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Soundwave on 18 March 2017
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Miyamotoo said:
Soundwave said:

People always say stuff like this until they experience playing on a bigger screen and then a lot of them go "hey ... you know that's pretty good". 

The Switch's design already basically accomodates a larger screen without even altering its physical size, the large bezel could be easily removed and the screen could be increased to fill it providing a 7.5-inch display or so. 

This would be advantagous especially for 2-player games on the Switch (like playing Mario Kart splitscreen on one Switch or games like Snipperclips and NBA2K). Or for people who like to set the Switch down on a table with its kickstand up and play that way. It also would be advantagous for more ambitious games like Zelda where you want more screen real estate to enjoy the epic vistas. 

I think you'll have a choice of both eventually (larger screen or smaller models) and the larger screen models will prove to be more popular. People always question the bigger screen, but it provides a better experience in the end. It's like a regular car versus a luxury car, once you get used to the luxury car, going back to the regular car feels grating. When Nintendo first showed the DSi XL I remember the reaction from a lot of people was "OMG, that's so stupid, that DS is hilariously bloated and big, no one wants a DS with a screen the same size as a PSP, DS Lite is perfect, Nintendo shouldn't bother", but alas it's now become like the standard DS/3DS form factor. 

But fact is that 6.2 is already huge screen for handheld gaming console and huge difference compared to 3DS XLs 4.9" screen.

Like I wrote I dont bigger screen in any case, maybe in future in some point we will have bigger Switch screen, but I definitely not see that in around next 3 years, while I am certain we will have Switch Mini/Pocket in around 2 years. For Nintendo is almost certain priorite to relase smaler/chaper Switch when 3DS dies, not more bigger/more expansive Switch than curently is.

You will see both and in well under 3 years. 

LCD tech is cheap, the cost difference of a 6.2 inch screen versus a 7.5 inch display is piddly these days. 

6.2 inches is actually quite small for a lot of the things Nintendo wants to do with the system like the "gather around" and even some games having split screen game play (Puyo Tetris, Mario Kart, etc.) on a single display. 

It's not big enough, it's part of the reason 1,2 Switch is so gimped. The screen is not large enough to have multiple people gather around it so they had to design the game to be usable without needing the screen. 

And I'll also go on record again as saying the larger screen Switch will wipe the floor with the smaller Switch model in sales. People who prefer smaller/pocket models are the minority these days and it's been shown again and again (DSi XL >> DSi sales, 3DS XL > 3DS standard sales, New 3DS XL >>> New 3DS, PSP standard >>> smaller PSP Go). Bigger screens is what people want. People who like the smaller sizes are a vocal minority on the internet but they don't translate to real sales, just like with the iPhone there was a vocal group that wanted the old 4-inch iPhone form factor back, well Apple made a version for them and it's selling like hot crap. None of the kids/teenagers want that thing.