Switch Discussion Thread

[Blu]

Let the rumors start swirling: pricing, launch date, and bundles:

https://pvplive.net/c/rumor-nintendo-sw ... ndles-reve

March 17, 2017
Region-Free
$260 for Basic Console
$300 Mario Bundle
$340 for Zelda Bundle with Pro Controller.

IT BEGINS. Would be surprised and excited if true, but will hold my breath.

[ElkinFencer10]

I doubt there's much truth to those bundles and price. I'd love them to be true, but I have doubts.

[Tanooki]

They kind of make sense, subject wise, not so sure about price as it comes down to Nintendo breaking even at worst and I dont know if $260 would do it.

[ElkinFencer10]

They kind of make sense, subject wise, not so sure about price as it comes down to Nintendo breaking even at worst and I dont know if $260 would do it.

That was my thinking exactly.

[Jrecee]

Switch is just a tablet with a Nintendo label on it.

Ok, then the PS4 is just a computer without a mouse.

Why would you buy an Xbox when you can just get a gaming PC?

Why would you get a switch when you can just buy a high end tablet?

Seems to me they're the exact same questions with the exact same answers.

[Stark]

Why would you buy an Xbox when you can just get a gaming PC?

Because as much as they'd like it to be, the gaming PC hooked up to a TV isn't the same experience as a console on a TV is. It's different and in some unexpected ways, better on console.

Why would you get a Switch when you can just buy a high end tablet?

Because no high-end tablet plays the latest Nintendo games.

[Michi]

Overall people are positive about the system. Not seeing the excessive hate other folks are.

Neither am I. The only thing I've seen is the same group of people who come out and bemoan about how Nintendo should get out of hardware so that they can play Mario on a Playstation or Xbox instead. But those same people pop up any time Nintendo is in the news for, well, anything really.

When the Switch was announced, I actually saw quite a few excited people on my Facebook feed talking about it. And I didn't even know some of them even played video games.

[noiseredux]

if it's throwing you guys off I'll gladly rant about how Nintendo should get out of the hardware market...

[BogusMeatFactory]

if it's throwing you guys off I'll gladly rant about how Nintendo should get out of the hardware market...

Please don't.

[foxhound1022]

I honestly think that if Nintendo does cease hardware production, they would most likely go the mobile/PC route before entertaining the idea of developing games for Sony or MS.