| Pemalite said: Price is what makes it attractive for parents buying for kids. - The 3DS probably has a few years of life left in her still. For me though, I won't buy Switch until Nintendo releases a Switch TV or something that ditches the display, joycons, dock, battery and sells it at a lower price. Or takes it in the opposite direction and makes a Switch XL with a larger, higher quality display, larger capacity battery and such. |
The 2 things you are asking for both eliminate the Switch's main feature and selling point: Portability. If a Switch TV can only hook up to the TV, it's not a "Switch" anymore. The Switch concept is being able to seemlessly take your console gaming session on the go with you. I don't see a version being released that can't do that. Also, why ditch the joycons? Playing with detached joycons is the most relaxing way to play games since the wiimote and nunchuck. I do connect them to the joycon grip in certain situations, but the majority of the time I layback on my couch or recliner with each joycon separate in each hand. Why eliminate the option? As for the Switch XL, a larger capacity battery or screen would be nice, but the Switch screen is already quite large as far as handheld devices go. Something larger would hinder it's portability, which again would counter its greatest asset. In it's current state, I can slip it into most of my jacket pockets without even detaching the joycons. If it can't fit in my pocket, then I can't take it with me through the park while I walk my dog. For me, that eliminates at least an hour of time per day that I've gotten use out of the Switch, therefore reducing the device's usefullness.
