I think Switch will neither really satisfy the sky-high Nintendo enthusiasts, but nor will it satisfy the "Nintendo is doomed" crowd, lol.

That's because I think it will perform right in the middle.

It won't stop Nintendo's declining hardware numbers nor will be it be a credible "home console" (it will be mainly 3DS owners buying it).

But it won't "flop" either. It's a Nintendo portable, there's still a good 12-15 million people in each of the three major territories willing to buy one I think unless Nintendo make multiple stupid decisions. 

This is ridiculous. People are failing to realize this is Nintendo's new handheld, not just new console. Nintendo handhelds always sell solid numbers, and the Switch is a handheld. 40m lifetime worst case scenario. The gen 8 pokemon games alone will guarantee 20m units. 

The 3DS took off after a huge price drop.  

I don't really expect any mind blowing things at the Jan event. 

It'll have Mario. Pokemon. Splatoon, etc. Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest, a few throw in Western ports that Nintendo gets at the start of every generation cycle before they bail out. Maaaaaaybe something like Final Fantasy VII Remake port. Maaaaaaaaaybe. 

There'll be some funky/gimmicky Joy Con add-ons for specific games. 

$250-$300. 

Nintendo fans will get over excited, "Nintendo is doomed" folkes will be overly critical, reality will end up somewhere in the middle. 

The concept of the Switch was the big mystery, now that we know that we know more or less where it stands. 

Absolutely.  Nintendo is an important player in the video game business.  They innovate with hardware *and* software.  I hope they kick some ass with this one, so we don't end up with two identical machines playing nothing but open world games.  

It still would have sold well once Pokemon hit. That is always their insurance gold mine. 

I mean, from what we know, the whole 16/32/128 thing is pretty much the worse news we could hear about the thing, so without a mega franchise like Pokemon, I don't see it selling more than 15m, maybe 20m. Wii U had Mario Kart, and that didn't help it hit 15m. No matter how good Zelda is, I don't see it doing much better without Pokemon.

The PS4 and XBO are practically indistinguishable aside from the handful of exclusives. Back in the PS3/360 era the 360 set itself apart with incredible forward thinking online feartures before those became the norm for both platforms this gen, and the PS3 set itself apart with a massive lineup of amazing exclusives before most of those went muli-plat this gen. Now you have Forza, Halo, and Gears of War on XBO, and Naughty Dog games, (some) Insomniac games, and God of War on PS4 and that's about the only thing to set the two apart. We sure as hell don't need a 3rd system like them. 

I think fundamentally the basic concept is legit though. Unlike Wii U tablet.
Basically it works, EVERYBODY can see that, and can benefit from it somewhat.
Unless somebody never leaves their home, there is value there and it makes sense.
Now, power, pricing, and of course games are all valid, but it doesn't have a gimped concept like Wii U.

Too much of spec analysis IMHO has been focused on comparison to Xbone/PS4.
It's not that, obviously, but once that is out of way, that isn't the issue.
The issue is whether it is sufficient for next gen of NINTENDO games.
For those, the hardware is very likely sufficient for 1080p, 60fps, even higher FX/lighting/materials.
I am of opinion pushing the hardware to max is important for Nintendo to do,
and believe they  should leverage 10nm fabs, dock-mode upclock/core-unlock/RAM, to enable that to happen,
but ultimately it is not about ports from core-gaming duo, but next gen Nintendo experience.

Maybe so.  But, that's just speculation.  It has been proven time and time again that pricing is hugely important to the success of a system.