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Soundwave said:
Conina said:

Then it will fail as a portable handheld. 400 gram would be barely tolerable.

Yet more people carry around iPads and Microsoft Surface and Samsung tablets that sell several times more than 3DS or Vita in the last 5 years. 

The 3DS/Vita sold maybe 10-11 million combined last year, tablets sold almost 250 million. 

Handheld enthusiasts may grumble about but I think the actual real general public has no problem with tablet sized/weight devices. 

Most 10'' tablets also weight less than 500 gram and most 7 - 8'' tablets weight less than 400 gram. Also the weight distribution of a tablet and a handheld are quite different.

My ancient iPad 1 3G with 730 gram felt a lot lighter than the 600 gram Nvidia Shield handheld, that felt like a brick.