Nintendo president essentially confirms Switch is a handheld

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Xen said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

And all of that hinges on whether we call it a console or a handheld?

Other way around. The whole debate exists because there is so much uncertainty around which it really is.

You saw the commercial right? It shows what the Switch does. The hook is in the name. Everyone knows what it is. We don't know battery life or library or resolution but we know what the system does. Why would labeling it "console" or "handheld" change anything? If I called Switch a "baked potato" would it suddenly gain or lose third-party support? Would it miraculously grow a second screen?