It's a bit ambiguous about  if switch replaces 3ds or not, wherefore Nintendo deems it as home gaming system first and foremost! It says that it won't affect the sales of 3ds or buisness decisions regarding it!

Advantages of being a 3ds successor too : Game quantity and quality, since the home console first party games meet the handheld first party games and the somewhat good third party support of  nintendo handheld console. Developing teams focusing into one device!

Drawbacks: One version of an ip, that maybe could not sell as much as the two versions ( one for the portable and the other for the stationary console ) of same ip would sell, attach rate on one product could not be enough to match the sales of a game in two systems.

Price, Handheld for obvious reasons, have to be relatively cheap, we all see what the launch price of 3ds ( 249$ ) did, albeit the dock doesn't  have console hardware, it's  a tv out and a charging cradle, hence switch could be surprisingly cheap ( keep in mind that there is no optical disk drive ).

Portabillity,  switch handheld device is  elongated so less portable than a new 3ds xl,  while it's having a bigger screen just by 1inch! Apparently this is because of the detachable controllers and the tablet nature of the device , so it's not convenient for holding it with one hand and using a stylus for instance...

Drawbacks of a separate 3ds successor: A 3ds successor is redudant  ( especially if that device would have the same cartridges with the same game ) when the handheld device of switch can obviously substitute its use, a 3ds  successor could possibly cannibalize the sales that would come for the portability mode of switch!

  That's quite slim and has great portability!

And could have an xl version like 3ds does!

Someone has made a similar thread! However, my own thread has a lot of differences and the fact that I came second is because I was writing all that stuff for almost two hours  in darkness and had trouble in posting the thread due to the images! It would be unfair to get it locked!

Nahh, If they are gonna make a portable, I would rather them have only one (maybe in different sizes). Cause if there were gonna make two portable devices, y not just make one a console without a screen, battery and etc and use that extra savings to add more power?

No. I am sold in the unifying strategy. I think it is economical and brilliant. It is the blue ocean strategy all over again. While the big dogs bite their ears off with tons of variants and devices, let Nintendo have a simple elegant solution that will attend all your needs in one single device.
It is genious. I see it becoming our favorite console very quickly.

Honestly, I'd just keep the NS as the 'hybrid' portion of the 'Switch' platform then later make a cheaper handheld model and a stronger traditional console model by the end of 2017 -- like what if the meaning of 'Switch' was really the idea of switching your games between different platforms on the fly. If the rumors of easier porting and programming are true then it shouldn't be an issue to have a relatively unified library with three different devices.

That's just my fantasy though. In reality, Nintendo will probably put all their eggs in the hybrid NS basket and I'll be left disappointed.

WOw  people are not wanting a separate 3ds successor!


I wonder if switch is expensive for a handheld, will they change their mind? :)

Nintendo releases revisions of all their portables so its very likely their will be a smaller, cheaper version to fully replace 3DS in a couple years.

What is the sense of keeping the 3DS going once the switch hits the market.The whole point of the Switch is to unify Nintendo's game development to ONE system. Nintendo would have to support two totally different pieces of hardware and gain no advantage. #KILLthe3DS.

I don't want one but I think certain elements of the market will be turned off by the Switch.

Heh.

I updated the thread with a new question after your replies! Would you mind answer it?  Do you like the xds fan concept?