Honestly I just have to wonder if it’s not astroturfing, or the results of astroturfing.
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shinratdr@lemmy.ca 21 hours agoIt’s only “outrageously” priced compared to its predecessor, and only if you don’t think about it too much. Considering under the hood it’s basically a phone or tablet, it’s very fairly priced considering the specs.
The Switch 1 is basically a tablet from 2017 being sold for $300. It never received a price drop despite it using 8 year old technology, it actually received a price increase with the OLED model. An iPad 5th Gen from 2017 sells for $50 on eBay, for comparison purposes. Not like for like as that has a way higher res screen and less RAM, but it’s fairly close.
As it’s a new chip with an expected 10 year lifespan, it’s likely on 3nm process which means it has to fight for manufacturing time with TSMC because they’re the only ones who can fab that sort of chip.
All that, plus the expectation that they will be absorbing some tariff costs for now means it will likely never see a price drop, and honestly doesn’t seem that bad in terms of pricing. It’s the cheapest console on the market with the exception of the very underpowered and useless Series S, and it’s competitively priced in terms of the tech under the hood.
So if it will be the cheapest console of its generation, is already cheaper than its ancient competition, is cheaper than a mid range GPU by itself, and is cheaper or comparably priced with similarly specced devices, then how is it so overpriced?
ysjet@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
Who would I be astroturfing for? You can’t just point at anybody you disagree with and go “astroturfing” as if it’s a magical incantation that makes them go away.
I just think Nintendo charges way too much for their games and they charge too much for hardware that is long in the tooth at lunch I get it, the only way to play a Nintendo game is on their hardware and they’re so good they justify the cost. I’ve heard theargument, I respect it, But ultimately I just think the prices are ridiculous either way.
ysjet@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
The reason I think it’s astroturfing is because there’s a lot of people who are critical of Nintendo, while simultaneously giving Sony and Microsoft a free pass for doing the exact same thing, or even just making things up outright to bash Nintendo, like your claims that it’s ‘hardware that is long in the tooth at launch.’
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Where did I give them a free pass? Show me
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I agree with most of what you said, I don’t think the price is as high as people make it out to be, but:
Cheapest version of the Steam Deck is still cheaper for very comparable hardware, and while generations don’t align I think the Deck is closer to the Switch 2 than to the switch 1, and a Deck 2 would be miles ahead of a switch 2.