What could the Switch2 'Gimmick' be?

[The_Yoda]

Pemalite said:

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The_Yoda said:

The dock lets me hardwire my Ethernet though ... if you don't mind some extra lag in your competitive games I suppose it is 100% unnecessary

The Ethernet is USB though which adds latency.
USB works by polling instead of generating interrupts remember.

The difference between the two on a latency perspective is negligible.

If Ethernet is built into the next dock would that then eliminate more latency?  Also in a dockless configuration you are shackled to the playtime your battery allows.  Want to play Zelda for three hours  ... nope battery only lasts 2.5 hours.  Hook it up to power to bypass the battery and you may as well be placing it on a dock again.