Here's an idea on how they could test the waters on a dedicated home console model.
If Nintendo REALLY want the Switch to pass the PS2 (I'm almost sure there are PLENTY of executives, employees, and high ranking members over there that really want that to happen: Especially the OGs like Miyamoto.)
They can give a "sorta" price cut/extend its life cycle, much like they did with the 3DS when they introduced the 2DS/New 2DS models.
At some point either before or after the Switch 2 launch, doesn't really make a difference when, reveal a Switch home console model where all you have is the console and a Pro controller. No joy-cons, no battery life, no dock. Just the console and its essentials. And because it doesn't have to deal with the stuff that the Lite does, they can sell it for SUPER cheap. Because the Switch is basically a more powerful, more modernized PS3/360/Wii U in terms of specs. They could sell that for $99.99 MSRP. Maybe even cheaper and still break even or even profit.
If they did that, I could see that model REALLY doing numbers in the smaller, more miscellaneous markets that carried the PS2 for a long time, like Eastern Europe, the rest of southeast Asia, South America and the Caribbean, etc.
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