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Nuvendil on 14 February 2017
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Miyamotoo said:
Nuvendil said:

Every Switch will be able to Switch. There's a difference between the 3D on the 3DS - a minor enhancement to existing experiences - and the Switch's ability to be on TV or handheld, which is literally the cornerstone of the design, the marketing, the brand, and everything surrounding the brand.

In fact, I don't think there will be a Switch mini but rather a Switch Pro that is more powerful, around 2020. New 3DS has been a bigger success than 2DS, though both have made some money. So I think they will want to follow up on that concept rather than the 2DS one. Also, the Switch concept is the cornerstone of the hype that surrounds it while the 3D always took a back seat to every other feature of the 3DS had and many actively complained, including medical concerns.

So no, there won't be a handheld only Switch.

Of Course there will be only handheld Switch, smaller and lower price point Switch. Nintendo will want to bring Switch gaming to masses with lower price point same they did with 3DS (3DS curently has price point from $80-$200), and to have something for some 3DS users that will want to upgrade but not paying $300 after 3DS dies.

That plan is very logical and actually great plan because there is no much sense (espacily we know all things Nintendo is doing) to release another handheld after 3DS that's not part of same Switch unified platform and that doenst plays same games.

Except it completely shoots the concept of the Switch in the ass and makes the name completely meaningless and muddies the entire message.  A 3DS is a DS system.  It's in the name and the core of it remains with the 2DS.  A Switch handheld would be a messaging train wreck.  "Hey here's the latest iteration to our popular Switch line!  It's a smaller Switch that completely eliminates the feature upon which every single aspect of the product is built, from design to the very name!"  Seriously, how do you even market a Switch that doesn't Switch?  That's not a gimmick like 3D, that's a core pillar of its whole design philosophy.  

And again, the 2DS has been a pretty modest success compared to the New 3DS so I'm not sure they would consider that philosophy worth following again.  And also again, the 2DS retains all the 3DS's core functionality.  The Switch being smaller and handheld only would eliminate all splitscreen gaming, all TV gaming, hamper online gaming potential, reduce the viability of large console games that really need that bigger screen to be worth playing.  It would compromise the cornerstones of its design, the very elements that make it desireable in the first place.

It would be far, far, far wiser to simply pursue discounting the base Switch as time goes on - which word is they already are planning ahead for - and then focus on a Switch Pro iteration to shore up its position in the console space.