What if the next Nintendo console is not the "Switch 2"?

[Wman1996]

Paperboy_J said:

Didn't read all the comments here, so if someone already said this I apologize, but...

I think they're gonna come out with a "powerful" home console that only plays on your TV (I put that in quotes because I still think such a thing is subjective), and the Switch is gonna become their new "handheld" so to speak, which they will continue to upgrade in small ways, but nothing major.

Also, Switch games will be playable on the new console, but not vice versa.

I don't think they'll do such a thing. Handheld platforms have been more successful for Nintendo in terms of hardware and software sold.

It wouldn't make sense to release a home console with games the Switch doesn't have, while still making a Switch. Nintendo would have to put a serious investment into consoles to ever catch up to Sony and Microsoft. And if they have a home console separate from the Switch that can't even compete with an PS5 and Xbox Series X (and beyond, depending on the timing) in specs, then there's little point. 

I don't think selling a Nintendo home console around the power level of a Xbox Series S has much appeal.