Nintendo's success with the Switch both a blessing and a curse?

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SammyGiireal said:

scottslater said:

What do you consider "impressive" for a console? Because I can say that I have had more fun with the Switch as a console over as a handheld.  I get what you're saying but to dismiss the appeal of the Switch as a console is very short sighted.  It would take more than one bad console for them to abandon that or else we wouldn't have had the Wii after the GameCube... And as a console I find the Switch lineup better than what Xbox/PS offer right now (Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, Zelda: BotW, Mario Odyssey, Pokemon Sw/Sh, Smash, Mario Kart, etc.)

Had the Switch been a Home console it would have failed. The Switch is my favorite system because of its portability and most of the market sees it as such. Nintendo left the home console bussiness. 

The same can be said in the opposite direction.

If Switch launched in 2017 as handheld only than it would not be seeing nearly the same success as it is now.

Switch Lite is only selling a fraction of the hybrid model, even in Japan which is very pro handheld. Clearly people value the home console aspect of it.

Switch is in many ways the true successor to Wii than Wii U never was, Joy-Cons being a next-gen version of Wiimotes, emphasis on couch multiplayer, blue ocean stuff like 1 2 Switch, Labo, Ring Fit.