Wii U made more than smart devices? am I reading this right?

What are the components that Apple are using that Switch also uses and not used by other manufacturers? Everything in the Switch is pretty standard from the nand memory, vibration motors etc and used across a wide range of devices all of which are being supplied normally as far as I know. Considering Switch pricing they surely rank quite highly in how much they are prepared to pay for components which many price critical manufacturer's couldn't compete with. Just seems like an excuse to put the blame elsewhere or somehow connect Switch product quality with Apple. I suspect its more about Nintendo being conservative with numbers until they are sure demand is there for Switch. They went over the top with wii u producing a huge number of consoles that took a very long time to sell, that was money doing nothing sitting on inventory and prevented benefitting from falling component prices. Even some of the special editions of wii u appeared to be reworked and repackaged older stock. So this time they were being conservative which is not about creating artificial lack of supply but not getting burned by having more inventory than they can move in a timely fashion. 

For a March launch at a fairly high price for a low performance console it has done extremely well, I'd be surprised if Nintendo expected those numbers although I'm sure they would have hoped for them.

Because it's still profitable. That's why. Nintendo "fans" who think the 3DS needs to be dropped because the new system came out don't remember how Nintendo treats their handhelds. This is all standard, they support their handhelds for a couple years after the fact. Just because the Wii U was a failed abortion of a system and Nintendo threw it in the trash as soon as they could doesn't mean they do that with their other systems. Plus with short supply of the Switch, it'd be good to have a back up system in place to make profit for them on the side as Switch supply ramps up

I mean! did we need a thread about this?

Isn't this the only reason?

or someone else thought it was because they like to play games on a small screen?

Pokemon Sun and Moon sold a lot. That really helps the platform. I don't see why so many people think the updated versions of Sun and Moon were coming to Switch. Nintendo was wise to stick to the platform with the large install base.
Mark my words, the eighth generation of Pokemon (which will probably come out in 2019) will sell very well. It will only help the Switch's sales.
However, Nintendo does need to drop the 3DS relatively soon. It would be ridiculous and harmful for the Switch if the 3DS still had first party games coming out in 2020, for example.

Actually, with the FY, it would have been less than a month I believe.

Does Nintendo still make playing cards?

I don't care why they are doing I'm just glad they are supporting it with a metroid game

Nintendo is a rather conservative company, so I guess that's why they don't include their cards in 'other'.

3DS is still selling good and has huge instal base, regardless Switch, its very important that 3DS has low price point compared to Switch.
But it will be intresting to see sales of 3DS next year, I dont buy this "2018 and beyond support", I dont see any 3DS Nintendo support after 2018. even now suport is done buy external teams outside Nintendo in most cases.