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Mandalore76 on 02 March 2018
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Pemalite said:
Nuvendil said:

There will not be a Switch that can't switch.

How do you know? Have you visited the future?

The 3DS didn't have 3D.
The Gameboy Advance had a revision that was a clam-shell design.
The 2DS wasn't a clam-shell design.

There is zero physical reason why there can't be a "Switch that doesn't Switch" except that you disagree with the concept.
And that means you don't have an argument.

Nuvendil said:

Also, enlarging or shrinking the unit is almost certainly out of the question.  It would lead to Joycon incompatibility.

Who cares? With the Nintendo DSi, Nintendo abolished the Gameboy Advance Slot, which actually BROKE compatibility between some DS games/accessories.

Besides. You can enlarge the screen and retain Joycon functionality, it doesn't have to fit flush with the screen you know, Nintendo does have Engineers which are intelligent.

Nuvendil said:

Also, the problem with the SP design is that it would cost the system two inputs since circle pads, by their very design, cannot be clickable.  Which would cause game compatibility issues.

Why should it be any different than the current Switch? Please. Enlighten me.

Nuvendil said:

The whole entire point of the Switch's existence is bridging home console and handheld gaming.  And it has been a big success on that foundation.  Dropping that would be foolish.

No one is saying to "drop it". - You can have variations of a platform that cater to different demographics/needs/wants/desires and you know... Sell even more units and stuff?
I mean. Nintendo did it with the 3DS.. They released the 2DS, then the New 3DS XL, then the New 2DS XL and so on.

People are all different and want different things, sorry to break it to you... But other peoples needs/wants/desires can and will deviate from your own.

The 2DS came out 2 1/2 years after the 3DS released.

The Gameboy SP came out 2 years after the Gameboy Advance released and only 1 year before the GBA was replaced by the Nintendo DS anyway.

The Nintendo Switch hasn't even been on the market for a full year (until tomorrow).  It has already sold about 15 million units already.  Yet, for some reason people insist that it needs a TV only or handheld only revision that 100% breaks it's primary selling feature.  There is no urgent need to meddle with the device form function to spark demand, because the Switch already sparks more demand than Nintendo can handle it its current form.    

Yes, people have different needs and wants, but you can't please everybody.  Consumer A doesn't buy the Switch because it's not handheld only.  Say Nintendo makes a handheld only Switch.  Consumer A still doesn't buy it because now he wishes it makes phone calls.  Consumer B doesn't buy the Switch because it's not home console only.  Say Nintendo releases a home console only Switch.  Consumer B still doesn't buy it, because it "costs too much".  Nintendo drops the price, and Consumer B still doesn't buy it because "it's not powerful enough".  Nintendo knows that the mass market wants the Switch in its current form, as evidenced by first year sales that surpassed the Wii U's entire lifetime.  They don't need to chase after the people who wish the Switch was this, or wish the Switch was that.  You want a Switch that only plays on your TV, buy one and leave it in the dock, because it already can do that.  You want a Switch that is portable only, buy one and only play it out of the house, because it can already do that.  Otherwise, you're not in a market that Nintendo needs to worry about until sales plateau or stagnate.