The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

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Wman1996 said:

super_etecoon said:

I think Nintendo will release a handheld only Switch Micro that actually fits in your pocket. If they do this, it’s all but guaranteed. It could even get close to 200 million.

A pocketable Switch (even this late in the game with technology getting better) would either be expensive or have horrible battery life.

There's no way a handheld-only Switch that small would sell below $300 unless it's years and years off. 

I do miss handhelds that fit in your pocket. 3DS (OG) and Vita (both models) are just barely pocketable for most. 

I would only buy a Switch Micro as a backup and nice to have system if it was $150 or under. And as I said, that would probably be years into Switch 2's life before they could get it that cheap. 

If Nvidia would release a further shrink of the Tegra in the Switch (to 7nm TSMC or 8nm Samsung, for instance), power draw could get small enough to allow for such a small Switch without sacrificing battery life much. Sadly, Nvidia went on record that they won't do semi-custom chips, so this most probably won't happen.