alekhkhanna
Innovator
News Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Highlights (FromSoftware Exclusive, Sakurai Returns for Kirby, A camera!? and much more)
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US is Nintendo's largest market.
A price increase in the US means less sales forecasted in America. And to recoup the lost sales, the other markets might also get a price increase.
Only time will tell.
alekhkhanna
Innovator
Other region prices are already out. In HK, the price is around 38k INR. Nothing's changing.
yothisisyo
Beginner
If Duskbloods is really an online game , why make it exclusive? Wouldn't it benefit from players from other consoles too?
It might be exclusive only for a certain time . They say exclusive and then after a year or 2 ..it ends up everywhere from mobiles to toasters.
except for first party games ..I no longer get excited with the word "exclusive " anymore.
Yeh Sab Ganda hai ..par dhandha hai.
The most optimistic projections put the Indian sales at about half a million units. Considering the over 150 million units sold worldwide, it is about 0.3% of their sales and don't think Nintendo would bother with that. Sony has sold about the same number of PS5 units officially, and it seems population with discretionary spending on consoles in India is about that much in India at present and will probably not expand much if prices keep going up.
alekhkhanna
Innovator
Half a million sold in grey. Imagine Mario power if people actually get to demo games in stores officially.
But I hope it keeps coming via grey route. Tends to be cheaper.
The power of nostalgia is something, but most of those who are interested, do pick it up through the grey route as you mentioned. Maybe Nintendo might be able to sell double that by spending on marketing and logistics, but that would still not be substantial enough. Paying equal to or more than US prices, considering the purchasing power over here reduces it to a niche product and doesn't appeal to the general audience.
Switch got sold half a million because it was easiest of all the big 3 to get modified/jailbreak for pirated games. If gamers in India had option of only buying original games from Nintendo they would have maximum sold between 1lakh to 2 lakh .
Nintendo can do something like regional pricing and all to increase numbers in India . If it is seriously thinking of officially coming here but if it wants to stick to its $70-$80 pricing for gaming in India too.....they will be making a mistake.
alekhkhanna
Innovator
Gaming (beyond mobile games) is a luxury in Indian market. Consoles are costly, games are costly, subs are costly.
Switch will not be an exception.
All resellers will get it. Better to connect with local ones instead of Amazon or MX etc. Their markup is horrendous.
Seems the price did not fully factor in the tariffs. If they pass on at least half the tariffs, which as per rumours will push the starting price to at least $549, the impact will be felt across the world, as Nintendo will have to cut their margins to do so.
Seems Nintendo imported about 300-400K units per month since Jan, so they may launch at that price initially, but things will only get worse.
alekhkhanna
Innovator
Vietnam is already willing to reduce or eliminate tariffs for US goods. Saw news online of ongoing discussions.
It is altogether a separate discussion because the number that the Trump administration has come up with does not reflect the tariff charged by a country, but just the trade deficit divided by exports of that country. They basically want countries to stop exporting to US if you go by their formula, so it is going to be a long discussion.
alekhkhanna
Innovator
Yeah. Trump doing Trump things. Such an indecisive time for the world. All stocks tanked like crazy!
Darth Vader
Galvanizer
Imagine a handheld gaming device offering the same amount of storage as Apple Laptops/Desktops. This in itself should be No:1 reason for importing Switch 2 over mediocre computer.
Price bhi toh waise hi le reha hai.Imagine a handheld gaming device offering the same amount of storage as Apple Laptops/Desktops. This in itself should be No:1 reason for importing Switch 2 over mediocre computer.
$450.
It seems like nothing is going according to plans for Nintendo (thankfully), and its President (Doug Bowser) just did the unthinkable 'Don Mattrick' switcheroo: saying people to buy or stick to the Switch 1, if you do not have money for the Switch 2.
Can't believe we got this tone-deaf quack when we had guys like Reggie, who fought and gone against the grain for bundling Wii Sports with Wii.
Now, we get a basic user manual like Switch 2's Welcome Tour for $10, which isn't even worth $2 and should have been free. And a useless 'Chat' button that is tied to a subscription.
But, then again, this isn't surprising as Bowser is cut from the same page as Mattrick, with both of them having worked previously at EA.
Can't believe we got this tone-deaf quack when we had guys like Reggie, who fought and gone against the grain for bundling Wii Sports with Wii.
Now, we get a basic user manual like Switch 2's Welcome Tour for $10, which isn't even worth $2 and should have been free. And a useless 'Chat' button that is tied to a subscription.
But, then again, this isn't surprising as Bowser is cut from the same page as Mattrick, with both of them having worked previously at EA.
I don't understand..why they become so arrogant ..even after witnessing rise and falls many times.
Consumers should not to be treated for granted .
They can bring down the whole empire.
Nintendo is taking very big chances with such high prices.
But having said that everything is moving towards higher range now.
It's like 30k-40k /$400-500$ is new normal for popular stuffs.