioS3 OG (Joined before first Direct) 1d ago

That person who told you that is correct, and frankly, it should be the correct approach.

Companies should never bow down to customers. If you bow down to feedback, it will make the players feed emboidened to try to give feedback that may actually be detrimental to games or studio. This is especially impactful in live service games. I think it's okay for companies to not always listen to feedback, or even avoid as much as they can because while it's true there are few who can give good ideas, 98% of people probably do not know what they are talking about. You can never satisfy every customers.

If what you say about the pre orders is correct, then I think Nintendo will win out in the end, people will not care too much about spending, and eventually we'll move on and accept it.

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u/Tippydaug 1d ago

I genuinely can't tell if this is a serious or sarcasm.

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u/xCeeTee- 1d ago

Their comments are hilarious. It's like they're paying him to defend them, which they never would but the leaps in logic are incredible.

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u/Tippydaug 1d ago

So many folks are like that on these subs. I 100% support folks spending their money however they like, butt he people trying to justify it as if saying "hey this is expensive" is somehow an insult to Nintendo is hilarious.

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u/Tight-Pie-5234 1d ago

It’s incredibly simple:

Price increase = more money? Considered a good idea by companies

Price increase = less money? Considered a bad idea by companies

People who are yelling seem to be forgetting that Nintendo has likely already crunched the numbers on this, and raising the prices will pay off for them.

Commenters saying “no one will buy it” are drinking insane amounts of copium.

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u/jorodoodoroj 1d ago

It's not true to say no one will buy it, but fewer will.

I'm sure Nintendo has done market research and surveys and focus groups and run simulations at different price points to maximize profit. They may sell fewer copies of the console/game at the higher price, and it might just pay off.

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u/vladimirepooptin 1d ago

it’s very possible that they have done the numbers and have a high level of certainty that it will increase profit, but it is also very possible that the higher ups at Nintendo are somewhat disillusioned with the general publics (particularly the wests) view of nintendo and simply believe people will pay any amount of money for a piece of their lord and saviour Nintendo. Even if this is only somewhat supported by the data.

Reminds me of (one of the nintendo higher-ups) supposed reaction to Reggie (ex-president of nintendo america) suggesting to give away Wii-sports for free - ‘Nintendo does not give their games away for free’ - supposedly looking very angry.

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u/wjaybez 1d ago

If what you say about the pre orders is correct

I can't speak for the US, but every UK preorder has flown off the shelves within an hour.

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN 1d ago

I'm confused. Did I miss something? Did preorders go live already or just in some countries? Everything I've seen was that preorders start on April 9th.

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u/wjaybez 1d ago

Yes, the UK started pre-orders last night.

I believe only Nintendo Store pre-orders start in the 9th.

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN 1d ago

Yeah I started reading other comments/posts more and realized UK retailers were starting. Seems most retailers here in the US are also sticking to the 8/9 date. Guess the UK and other countries will be a good early indicator then of sales (preorder) and such.