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Nintendo won't be giving us official details on pricing, launch games and release dates for the Nintendo Switch until January but that doesn't mean we won't continue to hear whispers of what is coming beforehand. Many of the Switch's features were known of way ahead of time and it seems that leakers are continuing to push out early information with reports this week claiming that the console will have a launch price as low as £199 here in the UK.
According to a report over on letsplayvideogames, which has been an accurate source of Switch information in the past, UK retailer GAME will be stocking two configurations of the Switch in 2017, one priced at £199 and another priced at £249.
It is important to note that these aren't Retail Recommended Prices as Nintendo does not set an RRP here in the UK. However, according to the report's two anonymous sources, these are the prices that GAME is planning to run with in the UK.
The £199.99 will be the base unit with an unspecified amount of storage and no bundled extras. Meanwhile, the £249 bundle will have more internal storage and a bundled game, though the included game has yet to be confirmed. This pricing ties in with what UK retailers were saying earlier this year, when several of them voiced the opinion that a sub £200 price point would be necessary for the console to succeed.
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KitGuru Says: If the Nintendo Switch really does end up launching at just £199.99, then I can see many people deciding to grab one fairly early on, even those who perhaps already own a current generation system. Do you guys think this would be a good launch price for the Nintendo Switch?
” If the Nintendo Switch really
does end up launching at just £199.99, then I can see many people
deciding to grab one fairly early on, even those who perhaps already own
a current generation system.”
I got to ask what you meant by this are you referring to that the the current generation systems will have less power? From what I have heard the new switch will still be under powered by current gen consoles standards. It will have some nifty features mind you that will make it stand out from the crowd but high performance is most likely not one of those features I don’t think.
I think its high performance for how portable it is. If they manage to double the performance of the Tegra X1 then it might be decently competitive.