Of course people are still buying devices. There will always be a small amount of people that buy them. The big reason PS4 and XBO are selling so well is the multimedia features. You say that they could do without it, but I know dozens of people with XBO and PS4, but I only know 3 people that would have them if they didn't have Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, Netflix, and a Blu-ray player. So many people only use the console as a Blu-ray/Media player, and only play a very limited amount of games. Take that away, and you would loose half or more of the market in a snap, because those poeple, would just go to browser based games or mobile, and only play the couple of games they do, when they are at a freinds, or by barrowing a friends system. 

I do not want PC or Smartphones dead, but I do want options in the market. Right now, the market is getting smaller and smaller and I don't like that at all. I do not want mobile to rule over everything. I want a wide range of products from multiple manufactures, that cover High end home, mid range home, low range home, portable home, and mobile.

I absolutly hate the idea of one company making all of the decisions for everyone, having zero option if you don't like they way they are conducting business. This is exactly what we have right now on PC, and basically what we have with Apple and Googles mirror ecosystems in mobile. 

My idea is not in any way to push people away, and has no deadly impact on others. My vision is a highly competitive market place with many options, for wide open ecosystems, partially closed ecosystems, and fully closed and secure ecosystems. Ecosystems that make development easier, and create massive value for the end consumer.

I don't carry a slabphone with me. I have a 3G Vita, and it is fully capable of doing 90% of the tasks a smartphone does via native apps or through the web browser.

If the Switch had 3G and LTE I could upgrade from the Vita, and I would still not need a slabphone.

And the resoning beeing for the vita usage is it has 3g?... (not the games?)
you sure don't sound like you were gonna get it anyway, since the problems you state are only a problem if you allow them to be.. also.. phone discussion? :P

The reason I will keep using my Vita on the go is because it can be used as a phone, and it still has the best mobile games on the market, and the ability to play PS3 and PS4 games via 3G streaming.

At this point I still plan to get a Switch, it is just highly disapointing that the portable aspect of it is going to be absolutly worthless. It is going from a device that I had ambitions to use for hours a day, to a device, that I will only have time for at home, when 1st party Nintendo games come out.

I'll only buy the Switch if it's as powerful as a Scorpio, makes phone calls, has 5G, gets all 3rd party games, can toast bread in less than a minute (but not too toasted), and sells for $99. 

If you are going to compare this to a mobile device, then it would be more similar in use case to a tablet, not a smartphone. Consumers are not going to choose NS to be in their pockets over a smartphone even if NS did have cellular connectivity. But a tablet is something that may very well be more or less a direct competitor depending on how Nintendo supports applications and/or is based on Android (if at all).

Tablets are also all the apps but no cellular. That is the expectation to the masses. Cellular enabled tablets are not the big sellers as consumers don't care about that on a tablet-like device.

1. They don't want to add a new line and its cost to their cellular company just for a tablet.
2. They don't want to pay more for the cellular enabled version.
3. They don't want to have shorter battery lives due to the additional cellular radio drain.
4. Nintendo wouldn't want the additional cost and complications with supporting differing cellular bands for the whole world. Most hardware manufactures create different versions of the same phone to sell in different markets just to solve this disparity.

It just doesn't make sense. Especially, when all you need to do is enable your wifi hotspot on your smartphone that is already in your pocket.

It isn't hampering growth or otherwise. Its just doesn't make sense from a cost, complexity perspective to Nintendo (or any hardware manufacturer) and tablets have already demonstrated that consumers don't want it in that type of device.

When cellular is a flat rate for any number of devices and world-wide is using the same common technology, then we'll see it become common place like wifi radios. Until then, any manufacturer will bet on wifi and consumers smart enough to turn on their phone's hotspot.

Those 3 people you know that would play without media are the ones who are primarily buying the consoels as is, for the games. They are not the "minority" you claim them to be at all.

Yes, yes you do. They don't serve the primary purposes you want the consoles to serve, they aren't in your eco-system dream of yours and as such, they are "relics" of the past, especially when you pair them up against your "evolution" dream. You want options, but only when they serve to fuel your dream and nothing more, rather than actually loving to use the other options, loving the fact that you can exist with multiple eco-systems, rather than wanting to live in a single one forever.

The market isn't getting smaller and smaller. If you take a look at the big picture, it's getting bigger and bigger. You already have the options of console, handheld, mobile, laptops, tablets and desktops, all of which serve their own functions and provide their own services.

It's not what's currently going on with PC at all. PC is an open platform and as such it has Linux, Apple and Windows.

Well with those specs, you bet it will toast bread. Might even bake some eggs. I'm actually greatful that it doesn't use 3G/LTE, that version of the device would increase costs and flop so hard. 

Too expensive. It must be $1 and not hold AssCreed scope.

You could put it in the middle of the floor, close the door, poor some water on it, and BAM! Instant sauna. That would be great for me after an intense workout.

The battery switching being a lacking feature does seem weak, but is 3G/LTE for the system really a big deal..?