Project Indy: The 3DS successor that was shelved

[JWeinCom]

JackHandy said:

JWeinCom said:

But... did they leave the home console market?

If the Switch was exactly the same except for the fact that it was a traditional box with no screen and the Joycons were just seperate, would that be a home console? If so, I don't really see how adding the screen would make it not a home console. I think it can be both.

Technically, it's a hybrid. Which also means technically, it's not a home console. But it's pretty obvious to me that Nintendo pulled a fast one on all of us, including myself. Because not many years after it launched, they even released a dedicated handled version... which is something that never happened with the NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii and Wii-U. I think the the colossal commercial failure of the Wii-U was the last straw for Iwata, and that was the genesis behind their hybrid angle. Marketing it as a home console that could be taken out of the house instead of a handheld that could be played on the television was a genius diversion, and it worked. 

No, hybrid does not technically mean it's not a home console. Unless that also means that it is not a handheld. And claiming that the Switch is neither a handheld nor a home console obviously makes no sense. It has to be at least one, and I see no reason why it can't be both.

I'll ask the question in a different way. What is the Switch lacking that would have to be added to consider it a home console?

Last edited by JWeinCom - on 23 March 2022