Nintendo Is Displaying Hubris Which Would Make Even PS3 Era Sony Blush

PlayStation infamously reached peak hubris when creator Ken Kutaragi implied consumers will want to work longer hours to afford a PS3.

The system, which launched at $599, was considered extortionately expensive at the time.

The firm was ultimately humbled by the market, and while it’s made many missteps since – including releasing the PS5 Pro for the even more expensive $699 – it’s never acted quite as arrogantly in the media again.

Ex-Xbox boss Don Mattrick would eventually take up the mantle prior to the release of the Xbox One, when he was quizzed about the new console’s always online connectivity requirements.

“Fortunately we have a product for people who are unable to get any form of connectivity,” he said. “It’s called Xbox 360.”

And now it seems it’s Nintendo’s turn to completely lose touch with reality.

“We recognise there are some people that may not be able to afford [the Switch 2’s] price point,” Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser told CBC.

“That’s why we wanted to make the other Switch platforms available, so [people] still have an opportunity to come into our gaming universe, be a part of these characters in these worlds, and see value, if you will, in whatever rung of the platform they come in.”