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MegaDriveMegaDrive Registered User new member

>Nintendo Switch
>8 year old technology.
>STILL 350usd

Why don't you people pressure Nintendo to stop ripping them off? I'm soooooo curious.

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    1: They're $300
    2: I wrote them a sternly worded letter on behalf of us people but have not heard back

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    when they're right they're right

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  • DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    Still got nothing on Texas Instruments.

  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    Zavian wrote: »
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    They can, in fact, keep getting away with it.

  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Sega holding this kind of grudge after decades out of the hardware biz, very weird stuff.

  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    I've been writing letters to Miyamoto-san every day about it, I don't know what else you want me to do.

  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited September 9
    Donnicton wrote: »
    Still got nothing on Texas Instruments.

    Seriously at this point wouldn't it be cheaper to switch to an android based device rather than continue to prop up a cottage industry of circa 1976 chips?

    Hevach on
  • McFodderMcFodder Registered User regular
    Other console prices are going or have gone up, so the Switch is comparatively cheaper - that's a win, right?

    Switch Friend Code: SW-3944-9431-0318
    PSN / Xbox / NNID: Fodder185
  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    at least with the Switch OLED, standard Switch came down to $270. Sony, hurry up and release some new PS5 variant. It's STILL $500. At this juncture in the lifespan of the PS4 I got a slim during black friday for $150.

    3ds: 4983-4935-4575
  • -Loki--Loki- Don't pee in my mouth and tell me it's raining. Registered User regular
    The question should be, what have you done about it?

  • rahkeesh2000rahkeesh2000 Registered User regular
    TelMarine wrote: »
    at least with the Switch OLED, standard Switch came down to $270.

    It did?

  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    TelMarine wrote: »
    at least with the Switch OLED, standard Switch came down to $270. Sony, hurry up and release some new PS5 variant. It's STILL $500. At this juncture in the lifespan of the PS4 I got a slim during black friday for $150.

    In a one to one comparison you have to account for the PS5 existing as mythological allegory for that first year.

  • McFodderMcFodder Registered User regular
    PS5 controller prices have just gone up in Australia today.

    Switch Friend Code: SW-3944-9431-0318
    PSN / Xbox / NNID: Fodder185
  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Yeah but those are Aussie bucks, not real freedom eagles.

  • StarZapperStarZapper Vermont, Bizzaro world.Registered User regular
    Look, when you take inflation into account really that 300$ is like 20% cheaper than 5 years ago.

  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    I allow Nintendo to sell me older technology because it plays fun games. We were talking about this last night actually. I recently bought a Kindle Paperwhite, and it's wonderful to have a piece of technology that does one thing incredibly well and that's it. It lets me read books and it does it in a simple, clean way. I love my phone, but I sometimes miss having an iPod that solely does music and doesn't distract me with the world/games/social media every time I unlock it. I miss having a standalone camera sometimes that doesn't share battery/storage with the rest of my life.

    The Switch falls into the "it works" category. I rarely boot it up to have to do massive updates, the interface doesn't blast me with ads. It does games, does it well, and at a price I was fine with. I am honestly just now starting to wish it had a little more oomph under the hood when I see how Powerwash Sim looks on my Xbox vs the Switch and I do hope the next iteration gets a bunch of patches for better performance.

  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    TelMarine wrote: »
    at least with the Switch OLED, standard Switch came down to $270.

    It did?

    it did, but perhaps it was the OG non-improved battery versions.

    3ds: 4983-4935-4575
  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    It's a cereal now

  • ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    The cost of production isn't where prices come from.

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator mod
    Xaquin wrote: »
    It's a cereal now

    That exact thought barged into my brain reading the thread title.

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