So what was the super secret NX feature Nintendo didn't want anyone to copy?

[KBG29]

mutantsushi said:

KBG29 said:

Here is one thing to consider. Every Switch does not have to be sold with the base Unit.
The Base unit can be a bundle item, with additional Switches being sold seperate.

Yeah, alot of people seem to imagine something like that.  I don't think it actually makes sense.
Because any gaming device needs a way to be powered, a charger.
That is the largest component of the base unit, other than that it's just some pass-thrus for HDMI, USB?
There is no major cost they are saving by offering a handheld without base unit, so the end price is no different.
The plastic on the case is a bit larger and more complicated than you would expect for a charging adaptor.
Maybe it has a fan.  That's about it.  Not really enough to make it's exclusion even $50 cheaper.  So why bother?
The laptop I'm typing on came with some "dock" with port expansion, etc.  Never used it.  Never opened it's packaging.
I'm sure the vast majority of people who bought this model are the same.  It already has 4 USB.
But the dock doesn't really cost enough that there is significant savings from excluding it, and it is attractive to some.
Selling a gaming device without means to be charged is just so narrow a market it isn't worth having a separate SKU,
which must be tracked separately, and retailers must stock separately, etc, all for a trivial difference in cost.

Nintendo already sells the New 3DS without a charger, so it wouldn't be to far fetched. However, I think they will change that with Switch. This is their chance to make a big impact on the market and they won't want to screw that up. I expect every Switch to come with a mobile charger even if it has the base unit. It only makes since to give the unit every chance of succeeding, escpecially early. 

Perhapps I am wrond, and the Switch base will be so cheap, that the base won't be worthseperating from the unit. However, I can see a very WiiU like future where people break the mobile unit, and are not pleased to get a new base with their replacement. I think it is a smarter business move to sell the Base and the mobile unit seperate, and be as consumer freindly as possible.