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Soundwave on 05 January 2017
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RolStoppable said:
Soundwave said:

For a home console yes, for a Nintendo portable ... that's getting a little dicey, especially since the attach ratio (software sold) on a portable is generally well below a console. 

Switch is going to be used like a home console by plenty of people, so the tie ratio won't be an issue. It's going to be comfortably above handhelds.

If by pleny of people you mean the same people who bought a Wii U, sure (minus that chunk of Wii U buyers who were so upset with Nintendo over the system that they won't be coming back, which I'd say is probably a 20%-30% chunk of that).  

As a home console, it's functionality is fairly poor and it doesn't have the price benefit either, PS4/XB1 will be $250, maybe even $199.99 by next year with thousands of games available, I don't really think the same sales pitch of "well we got Mario and Zelda" is going to seriously be a game changer in that sense. 

Switch is going to need to hold that 3DS base, and even that I think Nintendo is in for a tough challenge there. 

There's no Wiimote miracle coming to bail out the fact that it's a fairly mediocre proposition console wise, terrific Nintendo games notwithstanding but every Nintendo console has terrific Nintendo games.