Does the Switch dock even need a gpu/cpu in the dock to boost performance?

[Pyro as Bill]

I don't think the dock will give it extra power. It will allow it to run at full power. Similar to a laptop on battery v wall socket.

If it's just a fan/hdmi then it will be cheap enough to have one in each room so the console can be played on any TV without any/much setup.

Soundwave said:
It's possible but there doesn't look like there is any kind of slot on the bottom side. There is however (interestingly enough) what appears to be a USB Type C slot on the bottom. That's not bad.

The fan is probably in the unit itself.

2 x USB 2.0 and a USB 3.0

Could allow the possibility of an external gpu later down the line. The NS could act as CPU for another completely new console with a large portion of the cost already absorbed.