Nintendo on Thursday announced the Nintendo Switch handheld gaming console, its long-awaited successor to the poorly received Wii 2. The $300 Switch will hit the streets March 3. Purchasers will get the console, two Joy-Con controllers, a Joy-Con Grip, a set of Joy-Con wrist straps, a Nintendo Switch dock, an HDMI cable and an AC adapter. The Switch has a 6.2-inch capacitive multitouch screen and a kickstand. The Switch can be used as an independent handheld player. Battery life ranges from 2.5 to 6 hours.
I read somewhere that many Xbox and Playstation owners use their consoles for streaming video and don't really game all that much on them. My concern for Nintendo Switch is that it lacks a good selection of titles, lacks backwards compatibility, and it lacks streaming content services. All of these puts a damper on what it does to move Nintendo in a new direction for its console. Maybe this can satisfy a need for a kid console but I doubt many adults will find it worthy of the $299 price tag compared to the other two. Seems to me that the price tag drop significantly on the Wii too shortly after release. I'm thinking a $250 cap in order to move this console and more likely under $230 if they want to sell a lot of them. Unless a lot of titles support the features rather than refresh a old game. I don't see this console taking off real soon.
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Nintendo Banks on Switch Hit
Posted by: Richard Adhikari January 14, 2017 10:40 AMNintendo on Thursday announced the Nintendo Switch handheld gaming console, its long-awaited successor to the poorly received Wii 2. The $300 Switch will hit the streets March 3. Purchasers will get the console, two Joy-Con controllers, a Joy-Con Grip, a set of Joy-Con wrist straps, a Nintendo Switch dock, an HDMI cable and an AC adapter. The Switch has a 6.2-inch capacitive multitouch screen and a kickstand. The Switch can be used as an independent handheld player. Battery life ranges from 2.5 to 6 hours.