I flew too close to the 1TF sun and my Switch wings melted.

[mutantsushi]

zorg1000 said:

It might not be something you want but the likelihood of Switch selling well with the current concept
is far greater than it likely would as a PS4/XBO clone.

SamLeheny said:
We've already got the Playstation aka the 'Sony Xbox' and the Xbox aka the 'Microsoft Playstation'.
There simply isn't room in the console market for three practically identical systems separated only by proprietary formatting.

Why do people act as if those are the two binary options?  
Nintendo had the option to use amodern fab and architecture, that would reasonably deliver ~30% performance gains for same power usage.
That definitely isn't enough to match Xbone/PS4, but it would undoubtedly deliver a better experience, both mobile and docked.

SamLeheny said:
So now it looks like they're focusing on making a handheld that can do what mobile phones and tablets can't, that is give you a console game like experience on the move.

But having to optimise the game twice for docked and undocked, and with neither of those specs sounding to be all that powerful if rumours are to be believed, it might be too esoteric to develop for and publishers might wander off again.

I question the idea tablets can't deliver this kind of experience, they will be more powerful and controls are available via attachments.
Nintendo's schtick here is just trading on their brand name and their 1st party IPs which they choose to hold exclusive to their platform.

The point re: optimization is valid, and in fact we know Nintendo is telling devs how they can just run games in mobile mode even when docked.