Nah, as long as they design something that can easily be downscaled instead of ridiculously complex (and costly) to do, I could care less if it looks as graphically stunning as the ps4/xbox one. As long as the programming is easy, 3rd party devs have no excuses anymore to NOT bring their games to Switch (unless their series has a history of poor sales on Nintendo devices that offset any potential sales).

I for one haven't really ever cared about Nintendo specs, because they tend to make games with art styles that look gorgeous on weaker graphics and don't really see a lot of improvement on more modern graphics. The new Mario game, which is shown on the Switch which is 2.5x more powerful than the Wii U (apparently), doesn't look much different than 3d world in graphics. Both look beautiful to me. There is only so much you can push that art style before it starts to look less interesting and more realistic like most games look now days.

That being said, the idea of an HD handheld that I can hook up to my projector or take on the go that plays full fledged Zelda games (none of this spirit tracks or 64 remakes nonsense) is a whole lot more exciting than a permanently plugged in home console. Nintendo has always been about the portability and so has their fans. The gamecube had a handle on it and was extremely small, the Wii was probably even smaller surface area, and the Wii U was practically the same size as the Wii PLUS has a gamepad that allowed you to play on the goif you could plug your wii u into your car or whatever. Historically, Nintendo has always been leading up to a home console experience that can be taken on the go and we are just now starting to see the realization of that dream.

They're not just pulling stuff out of their ass, this was all based on rumors that where coming out. What's so bad about getting excited when you hear some potentially good news?

And the bold has been said ever since the Wii so I'm not sure where you're getting at.

There are people on this category. However, it's quite a small group. As the Wii U was relatively expensive so people could not buy one as secondary console that easily, it ended up being a failure because most have to make a choice.

The Wii was cheaper and I know quite a bit of people that had a Wii plus one of the HD twins. I can't say the same about the Wii U.

I had a Wii U and 3DS, if that counts. I could also manage with Switch only.

Reason: I'm not rich

I would have been in this camp too if I didn't get a free xbone.

Considering it is now considerably better than360/PS3 and that many games are still ported to those systems to this day I hope it's enough to get decent third party support !

how many retail games were released for xbox 360 / ps3 this year?

Only 1 flop from where I stand.
Maybe 2 cause it´s a hybrid.

I hated this hybrid thing from the day it was rumoured.

Excpeted? No one thought the XB1 was going to be 3x more powerful than the switch.

Most rumours had it at slightly less than XB1 and in between XB1 and PS4.
Which isn't impossible to believe given 3 years of technological advancement has happened since they were released, which is a long time.