The switch needed to happen when it happened. Hardware would be much worse. The library would've been nowhere near as good as a ton of what makes Switch special people were not that accepting of Japanese games in the west in 2011. That is the peak 7th gen fuck Japanese games era. Also, Nintendo was just seen as a joke in 2011. It just doesn't work—the wrong climate.
Wii U needed to fall so Switch could stand. Switch launched in 2017 when Japan returned and was more socially acceptable again. Yakuza. Persona. Nier. BOTW. Mario Odyssey. To name a few of the most revered games of that year. Switch needed BOTW to show the hardware can run some serious games. Switch needed to happen in 2017 when game engines were more scaleable than in 2011.
Bite my shiny metal cockpit!
