So Matthew how would making the Switch smaller lower the price from around above £200 to only £100?
The switch mini will represent the price drop in the switch, but that drop isn't magical, it is going to lose you two or three pieces of the switch (this depends on the costs.)
so let's do the maths.
Switch Dock - $59.99
HDMI Cable - $7.99
Joycon Grip - $19.99
AC Adapter - $29.99
JoyCon - $79.99
This all together is $197.95
That leaves the actual switch itself, with nothing else, being worth $101.05
now obviously this is the pricing altogether is based on the original switch box, so, now we need to keep some things in mind.
The Joycons cost so much because they each hold a lithium ion battery, bluetooth connectivity, and that IR crap that no one will ever use, guaranteed.
Keeping that in mind I think it's fair that the controls being added on to the base switch technology will bump it up only about fifty bucks.
$151.05
Now you NEED the ac adapter, so that's another $29.99 (i'm going to semi-round up to match it to a market price.)
$185.99
Now, you could just sell this alone, and I'm sure it would do it just fine, but that leaves out the dock, the hdmi cable, and the now required Pro Controller. (yes it works with joycon, but why wouldn't you just get a pro controller?)
Now lets do something like the Wii U, in which we have a Basic Bundle and a Deluxe Bundle.
Basic Bundle - $185.99
Switch Mini
AC Adapter
Deluxe Bundle - $259.99 - $279.99 (Despite actual pricing, I think Nintendo would allow for a price drop considering two things, the switch's popularity, and it's just standard practice.)
Switch Mini
AC Adapter
Switch Dock
HDMI Cable
Pro Controller
Now of course, I believe the basic bundle would sell a stuff ton more then the deluxe bundle.
otherwise this is just some math and maybe a little bit of dreaming.
I explained my reasoning with the basic bundle, but with the deluxe bundle, I think nintendo might do a price drop to keep the base large, console companies sell their systems at a losss and make their money back with the games.
Now the deluxe bundle could very well be $299 as well.
But the basic bundle was done through basic maths, so thats acurate, but you also get less.
