$89.99 US DOLLARS $89.99 US DOLLARS $89.99 US DOLLARS When

It's OK when Nintendo does it :)

Damn, I have been a diehard nintendo defender (besides amiibo and fucking up paper mario) and this is just inexcusable even by my standards. I thought the joy-cons pricing was bad but this is prime jewery, where's your honorabu nipponese way gone, nintendo?

-_- what are u poor!?
Kekximus maximums

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>$89.99

>>379132107
this design is so fucking terrible. why does it need to be a taco shell? why not just make it something that holds the tablet at an angle?

>>379132107
>high quality USB-C charger
you should be grateful they aren't charging $100

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>>379132387

Sony did some very similar shit with the vitas/psp with their memory cards

I just don't understand why Nintendo would charge this much, the console is already becoming a huge success. if it was more affordable people would have it in more than 2 rooms guarantee and would encourage people to buy the system

>>379132701

didn't know this I thought it was their propriety version of mini hdmi

i wasn't happy when the Vita overpriced its memory cards, and i'm not happy that Nintendo is over-charging on all of the Switch accessories.

actually it's free and comes with the system

I'd rather 3d print my own dock that isn't designed like shit and put in my own ports from digikey for $5

>>379132107
>>379132629
To be fair who the fuck breaks their dock? You set it on a shelf and you occasionally insert the handheld portion of the device into it.

>>379133016
No, its standard USB-C.

>>379132107
>5.0 stars
>11 ratings
hmm..?

>>379133202
I can vividly imagine some retard child slamming their childs toy into the dock and breaking it so mommy and daddy have to fork out $89.99 to appease their tard baby

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>>379132629
>$1,599.00

>>379132107
>make a portable console
>Don't make a portable dock

I often take my switch to a friend's home and it sucks that I have to carry around the thing

>>379133016
>>379133018
I think there was probably some error in miscommunication between the higher ups and in the engineering team
>'So what does this do?'
>'It allows you to charge your Switch and play it on the TV?'
>'Does it make your Switch play any faster?'
>'Well technically yes, but it--'
>'Good--charge $90 for it and make it absolutely necessary to play on TV's.'

Honestly, if it wasn't for Zelda and sheer, unfetid peer-pressure from a co-worker, I would have never bought this.

>>379133379
what the fuck?

>>379133489
its free tho

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>>379132107


If the dock was WAY better than the one that came with the switch, I would somewhat understand

If this separate dock had a shit load of usb ports or support wiiu pro controls if it did anything I would understand the price, but its literally the same box that came with the system...

>>379133379
u wot m8?

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>>379133338
>spending your hard earned shekels on anything (((Apple)))

>>379133309
>>379133202
It's not a replacement, it's so you can set it up with multiple TVs.

>>379133338
Why is there a breadboard on the right side of the motherboard?

>>379133586
Until it breaks
Shit happens
Realistically, it should only be $15-25. yet they're charging over two-thirds of the price of a brand new 2DS for it.

>>379133876
That's not a breadboard--that's a very crude heatsink.

>>379133923
>Realistically, it should only be $15-25
why? and how the fuck would you actually break it

>>379132414
I bet you got bated once into buying monster cables because those 24karat gold tips and xenon filled chords really made you think you were getting one over on the sales guy.

$60 if you order it from Nintendo.

>>379133923
don't forget this is the set with a usb ac adapter AND usb c to a cable. the dock itself is 30$ cheaper:P

>>379134228
doesnt come with ac adapter or hdmi cable

>>379134425
If you manage to break your dock, you already have those. A 15v USB-C adapter for power and HDMI cable are peanuts.

I am always shocked when I hear people, even here, sincerely defending Nintendo as "the good guys". They are every bit as scummy and money hungry as Sony, save your praise for a company that will at least give a moments pause when propositioned extra shekels that fuck over their loyal consumer base.

>>379132107
I'm not poor. 90 bucks is pocket money.

>>379134508
>They are every bit as scummy and money hungry as Sony,

um, no.

>>379132107
>Comes with charger and cable
So it's basically 60 dollars at the most

>>379134432
I got my 32GB one for $45 used. That was a pretty good deal honestly. People paid more for SSDs per GB for fucking years

>>379134432
And the Vita rightfully died in the west, in part because of that proprietary faggotry, so I'm not quite sure what you're getting at. If it was a runaway success then sure, that would be some bullshit and niggers supporting it would be total drones, like people who purchase Apple products.

>>379134432
>4 left
Is this the power of those so-nee ponies

>>379134753
>more than $1 per gig is a "pretty good deal"
Try again.

>>379134432
thank god the microSD adapters are almost here

>>379132107
Why do you need a second dock?

>>379134340
AC adapter is like $5
And cables is like $20
Everything bundled together shouldn't be more than $30-35 from that standpooint.
Even $50 is still reasonable.
>But $90 for something that simply charges and plays on the TV
>Can't even add external storage via the USB's

>>379134591
Please explain how
>3ds
>3ds xl
>2ds
>new 3ds
>new 3ds regular size
>new 2ds

>>379132107
I'm a big switch fanboy and even i'd rather just take 30 seconds to plug my dock in somewhere else than pay any more than $30 for a new one

>>379134824
What HDMI cable are you buying that costs $20?

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Reminder this is why there won't be any 3rd party docks and why the official one is so expensive.

Nintendo has a patent on the super complicated flowchart the dock uses, so no one else can replicate it and they get to charge a premium.

>>379134845
you only need to buy 1 anon, there are still people that use the regular 3ds to play games.

>>379134812
hope you got that specific model
and the money to pay for the 3.61+ games
and then for real games on any other machine

>>379134845
Buy em, or don't. They all have their merits

>>379134882
I'm talking about the USB-C cable, if it comes with one.
If not, you're right--$5 for an HDMI cable.

>>379132107
>It's a $2 adapter set in forty cents worth of plastic casing, with an adapter and a cable that together would cost at most $1 to mass produce.

It's just greed.

>>379134931
>hope you got that specific model
i do
>and the money to pay for the 3.61+ games
i'll wait until i can pirate those. it'll probably be just a little while after henkaku enso

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>>379132107

For a second I thought you posted a $90 Switch and was about to get on that, but then I actually clicked the pic. The fuck, Nintendo?

THIS

JESUS

>size=price
are you guys retarded?

>>379135094
>>379134913

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>>379132107
>see the thread
>see the thumbnail
>"shit time to buy switch for 90 bucks!"
>it's just a docking station

>>379134803
>$1.4/GB is outlandish for a propriety niche memory format
Not even close. I'm not saying I endorse it (since I didn't even give sony money for mine) but it is what it is. People used to pay almost $1/GB for SSDs as well, hell if you lived outside the US you paid way more than a dollar per GB. Shit sucks but if you want it you have to suck it up.

>>379134927
My complaint is how quickly Nintendo prolapses those new models out. At this point you have to be some sort of fucking idiot to get the first version of their handheld, because within a fucking year or so they release another model that is superior by most metrics. How about just release the good one first, but of course they won't because they want to nickel and dime people as hard as they can.

>>379133338
Isn't the rest for the battery? Those things last like 10 fucking hours.

>>379134803

Not that anon but this is how I know you've never owned a Vita. I got a 32GB once for $40 and I fucking celebrated, not because that price is competitive but god fucking damn, you aren't gonna find better than that. Being a Vita fan is suffering.

>>379135253
I just saw a Samsung ssd 500gb for 149. You're talking shit.

>>379135390
>used to
Glad to see you're not a smart one.

>>379135387
I got two 32 gb cards for ten bucks each.

It was magic.

>>379133183
Do it and post it on reddit for massive upvotes.

>>379135298
That's because they have to downclock the processor to nothing since it would overheat otherwise.

>>379135015
It just comes with the AC adapter and HDMI cable.

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>>379135390
Not him, but not that long ago you WERE paying nearly $1/gb for SSDs. You understand that the price of SSDs has been dropping for years now, right?

Do we need to show you how at one point sub 1GB HDDs were thousands of dollars?

>>379133183
Hope you can reverse engineer the proprietary converters they're using :^) better buy official Nintendo products or else they won't work.

>>379133202
way to miss the point of the image, retard

Where the hell are you paying so much for storage? You know there are other stores to buy electronics besides best buy right? You can get a 64gb microSD for like 29.99

>>379134821
Multiple setups

I have one on my bedroom and one in my living room

>>379135578
No, there is no point to it. You don't need a dock replacement. The price they sell it at is moot.

>>379135514
I of course wound up eating absolute shit when I went to get a 64 gb card though...

>>379133202
Unless this is also being offerred through Nintendo's repair website, this run of docks on store shelves right now is a limited run meant for lard asses who can't be assed to move their docks between tvs and middle class kids whose parents have joint custody.

>>379135627

I could never go there. I've had a 32 fail on me before. If a 64 kicked the bucket I'd commit sudoku.

>>379134432
At least the Switch actually comes with a dock (had to get a bundle to actually get a Vita memory card and even then they usually gave a shitty 4 gb one). But yeah, seems like a significant portion of the gaming internet is willing to give Nintendo a pass for things they'd crucify any other company for.

>>379135536
I understand and yes I know. I paid (my mom and dad paid) a shit ton of money for my first 512 mb drive. I just can't see how people think it's still okay to buy anything where $1=1gb.

>>379134432
Honestly if you're not buying these used you're dumb. You can get a 64GB for like 80 dollars, 70 if you're lucky.

>>379135989
It's almost like newer types of storage media and drives made at lower volume have higher costs associated with them...

>>379135071
They should release a switch package without the dock 80 bucks cheaper. But they surely will not do that because that's the reason they are getting so much money. Also I love Konata

>>379135989
If there's a limited amount, it's niche, and people are willing to spend that much of course they're going to charge that much because if you actually need it then you'll still buy it.

>>379135876
Like what?

>>379136163

Does the Switch charge without the dock? If it can then I'm on board. I'd only ever use that shit as a handheld anyways.

>>379134340
>:P

>>379135989
I still can't believe there are people that buy mac desktops, MacBooks, and iPhones but here we are. They keep buying them even though there are better looking, better specced, more reliable alternatives out there now for cheaper.

>>379136175
not him, but...

>Disc locked content as a norm behind one of the worst distribution systems for access ever conceived.

Is a big one.

Annualizing their handheld hardware with revisions was another.

Dropping the dpad for a gimmick most people won't use.

Their bass ackwards online setup for the switch is getting defended now...

>>379136412
The majority of amiibo shit does nothing to affect the game, and amiibo can be shared unlike traditional DLC.
>Their bass ackwards online setup for the switch is getting defended now...
>implying there aren't more people shitting on the online

>>379132107
To be fair, that also includes a beefy as fuck charger that might as well be proprietary

>>379136534
>Disc locked content behind several paywalls tied to physical items
>It's okay!

It's funny cause you asked what shit nintendo gets a pass for and you are defending it.

>have to spend another $300 if I want to play my PS4 in another room or somewhere else without having to unhook it each time

Fucking Sony!

>>379136534
Traditional DLC isn't typically on the game disc at launch, so...

>>379134845
Because each edition doesn't make the previous obsolete. They still play the same games, they still run the same updates, they still offer repairs on all of them and spare parts exist plentifully.

The only real argument would be that the N3DS series has exclusive games and virtual console stuff and doesn't need a circle pad pro or amiibo peripheral, but even then, it's only if the upgrades interest you that you'd buy multiple. Hardware revisions are done to sell to a wider market that have different wants or finances available. Nintendo certainly wouldn't mind if fans bought every revision just to have them, but they aren't who Nintendo is targetting the revisions towards.

Sony did the same thing with their consoles since at least the PS2 and PSP and Nintendo's been revising hardware since the NES and Gameboy. Not every release needs to cater to a specific demographic or be expected to be bought or rebought by them.

>>379136762
t. nintendo cucklord

>>379136715
I'd give anyone a pass if I could share DLC with friends on other platforms.

>>379136762
>$20 - $30 if you just buy a pstv, and then you can play vita, ps1 and psp games too.

>>379136913
>streaming your PS4 games

KEK

>>379136875
It's not DLC though, you aren't downloading anything, you are just having to buy something extra to get access to shit that's on the game.

You are making excuses for being sold a game in pieces.

>>379136762
Just use remote play nigger. I was playing Persona 5 on my PC because of that, although admittedly the input lag, at least in my case, is not so great. I certainly would not enjoy a faster game like Automata on that.

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>>379136843
>They still play the same games

>>379136843
>Because each edition doesn't make the previous obsolete. They still play the same games
New 3ds says hello.

>>379136997
Name one game where amiibo provide anything significant that isn't just cosmetic.

>>379133159
>Can't charge the joycons in the dock

this is stupid

>>379135537
>proprietary converters
You mean USB-C?

>>379136352
Yes you can charge the console without the dock.

>>379133379
How small is ur purse m80?

>>379136053
You're dumb if you buy these, used or not

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>>379133379
nigga u lying

>>379137128
Mario party 8 provides an entire new mode.

Shovel knight unlocks co op.

Splatoon amiibos unlock all of the extra missions which doubles the single player content.

Project steam amiibos unlock extra characters.

Fire emblem echoes unlocks a special dungeon.

Gunvolt unlocks the shovel knight fight.

Twilight princess has the Cave of Shadows.

Want me to keep going?

>>379137453
Sorry not 8, it was 10.

>Go to buy a console AUD
>350 for a ps4, 470 for a switch
>get completely dissuaded.

Also, is there any different between the slim ps4 and the original?

>>379137614
I want to know this too

the ps4 slim is like a 2/3 the price of the switch in my country plus it comes with games and a controller

>>379137692
>the ps4 slim is like a 2/3 the price of the switch in my country plus it comes with games and a controller

Serious? Here's it's just the same price as the switch anyway.

>>379137453
>Shovel knight unlocks co op.
timed exclusive if you cared

>>379133923
It's an active hdmi converter

>>379137614
I bought a ps4 slim with a game for about 55% of what a switch with a game would have cost me.

It wasn't a hard choice.

>>379132107
Seems reasonable

>>379137764
it's the ps4 500gb slim + a game of choice + controller and it's around 380$ dollars, switch is 540$ here

>>379137764
Where is that?

The thing has been effectively soft price dropped just about everywhere since last holiday.

>>379137354
Well still not as dumb as someone that bought a switch or Wii u.

>>379138271
I've only checked EB games and JB HI FI.

The 1TB has deals but is a hundred or so dollars.

I think i'll just wait till the 500gb slim gets a bit more scarce and pick one up. Plus I kinda wanna see what e3 has to offer.

>>379138502
>JB HI FI
Oh, you are in australia.

Yeah you guys are in pricing hell.

>>379135716
>you have to be fat/lazy to not prefer unhooking shit from the back of your tv regularly

>>379132107
Where I'm from this seems pretty cheap, Isn't this usually like $300++ - $400 dollars

>>379136412
Nintendo has been revising hardware since the beginning, same with them tacking on accessories. If anyone is coming into gaming surprised by this they must also be surprised everytime a new iPhone comes out or at the fact that for the third generation in a row there is a Slim version of a Playstation console. What do you expect from 30 years of doing the same thing?

>>379138903
For a glorified plug? Nah.

>>379138991
>Nintendo has been revising hardware since the beginning,
Never at the volume they did with the 3ds, and accessories are a bit different from instituting paywalls.

>>379137038
>>379137119
>reading comprehension doesn't extend past the first two sentences

>>379139268
to be fair, the first statement is blatantly false and essentially bait, and the second statement shows that you are totally aware that the first statement is false.

At best you were asking for people to call you retarded.

>>379138730
The only thing that hooks to the back of the TV is a non proprietary HDMI cable which most people are probably swimming in by now or can get a spare for $5. The dock and the Power cord are the only things that need to move. And even if you had to move the TV to get at the HDMI, is it worth it to pay $90 to avoid doing it than to just do it anyways and save the money for something worthwhile?

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>>379132107
This is exactly like the fucking gamecube component cables.
why the fuck do they have to do this proprietary bullshit AGAIN?
It took at least 10 years to break the code of the component cable and now they are selling 3d printed ones
God I hope someone quickly finds a way to hack this shit and BTFO nintendo

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>>379134913
>exactly the same shit they pulled with the gamecube component cable.
GOD DAMN IT

>>379138903
It's just a dock, not the system.

>>379139747
wait, there was proprietary bullshit with those component cables? how the fuck does that work

>>379140324
same way there's a proprietary lock on the switch's usb c to hdmi adapter.

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What games let me play as the GOAT?

>>379139623
You're letting the obstacle set up by Nintendo justify not needing to do it. The whole problem is that this shit should cost $15. Unless you're some psychopath, you prefer docking the switch wherever you are to unplugging and replugging the dock. The ONLY reason that slight luxury costs $90 is because nintendo said so, because fuck you.

>>379140519
Undertale

>>379139221
>Gameboy: 1989
>Gameboy Pocket: 1996
>Gameboy Light: 1998
>Gameboy Color: 1998
>Gameboy Advance: 2001
>Gameboy Advance SP (frontlit): 2003
>Nintendo DS: 2004
>Gameboy Advance SP (backlit): 2005
>Gameboy Micro: 2005
>Nintendo DS Lite: 2006
>Nintendo DSi: 2009
>Nintendo DSi XL: 2010
>Nintendo 3DS: 2011
>Nintendo 3DS XL: 2012
>Nintendo 2DS: 2013
>New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL (simul launch): 2015
>New 2DS XL: 2017

Barring the 7 years the Gameboy went without revision, the longest dry spell before a new handheld hardware release was 3 years, and most of the time Nintendo released hardware yearly. That is 17 hardware releases in 21 years. The GBA received 3 revisions in the 4 years it was relevant, with two in the same year. The gameboy color is the only release to not get a revision, and that's only if you consider it its own console and not a gameboy revision with exclusive software.

>>379133769
Bringing the dock to a different TV is still easier than hauling your ps4 or Xbox to a different tv.

>>379140549
Anons have already pieced together stuff that would do a similar job with cheap online Chinese parts. It came out to about $25-30 and that was without any power adapter.

>>379140984
Six versions of the 3ds in six years is a much more heavy and frequent release pattern than before, so, I guess thanks for proving me right.

>>379141193
Manufacturing uses the same shitty parts bought in bulk, below retail price. $15 was an exaggeration but that dock is definitely not $90 worth of parts. My computer case cost that and it does everything the switch dock does before it has breakfast.

>>379141387
The dock is $60. The bundle in OP's pic is $90 because it includes a power adapter which retails for $30.

>Expensive ass dock
>Doesn't even include the LAN adapter built in.

>>379133202
that is in no way an excuse