Didn't Nintendo also say it was a console the day before the reveal trailer as well?

But seriously, I don't know why people have to try to prove what the console is. It's which ever you'd like it to be, whether a console or portable. The name says it all.

If that ever happens hopefully they still make AAA comsole games for other manufacturers.  would be a shame to lose them completely to mobile. 

It's certainly not not a handheld.

I know how to figure this out. Watch the trailer and decide for yourself what it is.

Yeah, I watched the trailer and what I got out of it is that it is really a 2016 version of the WiiU.  With better tech, Nintendo has literally delivered what it seems that they really wanted to deliver 4 years ago.  I can't wait to see more info on this.  My 4 kids all have Ds or 3ds.  I am hoping that the new device does more than what they showed in the trailer.  I am hoping it has or will have apps and such.  If so, I won't need kindles/ipads for my younger children.  But, the cost of buying 3 of these(my oldest won't give up his cell) for my kids 12 and under will be pricey.  I will probably wait a year and watch for some deals or bundles.

Sounds like Mid January we will know a lot more.

Either way, it is clearly a handheld/portable, not a home console!

The problem with the switch is that it's not a very good handheld (large, awkward controls, fears about short battery life) and not a very good home console (under powered, low storage, screen is useless while playing on tv)

So neither fan base (console vs handheld) wants it to be either/or. Let the 3ds continue with possibly a real successor, and give the switch a proper home version with extra power without paying for a useless screen.

It's great for those that love both the console and handheld experience. Hopefully that cross-over crowd is big enough to make it a success.

It is both, come on, how hard is it to get? It is a portable home console, that is it. And it is more powerful than a WiiU and it will have all big Nintendo frachises and you can take it in trips.

It makes perfect sense to me. Some people just can't wrap their head around the fact that it can be both. Never has a handheld been so designed for home play, or a home console been so designed for portability.

Yeah this is how I took it as well.

I can see how people could easily think it's one or the other since we're dealing with a new concept here.

The usual cylce would mean that they release a new home console in two years. The cycle is somewhat broken though by positioning switch as a successor to the WiiU. I think it is possible they release two years from now a Switch dock, that gives Switch-games more power and possibly allow games only for playing when Switch is docked. But if Switch goes well without that trick, they might as well abandon home console forever.