I think Nintendo learned from their Wii U reveal mistake, when they only showed the gamepad and didn't mention the console. That's why they wanted to be sure that there won't be another misunderstanding with the announcement of their smartphone games ambitions. IMO it was the right decision to mention NX at that point.
Otherwise there would have been rumors that Nintendo could leave the traditional console market after the obvious massive flop of Wii U at that point and the fact that 3DS sales wouldn't come close to DS sales due to mobile games.
Currently Nintendo sells more games than during Switch's first 3 years. Hardware sales decline, but overall Switch is still very profitable. I expect the announcement of a Switch successor in May/June 2024 and a release in November, just like Sony did it with PS5. Otherwise Nintendo would hurt their holidays 2023 sales. If they would announce the Switch successor early 2024 they would also anger customers who bought a Switch during holidays 2023.
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