Why a Joy-Con-less Switch model is a terrible idea

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shikamaru317 said:

I see no reason why they would need to make a model with no joycons. Just make a Switch Mini with slightly smaller joycons and no screen bezel for the people like myself who find Switch too big currently. Drop the dock to get the price down to $250 and sell the dock by itself for Switch Mini buyers who decide they want the dock later. 

Can the joycons really get much smaller and remain viable?  There are already people who think they are too small.  A Switch mini would be a better idea with controls built into it as a static handheld device.  That would remove all meaning from the name however unless they added a mini dock separately to go with it while keeping it compatible with all other controllers.

 

Honestly without renaming it entirely, keeping the meaning of the "Switch" name intact seems like a hassle.  Then again renaming it could confuse the average joe as to what games it plays too.

 

There is no easy way to go about a Switch mini TBH, but there is definitely a market for it.