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Soundwave on 15 January 2017

Removing the dock doesn't save Nintendo $100, therefor to sell at $199.99 they would have to take a loss. That dock is $20 to manufactuer if that. 



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Aerys on 15 January 2017

After seeing how ugly games are on dock ( + bad framerate for Zelda on dock ) compared to Switch screen, i vote for this.

Thé dock should only bé à bonus, its à tool , and i think à lot of people will mostly play not on TV when theyll see thé visualis différence



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Kerotan on 15 January 2017

They should and they probably will next year to properly replace the 3DS. They could even remove the joy cons and leave them as optional purchases so they can sell the main console as cheap as possible.



EricHiggin on 15 January 2017

I'd say most likely what you will see a year or two down the road is:

Switch hybrid (what we have now just cheaper) $249
Switch handheld (minus the dock and half controller, maybe even a newer smaller version) $149
Switch home (A beefy version of the Nvidia Shield console) $399



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JRPGfan on 15 January 2017
Ka-pi96 said:
I`d rather a home console only pack...

That would require they do R&D for a new system design.... the otherway around just requires them to remove stuff from the package.

It also allows all those that just buy the handheld version, to become potential buyers of accessorys if they lateron feel they want to be able to play on the tv as well.



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Platina on 15 January 2017

Just without the dock, yes I would be interesting in getting that

and can buy the dock separately if I want later



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flashfire926 on 15 January 2017

I would suggest a $250 variant that switches the joycons and charging grip for a pro controller



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JRPGfan on 15 January 2017
Ka-pi96 said:
JRPGfan said:

That would require they do R&D for a new system design.... the otherway around just requires them to remove stuff from the package.

It also allows all those that just buy the handheld version, to become potential buyers of accessorys if they lateron feel they want to be able to play on the tv as well.

Does it? Can`t require that much R&D to package it without the joycons surely?

I thought you where talking about a new version like a PS TV was to the PS Vita.

Like a small black box, instead of a tablet + dock.

And a normal pro controller.

That box would require abit of work yes.