Yeah I don't get why you think it will fail so miserably. The Switch is very obviously the successor to both the Wii U and the 3DS, It's a console that doubles as a portable, how is this not clear?? Of course Nintendo is gonna try to say Switch and 3DS will live alongside each other, they still want to sell the 3DS!! Didn't they say the same thing when talking about a 3 system strategy when they tried to say the DS and GBA would sell together with the console (or was it 3DS and DS?).

Two years from now 3DS sales should be dead and Nintendo should be able to sell perhaps a slightly smaller version of the Switch for under $200, picking up the handheld only people. With a release of a full fledged Pokemon game around then the Switch will start eating up their traditional handheld crowd.

As has been said, the Wii U + 3DS market is currently ~80 million and will be over 90 million by the time the 3DS is done selling. There is NO other handheld out or probably coming out anytime soon to compete for the 3DS market (and that's not even including the 15 million PSVita market). And it is pretty clear the Switch is going to be a lot more popular with console gamers than the Wii U, so the Switch selling the combined Wii U + 3DS market of ~90 million is a pretty good bet, give or take let's say 20 million. Saying it's gonna sell 20-25 million just honestly feels like trolling.

The vision and reality are always different. I trust more the claims of today than the hopes of yesterday.

Maybe we're talking about different things. I was referring to the fact that the WiiU was designed not only to deliver an innovative experience (2-screen gameplay and all the sensors, etc.) but also to cater to the HD market the PS3 and X360 were dominating. That double strategy seemed to be a better concept than the Wii (which won the previous generation with only 37% of the market share, because it was out of the HD experience). As a result, the WiiU's beginning had several top-quality HD titles from 3rd parties (that's what I meant by a better software output).

Switch is even better, once it has a more powerful machine that is also closer to the PC architecture, while keeping the previous innovations (sensors from the Wii and 2-screen gameplay from the WiiU) and going even further (with the different portable experiences). As a result, it's getting 3rd party titles that the previous Nintendo consoles didn't get.

Switch is walking the same path WiiU did and I see nothing but the same fate.

from a 1st party standpoint it seems like Nintendo has something roughly every 1.5 months this year.

Early March-Breath of the Wild & 1,2 Switch

Late April-Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mid June-ARMS

Late July-Splatoon 2

September-Fire Emblem Warriors

November-Super Mario Odyssey

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is also slated for 2017 but I could see it being pushed back to 2018. But to counter that I almost gaurantee Nintendo has 1-2 surprises for this fall to be announced at E3, probably Smash Bros Deluxe and perhaps a medium sized game similar in scope to Captain Toad or something.

If Nintendo can keep a similar output going forward of 2 big 1st party releases every quarter along with a handful of small-medium sized indie, Japanese & kid/family titles in between and the occasional mainstream western title than it will have a solid flow of releases to keep momentum going.

is there a reason you ignored the other 3 paragraphs?

the claims of today do not contradict their vision from 2014/2015. stating that they are looking into ways to appeal to handheld gamers, that they arent working on a 3DS successor at the moment and that 3DS can coexist with Switch at the moment do not in any way, shape or form disprove that Nintendo has created a single unified platform going forward.

Wii had great marketing, an easy to understand concept that made gaming more accessible & had a steady flow of unique software.

Wii U had terrible marketing, a poor concept revolving around getting ports and had constant droughts.

Switch so far has great marketing, an easy to understand concept and has a steady flow of unique software.

Im not saying Switch will sell like Wii, im just saying in terms of marketing, design & software it shares much more in common with Wii than with Wii U.

Zelda, 1-2 Switch, Bomberman, Dragon Quest, Puyo Puyo and Just Dance are the 6 NS best sellers at the moment. That's definitely not a console havily marketed to adult males. Even the WiiU had ZombiU as a launch game (how is that more marketed to kids?).

I'm very busy these days, I have very little time to answer and I focus on what I believe it's worth arguing. I don't mean to ignore any of your comments.

Battery life can be improved and revisions do appear, but it's not that simple. If it was, PSP would have sold much more than DS. A console must be born with a purpose and stay laser-focused on its niche. X360 for example had a ton of wonderful arcade downloadable games. That was not its focus. Those games could not eat market share from the Wii's casual market. Same thing with PS3's Move (which was even better than Wii Motion). Switch is a home console and will always be seen as that. How many consoles do you know that have been able to change their marketing orientation along the way?

This claim does contradict the vision you talked about: "We are thinking of ways that we will be able to continue bringing portable gaming systems out".

What do you mean by great/terrible marketing? You're referring to what?

In my opinion, the WiiU had a good concept and it was easy to understand. In just a few words: 2-screen gameplay. The droughts came when PS4 and XOne appeared. Switch has a good concept but it's not as easy to understand. I had to see its initial trailer several times to fully comprehend it. And it will have droughts, believe me. When PS5 and Xbox 4 appear, they will make the same shadow to Switch that PS4 and XOne did to WiiU.