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It’s official: No Nintendo console has lasted as long as Switch without being replaced
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this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2024
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I'm not sure the NES was affordable per se. On release, it cost about $500 in today's money. And then you had to buy games at extra cost. In a world where you could go to an arcade with your pocket money and have a decent amount of fun, I don't think it was a great value proposition in the eyes of many.
this is a good point. funny how we got the prices down and then they ended up right back where they started! Well...for everyone except Nintendo, but who knows? Maybe this successor will come with an "inflation" induced price increase?