So Nintendo officially quit console gaming. Switch is a handheld system

[teigaga]

Boberkun said:

Volterra_90 said:
If there's a graphical improvement when you plug the device on the TV, I wouldn't call it a handheld system. Maybe the dock provides the extra power to run the device fully clocked. So that would be actually a home console with a portable mode.

Nintendo confirmed it's not.

Technically Nintendo did not ;)

 "The dock is not the main console unit of Nintendo Switch. The main unit of Nintendo Switch is the unit that has the LCD screen, which the two Joy-Con controllers can be attached to and detached from. The main function of the Nintendo Switch Dock is to provide an output to the TV, as well as charging and providing power to the system."

 

Note how charging and Providing power are different statements. A scenario where the docked system consumes more power and outputs higher performance is not out of the question.