I saw it coming.... what I didn't see coming though was the nerfing. At the very least they could have just let you connect a cable to it and that cable to your TV.

I personally expected them to keep the NS general FF but just take ou the dock and replace that with a cable. That way its feature identical with the original NS as opposed to what they have done here. Strange choice.

Right now,its a switch that doesn't switch.

If this had been released at the same time as the actual switch I would’ve bought one over the switch at launch without question, but not sure I’ll bother for now. Vastly improved battery life might’ve sold me on it. I mainly play my switch in handheld mode and I don’t like the ‘wonky’ feel of the joy-cons when attached so a single solid device without removable bits is a plus as well. And I like the d-pad...yet I do like the option of playing on my tv with the pro controller as well. Some games are more suited to a big screen imo. I’m not holding out for the supposed pro model or anything but I would like to see a new switch with a few enhancements like slightly larger screen and aforementioned battery life improved more than an hour or so...so I’ll most likely pass for now but if I hadn’t bought a switch already I’d snap one up. I can definately see the appeal and think it’ll be a huge success.

No interest from me, but i'm sure that there are people that'll buy it. I mostly play mine hooked up to my tv, with a Pro controller.

Love the look of it and excellent idea for those that enjoy the handheld gaming life.

I will never buy one to replace my original Switch, but I can see myself buying one as a secondary Switch just for fun.

I'm actually surprised that Nintendo didn't instead make a home console version like the Vita TV. But maybe they will after this. I'm certain there wont be a Switch Pro.

I don't think it's such a bad idea, though it does negate the whole idea of the "Switch". As a current Switch owner, there is no reason for me to buy one. It is just the same thing, but less functional.

I think it's a great idea. The only thing to really improve is give it a longer battery life.

Not sure if/when I will buy one. My daughter and I both play our Switch, mostly docked. If she really wants her own handheld, then I will likely get her one in the future.

Its basically a worse PSP with much better games support.

It won't necessarily only be 3 hours. At least it's a little bit better battery life. Here's an article saying that BotW will last 3 hours on Switch and 4 hours on Lite: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/07/10/nintendo-switch-lite-longer-battery-life-switch/

I think it's a good idea if there are a lot of people that just want to use it handheld, and I know there are, as multiple surveys have shown that the original Switch had about as many exclusively home console users as exclusively handheld users, with most using both form factors. Japan especially will probably love this version. That said it's not really for me. I'm thinking about maybe getting one for my girlfriend, though, as she can certainly play on my Switch but might appreciate having one of her own. If you want to have multiple Switches in a single household, this is a decent way to finance that, as you can have a "family" Switch of the flagship version, and multiple "kid" Switches of the Lite version for each kid. Hopefully they interconnect really well. I haven't ever actually tried to connect my Switch with another one, but you can use multiple Switches for local multiplayer so the Lite might be useful for that sort of play. The flagship Switch will be the one broken out at parties, while the Lite will be the one that's easy to carry around with you when you know it'll just be you or someone else with a Switch that you want to connect with for a quick multiplayer match.

Awful and no interest.

I said this on the VGC news article and everyone hated me for it.