you're being deliberately dense if you're attempting to continue to act oblivious to the fact that its a hybrid system, and that's its advantage. You can't take a PS4 or Xbox one away from your TV. 

The Switch docks for the TV and then its a pick up and go and play elsewhere sort of thing.

Also some of you (including the OP) seem to be completely unaware of a thing called INFLATION existing. The Switch is no more expensive than almost EVERY single Nintendo system at launch when adjusted for Inflation. Even the Wii. In fact if memory serves me, I think the only home console to be lower (inflation wise) would probably be the Gamecube.

at any rate- if the OP truly can't understand the advantages the Switch, a HYBRID device, would have over the competition OR over its predecessor, then they're too far gone.

Sucks for you if you want to play Nintendo's games but don't want to buy their system, but simply your own whims have no bearing on whether or not Nintendo should or shouldn't go third party. Anyone who has done any research in the matter would be aware of the loss of control and splitting of profits that occurs for third party developers.

Nintendo's best traits are BECAUSE they have their own hardware and control

What can I say, I'm a lurker (and I never read the message boards here)

Nintendo going third party would be sweet! I would love PS/XBox/PC players to be able to play their games...

This business just don't work that way though, sadly... :(

Holy smokes!..

What do you do then?

Occasionally look at the sales numbers. Some of the Switch topics on the main page caught my eye so I figured I'd give my two cents and accomplish nothing by doing so. I'll go back to lurking soon enough.  

Yes it's a Hybrid console, in that it needs to appeal to both home and portable markets. In terms of home console based software, it will fail merely on the fact that it STILL has the same issue as the WiiU did: it's significantly less powerful than its competitors, and publishers wont spend the time to port AAA titles on a whim that it "might" sell okay on the switch.

The portable side was explained pretty thoroughly in my explanation, considering that's what I've deemed the Switch to be.

I actually liked the 3DS. I thought it was a bit pricey, but I definitely got my moneys worth out of it. The only gripe I had was the placement of the power button, which can be confirmed by looking at my post history.

" there's a bit of parallel between what you claim to like and your predictions."

That's called being a realist. As I said, I love what Nintendo have contributed to the industry, and I want them to succeed. However, their hardware model has become uncompetitive. As I explained in the OP, the Switch most likely has no wiggle room for a price drop, unless key features are removed in a later revision of the hardware. They might turn a small profit from hardware, but do you know what turns bigger profits? Selling software on platforms with millions more potential buyers. 

the OP makes loads of assumptions and flat out just pulls things from their imaginations in the original post.

They claim that the handheld market is dead (absurd, the 3DS is selling quite well, in fact it sold better in 2016 than 2015, despite being 5 years old), they claim that the Switch is SPECIFICALLY the 3DS successor (when its the successor to both the Wii U and 3DS, its a combination hybrid),

they seem incapable of accepting the fact that it is in fact a hybrid system. Its not rocket science. Maybe bitter about their Wii U purchase. 

they wrote a lot of outlandish stuff, like the concept that someone can just walk in and buy Nintendo's shares of the Pokemon Company (that cannot be done). Nintendo owns a portion of Game Freak, a portion of Hal lab, and a portion of the Pok Company. Also an easily forgotten fact is that Nintendo staff members FOUNDED Pokemon

The OP is just full of so much BS. It claims that the online service does or doesn't provide things when the online service for the Switch most likely hasn't even been finished yet. They claim things about the battery life when it hasn't even been tested officially (note: if you tried to run an open world game on ANY tablet in the world right now, the battery would last far less than normal)

just a load of hogwash. you can be as bitter as you want, but to make a list of things in the OP that are purely speculation and then to deliberately act as if the Switch is not a hybrid just makes it hard to take your opinion seriously whatsoever. Obviously the Switch is the quintessential concept of a hybrid system. On the TV and on the Go

Hey, don't be a stranger now. I like me a good chat.

Read the last comment in the OP. I'd like to hope the predictions don't come true, but I see way too much of a resemblence between the WiiU and the Switch.

If the device does indeed get decent 3rd party support and no large droughts, I'll be happy to say that I'm wrong.

I'm pretty sure the choice of hardware massively increases if they go 3rd party.