They really want to sell more than one Switch for family mindset as soon as possible. Maybe releated to Pokemon and Smash?

Atlus mostly strikes me as very slow to move over to "next gen" consoles.  They must be annoying as hell to the console makers.  The big 3 try to sell their shiny new consoles right after release and then Atlus comes along and releases great games on the "last gen" stuff.

Since day one you were able to sell the Switch dock for $50 or more: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=switch+dock&_sacat=0&Brand=Nintendo&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

So if you wanted to save the $50 because you don't like/need the TV mode you just had to find someone who wanted an additional dock (multiple TVs in the house, only one Switch).

Well it's pretty obvious at this point that the Switch was designed to be a handheld first and foremost, and I don't think anyone can possibly argue otherwise with a straight face after the contents of the Switch w/Dock version favored handheld mode, and this new dock-free one clearly does too.

I'm also not really buying the whole "it's meant for households that already have a Switch" nonsense, unless you want to argue that Nintendo only meant for Japanese DS owners to buy a 3DS since that didn't come with an AC adapter and couldn't be charged out of the box either. It's just Nintendo's classic nickle and diming antics.

An alternative would be to buy the full set and sell everything except tablet and joy-cons. Still 199$ is the magic price for a handheld and I expect that price for a basic set next year.

I don't understand what you are arguing, because you change your stance from one post to the next.  In one post, you are saying that handheld only gamers are the ones that are going to buy this.  Yet, in a later post, you complain that the Dock and HDMI cable are not included.  What does a person who has no intention of docking to a tv need with the dock or HDMI cable?  Who is being suckered?  If someone wants all of those things, that is the standard model being sold everywhere.  When the separate dock began being sold by itself, did you also complain that anyone who bought it was being suckered because it didn't actually come with a Switch?

Lol, yes, my point exactly.  I bet that PS4 game will come out right after the PS5 is released.

I've had a Switch since launch.  I take it everywhere and dock it everytime I'm home.  No scratches.  I've also never scratched the screen of any of my cell phones, but a friend of mine has completely cracked the screen on several of his.  You can't cover the world in nerf material just because certain people are prone to scratch/break things no matter what.

That was an obvious way to make it cheaper fast. Probably will improve sales as well, be it as secondary Switch on a household or to someone that doesn't care much about playing on TV and have a charger or don't mind buying one since it is cheap.
I guess this would also increase WW sales.
But is it now HH?

It’s so far only being sold from the My Nintendo store and they apparently mentioned that’s it’s aimed towards households with a Switch already. Nintendo even has stated that they wanted multiple people in households to have a Switch, not just having multiple households with a Switch.