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    I find it amusing how much discussion there is around the price of this when it only ships to like 1/4th of the world. If it would be available in stores like nintendo, I doubt people there would be much issue regarding high price.

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      If it would be available in stores like nintendo, I doubt people there would be much issue regarding high price.

      Depends. I still remember when the PS4 price was unveiled in Brazil. Back then, it cost the equivalent of ~1700 dollars

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      That’s the first batch, if it will get traction it will be shipped to the rest of the world in no time

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        Steamdeck still hasn’t been available in many places :( let’s hope. With how pc prices are looking, I just want a decent console that can run my steam library and minecraft.

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      Im not sure I follow your logic. What would shipping location have to do with complaints about price?

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        That most of the world isn’t even going to have access to it, no matter the price. Could be imported but that’s not cheap and no warranty on a custom built is terrible.

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          That most of the world isn’t even going to have access to it, no matter the price.

          What relevance is this to how the price is recieved?

          More than that, it is probably the case that excluding china (because of tight government control), that 1/4th probably covers 4/5ths of the reachable customers for this device.

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            Reddit and lemmy claimed Switch 2 would fail when the prices were revealed. Having your console in stores plays a role here. What’s truly irrelevant here is reddit/lemmy 's reactions.

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              Reddit and lemmy claimed Switch 2 would fail when the prices were revealed.

              This is just not true. You must have used some pretty extreme confirmation bias to garner that this was the consensus opinion just so you could feel superior at a later date.

              Having your console in stores plays a role here.

              What is that role and how is that connected to the first thing they said; the thing I am questioning the most about the relevance of not having complete market coverage?