The rumor is they don't want people to think it's a handheld.

You could always sell the dock to someone who wants two in their house (for example people who want the dock both upstairs and downstairs). I suspect they will sell the dock separately in the future but likely not at the start.

Who knows what they'll do, all I know is your example is just another reason why this whole Dock thing is just not well thought out at all. We'll have to wait a few more weeks though before we know everything.

That's the thinking that led to the white Wii U amd we all know how that went :P.

I don't know if there will be a Switch any time soon with no dock.  I think you will see docks sold separately. There's only benefits to including the dock and selling the dock.  A freestanding Switch...they'll need to monitor the opinions among 3DS owners to see how interested they are in having the Switch be a replacement for the 3DS.

I wouldn't worry about the dock being a major factor of in the price. Just about all the tech is in the tablet itself - the dock probably ony add $10 to manufacturing cost as it's really not any different from the existing WiiU gamepad charging cradle

All you need to charge it will be a USB C cable. So if you'd rather not bother with a dock, you could always use that.

Keep the extra dock at a relative or friends house!

I think the dock will come included with the handheld but like someone else suggested: sell the extra one on the internet.

I'll be needing a second dock so either I buy one of the spare one's from someone else or buy an official Nintendo dock accessory. Whatever is cheaper to be honest.

Yeah, i might was well keep it at my summer house or a friends'.

I think that ever Switch Will come with the dock.

But You can buy Just the Dock.

But not Just the Switch.

Probably will just be in every box. Just a hunk of plastic with connectors. Very cheap.