this really though in a nutshell ^^^^

even if somehow Nintendo was aiming for a different audience than Sony/Micro (they're not, but whatever) how do you seriously think logically releasing their games on other VIDEO GAME system would help? People want to game and if they potentially could get some of Nintendo's best offerings elsewhere those are customers the big N would potentially lose on their own hardware.

it just doesn't make sense. Nintendo's draw are their IPs...  why would they cut a deal involving that. Now a better theory would be at some point that they might possibly do a collaboration system with another big developer. I could see Sony and Nintendo working on a project together. But cutting off part of their library and drawing away people from their own hardware? just bizarre

the market is not big enough for the big N to be aiming for a different type of gamer like you suggest. The same type of person who wants to play Dark Souls on the PS4 may easilyyyy want to play Zelda on the Switch

It's not a desperate move. 

Nintendo would be gaining a lot, MS and/or Sony would have to agree to make games for Nintendo too.

It's simply the same reasoning that putting Nintendo IP on iOS/Android have. 

Nintendo I think is going to transition more towards being an entertainment conglomerate, you can already see it with movie deals coming, Mario at the Olympic games representing Japan as a host nation ... Switch and what the Playstation/XBox are becoming are far removed enough, no matter what you want to call them, that they're really not competitors. 

I mean if PS5 launches in 2019 say, that'll be like two generations removed from the Switch and a completely different type of product, this is not the 1990s or 2000s anymore. 

Was anyone else talking about a hybrid all-in-one console/portable or the Tegra chip, because I seem to recall taking a lot of flak and attitude from some posters for bringing up both for well over a year now, not just one off guesses. 

I seem to recall you even said the concept of the hybrid was impossible because it would be too similar to the Wii U, well lo and behold. Dual analogs (oh no casuals!) and all. 

I'd say it's more like the other way around. Nintendo said the docking station's main task is to charge, and output visuals to the TV. There's seemingly no extra processing power provided by the docking station. If the docking station did provide extra power, I'd be inclined to agree. But that doesn't seem to be the case.

ask yourself logically first A) would that truly benefit Nintendo? (their IPs are their power) and B) would that truly benefit Sony / Micro?

if everybody abandons their exclusives then you're headed to a one world gaming system environment (probably PC with seamless wireless connection to televisions).

Nintendo is first and foremost a video game company. if the Switch does remotely well (which it probably will, again Nintendo's home console market + handheld market) they are not going to be thinking about even the remote possibility of sharing Mario/Zelda.

Bear in mind one of the biggest selling points of the Switch on release appears like it will be Mario and Zelda.

I think you're out of place with this. As I've already said, the video game market is only so big, Nintendo will always be competing for the same customers as Sony for example

I was under the impression quite possibly the docking station does provide for a a stronger gaming performance? has it been officialy disclosed either way?

Tough to say. Lets say Nintendo gives one of Sony or MS, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake with high end graphics in 4K. 

That could introduce a new generation of teenagers to the franchise or reintroduce people in their 20s/30s to the Zelda IP, and then you hey whataya know there's a brand new Zelda only on the Switch platform, and MS is also putting Halo on Switch too as part of a deal.  

Now maybe a person who wouldn't really be into the Switch gets one, it's not as if the ol' Playstation 5 or XBox Scorpio is going to fit into the back pack for plane rides either, so it's different enough hardware wise to have value if the player likes the software. 

We're just too used to old paradigms of Sony and MS being "enemies", but if you're not even really fighting for the same audience anymore, how are you "enemies"? Nintendo likely could score one whopper of a deal too, I bet MS would open up the cheque book and offer a huge pay day for a deal with Nintendo on top of marketing support as well. 

you walk into any 'trendy' young peoples store, like a Hot Topic or whatever, and guess what you see? Nintendo crap everywhere. Pokemon , Zelda, Mario, Metroid.

Nintendo is extremely prevalent with young people. As soon as Nintendo starts selling out to giants like Microsoft would be the end of their success. Until you can actually name some big advantages of Nintendo cutting any deals I would scrap these predictions.

I don't honestly think that YOU think that the Switch isn't a competitor to Xone/PS4. there are literally 3 main home console developers on the market, that's too few for them not to be in direct contention automatically with one another.

there's an argument that the 3DS sales don't effect the Xone sales- sure- but to say the same about a hybrid system? no.

built to sit in a dock for home/charging use.

the primary function for this system is clearly at home with the added bonus of mobility. Its not rocket science

Was anyone else talking about a hybrid all-in-one console/portable or the Tegra chip, because I seem to recall taking a lot of flak and attitude from some posters for bringing up both for well over a year now, not just one off guesses. 

I seem to recall you even said the concept of the hybrid was impossible because it would be too similar to the Wii U, well lo and behold. Dual analogs (oh no casuals!) and all.