Nintendo Switch Event: How, When And Where To Watch It Live [Video]
Nintendo will fully reveal its next home console, the Nintendo Switch, during a live stream. Nintendo Switch price and release date to be announced by the company at an event. That hasn't stopped the Nintendo World Store, its retail arm, from announcing that pre-orders for the console will begin on January 13 at 9am EST and 7:30pm IST at its New York outlet.
This comes just after retailers across the world have already listed the console for pre-order including GameStop's Italy and US branches as well as UK's Gameseek and Australia's EB Games. Moreover, the Nintendo World New York's official Twitter account states that quantities will be in limited supply. No surprise given how tough it is to acquire a NES Classic.
The Nintendo consoles general are painful to get during their launch window. Even the Wii U was hard to find. And it is also possible that the Switch will follow the same trajectory. For the price of Switch, earlier in the week, Japanese financial publication Nikkei has claimed that the price of the Nintendo Switch will be JPY 25,000. Despite a direct currency conversion pegging the US price at around $213, it should end up being $250, reports NDTV.
The reason for this is the price of Nintendo's previous consoles. At launch, the Wii was for JPY 25,000 (around $213) in Japan with the US price being $250. The reason for the difference is because the Japanese edition of the Wii did not include any bundled games while the US version did.
In the past Nikkei has also reported that Nintendo stopped production of the Wii U that the company strongly denied despite it being true. This latest report is in line with previous ones, which are suggesting a similar price point.
Nintendo is hosting a big live-streamed event for the Switch on Thursday, January 12th, at 11PM ET. This is where we expect to learn details about the new console that includes its launch lineup and potential compatibility with Nintendo's existing hardware.
There are three places around the web that will be hosting the live stream, you can go to the official site, but other streams will also be available on Twitch and YouTube. If viewers want the best chance of seeing the stream from beginning to end, they might want to opt for the Twitch or YouTube streams as these sites are designed to handle the immense load that comes along with a lot of viewers.
