Nintendo: Switch is a home gaming system ‘first and foremost’

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Soundwave said:

Trunkin said:
Does this meanwe might see a Switch mini down the line? Weaker, smaller, and cheaper than the Switch, but still sharing some of the same library...

They can just wait for a 10nm or 7nm die shrink. Changing the chip would cause too many problems running older games, die shrinks allow for a smaller form factor naturally. It just takes time to happen. 

A mobile chip like this can typically be financially feasible to drop to 10nm earlier than a larger chip that is in the other consoles.

Samsung has already started mass production of 10nm SoC's via it's 10nm LPE process, 10nm LPP should be ready by early to middle of next year, which is when Nintendo might start considering it.

That's provided this console is a success though which will make such an endeavor financially viable.