No Banana gets sold at 400$. Those prices are reserved for Apple.
Rumor: Switch about to get its first official pricecut since launch, to be announced Monday (possibly Europe only)
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As stated in the OP, this seems unlikely to be an isolated thing.
I think a significant part of Nintendo's goal with the OLED model is to do a stealth price hike, so the price difference is part of the point. More generally, though, I think they'll probably want the old hybrid out of the way pretty quickly because it's mostly redundant with the OLED one and a much more major new model probably isn't too far off.
OLED sold out all pre-orders and Toshiba warned that it will face supply chain issues. OLED will be an insane sucess.
yeah but they could also just stop production sell through all remaining units and still make same profit margin. Just seems like a very odd move from Nintendo.
it's possible they're projecting a slower sell through and want to speed it up
OLED sales lower than expected?
Every store sold out all of their pre-orders from the very first day.
This is definitely not the case worldwide. In many regions you can still pre order it, with pre orders being open since announcement.
My guess would be that they lower the price in europe because at the moment the OLED is only 20€ more expensive than the Old Model.
The OLED is converted 1:1 from $ to € while the Original Switch was converted from 299$ to 329€.
So I would assume that they lower the price now to have a larger gap between the two models.
The OLED is converted 1:1 from $ to € while the Original Switch was converted from 299$ to 329€.
So I would assume that they lower the price now to have a larger gap between the two models.
Weird. What's the point in clearing stock and losing money if you're not going to be able to refill it and meet demand?
The oled model supplants the lcd model. If you want a hybrid switch, you'll have to get the more expensive oled one.
Either Nintendo is gearing up for the holidays and wants to be #1 this season, or they're getting ready to clear out LCD stock and push the price hike onto consumers (for OLED). It's also possible they don't want 4 SKUs when (or if) a pro is released. That's assuming this reporting is true.
They aren't able to meet demand for the OLED, but meeting the demand for the standard model is a different story. Specially in Europe, where Nintendo isn't super strong and the MRSP is the closest from the OLEDs.
IMO, they will prioritize shipping OLED to NA and Japan, and only send a small shipment to EU, with other regions not even receiving shipments this year. And in order to not plummet sales there as people would hold their purchases, they will make the standard model more attractive through pricing.
Once the holiday season shipments are manufactured and the OLED production is ironed out, they will discontinue the standard model so that people will not chose it over the OLED.
Switch 2 is definitely coming late 2022. I expect these prices when it hits -
Switch Lite - $200.
OG Switch - $250.
Switch OLED $350.
Switch 2 - $450.
Switch Lite - $200.
OG Switch - $250.
Switch OLED $350.
Switch 2 - $450.
The difference between Lite and OG will never just be 50 bucks.
Makes sense if their done making LCD Switches. Clear out stock and by January 2022 you can only buy an OLED Switch and a Switch Lite.
Considering the Lite isn't rumored to be getting drop here I'm unsure why you think that. That seems to be exactly what the rumor is pointing to.
You probably won't even be able to find lcd switches by that point
Not them, but the standard was already way more desired than the Lite when it was $100 more. If the standard gets a price drop, either the Lite is getting one too or the standard model is being discontinued soon.
Given the "(OLED model)" looks way more like a temporary clarification rather than being part of the name, I'm fairly sure it would be the later.
He is talking about late 2022, as ILikeFeet you are unlikely to find many LCD OG Switches.by that point anyway.
Besides that the Switch Lite would be way too unattractive if the regular Switch was just 50 more. That's never gonna be a thing.
Switch Next is not going to cost $450. $399 at maximum and I expect to be $349. Also, expect the Lite to receive a OLED sucessor.
Yeah I agree it's the latter.
Well still, the difference between the two probably for the next 6 months or so (until it's out of stock) will likely indeed be $50.
Actually it could be the other way around - since the OLED announcement, OG Switch sales have declined (we've definitely seen this at least in Japan where we get weekly numbers, from the very first week after the OLED announcement), and so Nintendo may be afraid they will have an even harder time "getting rid" of OG Switch stock once OLED comes out, hence a price cut to get rid of as much OG Switch stock they can now while the OLED is not out yet.
Just because you personally are disappointed with the OLED model it does not mean others are as well. Never ever base sales predictions on your personal feelings, it's not how it works. And this price cut has 100% nothing to do with OLED pre-orders.
It's the rumor you're disagreeing with, not me. We'll see what they announce come Monday but I wouldn't be surprised if the Lite price is dropped too, yeah.
I can't really see it in the near future, unless Nintendo introduces OLED Switch Lite
I feel like the Lite isn't going to get an OLED version anytime soon, if at all. People expect it because the OLED screen is supposed to enhance the portable experience but... that's literally the point of the OLED hybrid model. Its goal is to upsell Lite owners. Launching an OLED Lite at a much lower price point completely contradicts that strategy.
Fair point. But to think i am the sole person whith that feeling seems very unrealistic to me.
Being 100% certain of something based on a rumor seems unrealistic aswell.
The hybrid model has stock issues in the US but in Europe and Japan I believe it's fairly easy to find. No idea about other regions.
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I never meant to say it's probably only for Europe tho. It's likely a worldwide thing.
Its more like this:
Switch Lite - $200
OG Switch - disconnected
Switch OLED $300
Switch 2 $399 (2023.)
This would make no sense considering the OLED is coming within a few months. Why undercut your own model when people were already mad that it has minimal improvements for $50 more. You really want to make the gap wider?
The people who were mad are really non factors here considering preorders for the OLED model sold out extremely quickly in most regions.
The end goal here is to replace the og hybrid model with the new OLED model, discontinuing the old one.
get that $50 more revenue per unit at first.
Then discontinued the first hybrid and lower OLED to $300, instead of dropping OG to $200 or $250 keeping the revenue stream steady.
If they wanted to do that, I don't see why it would be done now. It would make more sense to do this during Holiday if they are planning on doing it before already. I don't feel like the OLED model has been selling out like crazy either, just based on antidotal evidence of stock accounts I follow
They are clearing stock of the current model. The OLED model, which is a no brainer for 50€ more, is going to replace it as the base Switch very quickly.
These two models were never going to coexist together on the market for a long period of time.
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