Nintendo president essentially confirms Switch is a handheld

[Landguy]

Kwaidd said:

spemanig said:
That's not how I read that at all. He's saying that he's confident people won't mistake Switch for a 3DS successor, because it isn't. It's a portable home console. Nintendo's official statement on the matter is that it's a home gaming system. One that is portable.

Spot on.  this kids, is what happens when you pay attention and have a firm grasp on reality

Sorry, but you are both wrong.  You guys and many others in this thread are using marketing speak and confusing it with the bottom line.  When presidents of companies are talking to investors, the bullshit is mostly dropped and they use actual information.  This article and the actual company release say the same thing.  They use direct comparisons for sales to the 3ds and use them as projections.  It's not really much to speak to after that.  If they had made comparisons to WiiU sales or XB1/PS4 sales, you would know what they think there product category is.  But, they didn't do that.  THey comped it to the 3ds themselves.

That is reality kid...