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RolStoppable said:

Google searches bring up results where Piscatella calls Switch a hybrid console, so a console that is in the home and handheld market at the same time. Remember what our claims have been.

Mine: Switch is the successor to both the Wii U and 3DS, so it's in the home console and handheld market.
Yours: Switch does not compete in the home console market.

I have not made an appeal to authority, so the NPD Group's stance is not a confirmation for my claim, but rather it does not contradict my claim. I had rejected the assertion that the industry gets to dictate what is what, because they are inconsistent among themselves.

You, however, made an appeal to authority and the NPD Group which you cited contradicts your claim. You can argue that there is ambiguity all you want, but it's clear that the NPD Group does not support your claim.

Let's get this out of the way, rol ... 

Mat Piscatella =/= NPD Group 

Nearly all of the google searches turned out negative because of article writer reporting ... (this is probably why you can't point out to a solid source for this)

I've only ever seen Mat short of inferring the Switch as a hybrid once in a personal forum post on an account that's been long since deleted. I've seen ZERO NPD reports that makes such a clear distinction and even when Mat speaks during press release on behalf of the NPD Group, he's NEVER publicly set record straight on what they classify the Switch to be ... (they likely never will either)

I'm still waiting for you to somehow prove that the Switch is 9th gen and somehow "blue ocean" instead of a regular monopoly but as always with your exceptionalist stance with Nintendo, another symptom derived from it which is deflection ...