Really if you think about, adding "Switch-type" funcitonality to most any tablet would be fairly cheap. Snap on controllers and either a "dummy" dock for TV output or something wireless like Google Chromecast would be easy enough. You could use any type of Bluetooth controller when playing on the TV. 

If Switch has some measure of success I think tablet companies like Google and Samsung (and gulp maybe Apple) will start copying it. Tablet makers I get the sense are looking for something new anyway I think. 

Why this is significant is I think it could change the perception of people regarding what a tablet is. Right now it can do like 10 different things, but most people still don't hook up their tablet to their TV or think of it as a console. I think this might change, and if that changes, perhaps the console business starts to change. 

Having a huge giant box console may become more and more something reserved more specifically for hardcore gamers and more casual/fringe elements of the audience (ie: the guy who just has an PS4 to play FIFA when his buddies come over) may start saying "you know what? my tablet already plays a lot of the games I like ... and it's a lot more convienant too, not gonna bother with a console". 

Yes the graphics in modern tablets are still behind, but they're also at the same time starting to get pretty darn good. In a year or so we should have mobile chips that can approximate a PS4, which is a level of visual realism that I think is good enough for a lot of people. 

You mean like how the Switch is a knockoff of tablets with controllers that you can hook up to a TV?

I really hope not.

It already exists, no need to think anything about it.

Ipad has had snap-on controllers for quite a while. There really isn't anything new about the switch.

In a way it could be a bad thing, because we are already seeing what appears to be some decline in consoles.

I think what would happen is you'd lose a chunk of people who just want a console to play a few games but aren't insanely crazy about playing all the time.

Hardcore gamers and people who post on message boards and what not probably will always need a physical console, but I think you could begin to see a lot of people just using their tablet as their home console.

Plus tablet makers are kinda scrambling for something new, those jumbo sized tablets from what I can tell haven't really taken off.

I'm talking in an official capacity though, as in coming right out of the box with the ability to function as a console. As long as its a third party accessorie and all that it won't change, but if tomorrow Apple or Samsung introduced a game tablet with snap on controllers and a TV dock or chromecast type device all included in one package ... that would then start changing people's perceptions of what a tablet can be. 

And I think knock-offs are probably inevitable if Switch has some level of success. Switch could even allow for easier ports, because third party Switch games would likely be easy to port over to other tablets since they all basically use like ARM CPUs. 

Why would it be a bad thing if people who dont care much for consoles play on tablets?

Not really its a terrible concept.

Nor from any one serious. SwitchPollyStation FTW.

Could be bad for dedicated console sales. Like I have a buddy for example who has a PS4, but plays it like maybe 4-5 times a year. If this option was available via tablet I doubt he would've bought a dedicated console at all.