On the subject of price Nintendo do what they think the market will allow. Wii was probably intended to be their conventional $199, but they saw the reaction Wii Sports was getting and bumped it to $249.
3DS they thought they could get away with a high price but got it wrong and corrected.
Wii U was just a fucking mess all around, everything was wrong and short of a fire-sale nothing was going to change that.
Switch they've come in high and it's worked, if the hardware and the software are compelling people will pay for it. This leaves room for price-cuts as well.
I don't really expect them to blow their load with Pokemon this year despite the rumours, so I expect it next year accompanied with a price cut to make it a bit more affordable and drive hardware sales as much as possible. That could send the system into overdrive.
3DS they thought they could get away with a high price but got it wrong and corrected.
Wii U was just a fucking mess all around, everything was wrong and short of a fire-sale nothing was going to change that.
Switch they've come in high and it's worked, if the hardware and the software are compelling people will pay for it. This leaves room for price-cuts as well.
I don't really expect them to blow their load with Pokemon this year despite the rumours, so I expect it next year accompanied with a price cut to make it a bit more affordable and drive hardware sales as much as possible. That could send the system into overdrive.