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Wyrdness on 14 May 2017
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Hiku said:
Wyrdness said:

Going by sales in Japan it seems many people are migrating over which indicates the ergonmics was never really much of a problem for them, under the scenario you're using as an example even a smaller device wouldn't be feasible in the situation in fact no device would. NS' portability is not as much of an issue because it's smaller than an iPad so any place a small tablet is feasible it can be used, ironically Polygon of all people explained the situation quite clearly in what's happening with the NS.

Going by sales in Japan, for all we know every single person who bought it so far is just a WiiU owner, and not a single 3DS player. We can't even begin to draw conclusions regarding that based on sales until Switch sales have surpassed WiiU's. And to differentiate between the console players who skipped WiiU but found Switch more appealing, and 3DS crowd migrating over, we'll need to see Switch chip away at the 3DS instal base to at least a significant degree, as well as software sales of titles such as Monster Hunter or Pokemon, etc if/when they appear on Switch.
As for the example, you can play on a smartphone with one hand in a crowded train. You can fit a smartphone or a 3DS in pockets or bags with space that won't contain a larger object like Switch. For iPad situations, yes. Switch should be no problem.

The rate of sales says otherwise as Wii U owners alone wouldn't be able to make the Switch sell above both the PS4 and 3DS especially for this long after launch and neither would console players given how small that market is in Japan the amount of units moved even under your argument would be around PS4 level but NS is selling significantly above that sometimes doubling PS4 sales and in some weeks both the PS4 and 3DS combined.