I think if it isn't dawning on people yet, it will soon enough -- the next few years, maybe even up to a decade is going to be fucked for game hardware and everything you think you know about it is in flux.
A Switch 2 Lite would likely be planned in mind with a die-shrink like Switch 1 Lite had ... who knows if that's even feasible anymore, that might make it more expensive than a Switch 2 as likely better nodes have become more expensive due to AI chip production.
Maybe what they could do is keep the same node/chipset/battery, throw out the joycons and put that same chip into a small chasis with integrated controls (cheaper) and a small screen and hope that there are no overheating/cooling issues (since you would hard lock the unit to only operate in undocked mode it shouldn't generate as much heat).
That might be doable, but I wouldn't expect this to cost radically less, nor would the battery life be much better, basically your battery gain would be just whatever you get from using a smaller display. Also it wouldn't be "lighter", it would likely have to be the same weight.
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