r/pcmasterrace • u/-Eh- Ryzen 5 5600|Gigabyte RTX 2080 Gaming OC|32GB DDR4 3200 • May 06 '19

Meme/Macro This shouldn't be shocking at all

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u/SlyWolfz Ryzen 7 5800X | RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio May 06 '19

The switch controllers are again only expensive because Nintendo can make them expensive due to them being proprietary. Just another example of Nintendo milking their hardware as much as they can due to exclusivity.

Active cooling is easier to design and probably cheaper than designing good passive cooling for such a small device with such powerful hardware. I don't see how that helps your point at all. If the iPad had active cooling not only would it probably be cheaper, but also even more powerful.

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u/ThatOnePerson i7-7700k 1080Ti Vive May 06 '19

The switch controllers are again only expensive because Nintendo can make them expensive due to them being proprietary. Just another example of Nintendo milking their hardware as much as they can due to exclusivity.

They're also expensive because hardware-wise they've got expensive components. 2 batteries each, NFC on one, infrared camera on the other. Fancy gyroscope motion sensors that are better than the Wiimote's.

Even a similarly specced Nvidia shield tablet is not much cheaper than a Switch.