Nintendo president essentially confirms Switch is a handheld

[DonFerrari]

Miyamotoo said:

Landguy said:

THere have been a few threads about Nintendo's announcement about selling 2 million Switchs in March.

The real bit of info is that Nintendo itself believes that it is comparable to the 3ds, not the WiiU.  

So in reference to sales -

Nintendo CEO said he is confident that "consumers would understand that [the Switch] would be different from 3DS." That said, Nintendo will continue to produce and support the 3DS for the time being rather than immediately letting the Switch serve as a replacement, Kimishima said.

 

I think the debate about console or handheld has been decided...

 

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/10/nintendo-pins-financial-hopes-on-selling-2-million-switch-consoles-at-launch/

You have some huge assumptions here, he comparing Switch with 3DS only because 3DS is still selling and Switch can be used like real handheld too, he didnt said that Switch is only handheld or that isnt hybrid or console.

 

Here you go one very clear statement about what Switch is from Kimishima without any assumptions:

"Nintendo Switch is a home console-type video game

system that can be played at home or on the go. You

can take the system away from your TV and play

anywhere, alone or with friends. We are bringing this

unprecedented entertainment experience to fan".

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2016/161027_2e.pdf

WiiU is still selling as well, just poorly... and No one understood yet how it's more of a home console-type that you take on the go instead of a handheld that you connect to TV.