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Zkuq on 24 October 2016
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V-r0cK said:
Zkuq said:
People seem to be really keen on forgetting that Nintendo stated that Switch is a home console. Yes, it also acts as a portable console, but it's designed as a home console and as such, it would probably be wise to assume it won't be treated as a portable. 3DS has sold a good bit and it's far from dead, so I'm expecting Nintendo to still continue releasing handhelds. They won't stop after a successful device, they'll stop after an unsuccessful one. Besides, Switch is too big for a lot of things you could use a handheld for.

...and yet their very own NS trailer shows it as a handheld 95% of the time.  Who are they fooling if their own trailer shows it more as a handheld than a home console.

Until Nintendo can confirm if the Switch's dock provides additional horsepower to enhance the 'home console' experience, the Switch we currently know is nothing more than a portable device that can connect to a TV.  

It's currently doing the exact same feature as the PSP Go with it's dock.  It's like hooking up a laptop up to a monitor and using a KB/M, you're not going to call it a desktop just cause you hooked it up to a monitor, its still a laptop. 

Obviously they want to show off what makes it different. They'd be stupid not to. And I agree that technically it's a portable, but I wouldn't expect it to get treated like one - at least right away. They'll treat it as a home console for a good while, I'm sure.