Switch offers 3rd parties some opportunities that no current, past or next-gen system can offer or has offered all in one place. Hopefully it comes in at a reasonable price.

- Simpler experience for consumer. Plug in cart and play. Try a friend's game overnight without the hassle of making space on the HD.

- No online subscription. No barriers to online play. Consumer has more cash for games.

- Free advertising/demos in the form of other gamers playing their game on the bus, train or at school.

- Share a system that has Pokemon, mobile CoD multi, mobile FIFA/Madden multi, mobile GTA multi (possibly).

- Simple and powerful LAN gaming solution. No dedicated servers to support or online connection required.

- System's mobility allows more gaming uptime. More games needed to meet demand. $$$.

- Potential to rival iPad for some people, especially youngsters. Simple TV-out, 4K content, Youtube, Netflix, Whatsapp, Skype, accessories/addons.

- First party support at levels never seen before combined with the best track record of delivering new, breakout IPs.

- Custom joy cons and other accessories for niche software. Pedometers, GPS(?) for new types of gameplay.

- Safe, known quantity when treated as a Nintendo handheld compared with VR and Microsoft's track record.

- All the 'Nintendo fans' in one place instead of split over two consoles.

- No requirement to be at the cutting edge. Cheaper to develop, port opportunities.

You forgot the doom.

I think Nintendo's best bet is just to lock up a deal for sports games.

For EA, get Madden NFL, FIFA, PGA Golf, and NHL guaranteed for 5 years. Ditto with Take2 and NBA2K.

Offer to pay half the development cost, and program in a "Mario Sports" mode in each game as a bonus arcadey mode (so you have "Mario Soccer" if you get FIFA).

And that's about it. I don't think they're really going to get the big, huge PS4/XB1 adventure-action games. It's going to be too much of a pain in the ass to port.

Just have the sports games, those should be technically doable without too much fuss and it offers some depth to your library beyond just Mario & Friends games.

Well that's a lot of speculation......

But does it have a 10TF GPU?!

60 days to go. Hang in there.

Getting the games is just one thing. They have to go further and push big bundles with them. If Nintendo cannot prove after one year that there is a potential market there for EA, then it will be in vain.

No offence, this "unique offer" to 3rd parties stuff is BS.
What N's actual unique offer to 3rd parties is, is co-development of N's IP.
That is the game changer, and is what will let them get out more, hi-quality product.

That's why you sign a 5 year deal just for the sports games though. EA obviuosly is not gonna it for all their games. 

But sports games, why not, hate to say it, but you could just make a Switch engine once for each sports title and then just moderately change it a bit every year and update the rosters. 

And I'm saying Nintendo picks up 1/2 the cost. Just to ensure at least they have (real) sports sims, I think that would be worth it. 

The other types of big Western third party games .... not looking good. But FIFA/Madden/NBA at least they should be able to manage.

A few words to some of the points. I do agree with the rest.