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Miyamotoo on 30 December 2016
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Captain_Yuri said:
axumblade said:

I have doubts it will work this way because the Wii U didn't release a standalone tablet. But given that Nintendo are promoting this as a portable device, its impossible to tell which route they will go with it.

What I am thinking is that they will release a SKU without the dock eventually and really try to get into the impluse pricing. Maybe even make it so that it won't be able to go into docked mode at all and name it something slightly different but being able to play all the games. Or just let it be a normal switch just with a cable instead of the dock for idk, $200. Maybe $150 depending on when it releases and $200 with the dock.

I just want January to come already T_T

Definitely, even Laura said Nintendo considered to release on launch cheaper version of Switch without Dock and Joy Green, but they didn't because that would make confusion on market (whole Switch concept thing). But definitely I can see it in around 2 years, when market is already aware of Switch they release cheaper Switch version just for handheld gaming, for instance Switch Pocket or something similar.

 

hershel_layton said:
spemanig said:
I think they'll sell the Switch without the dock, but not a launch.

Wouldn't they benefit with a cheap alternative at launch?

Well they cant really afford another confusion on launch after Wii U, and Switch that cant be played on TV would definitely make confusion on launch with whole Switch concept. But in around 2 years later when market is already aware of Switch they will most likly  they release cheaper Switch version just for handheld gaming, for instance Switch Pocket or something similar.

 

mutantsushi said:

The dock is a charging cradle if nothing else. So if both you and brothers' Switch are dead battery at same time,
and you both want to play Switch multiplayer on TV at same time, you need 2nd dock to recharge other Switch.
Many families also have multiple TVs in their house. If you don't, then just leave 2nd dock in a closet for recharging use.

People hyped up the dock when they thought (based on patent applications) that it would hold 2nd CPU, GPU, RAM.
We now know it holds nothing of the sort, so there is nothing of substance that you are paying for beyond charging cradle.
And like every other electronic device that COULD use the charger of another device, they will be sold with charger included.

Not true, dock has connectors also, HDMI and USB are certain for now. Point is that you cant play on TV without Dock, that is main feature of dock, not charging cradle, you will be able to charge Switch even without dock but you cant play on TV without dock.