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How likely do you think this more pocket friendly Switch is?

It is absolutely going to happen 17 26.98%
 
Fairly certain it will happen 23 36.51%
 
Not sure 11 17.46%
 
Probably not, but you never know 7 11.11%
 
It will never happen 5 7.94%
 
Total:63
trent44 on 11 February 2017

Interesting quote from Shinya Takahashi

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-bosses-discuss-switch-upgrades-accessorie/1100-6447600/


...Certainly, we've designed Nintendo Switch in a way that it can be used by consumers in the way that best suits them," he said. "I think we may see that people who have bought a Nintendo home console in the past traditionally, they may treat Switch like a home console and buy it and use it for a long period of time.

Whereas people who have been traditionally Nintendo handheld gamers, they may buy Nintendo Switch. And then, for example, if a new version were to come out later, maybe they would decide to upgrade to that.

It sort of hints at a handheld preferred version of the Switch releasing someday.



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Mr.GameCrazy on 11 February 2017

Definitely an interesting quote, but I'm not very sure if it's likely that Nintendo will make a pocket sized version of the Nintendo Switch. If they do, it would be very cool imo.



jonathanalis on 11 February 2017

I hope is compatible with old joy-con



zorg1000 on 11 February 2017
RolStoppable said:
Revisions are bound to come eventually and given that Switch starts out big, it's only logical to think that the first revision will be a smaller version. Basically the reverse of the 3DS situation where the first revision was going to be an XL model.

3DS is the outlier, Gameboy, GBA & DS all had a more portable form factor as their first revision.



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areason on 11 February 2017

When the Switch get's a price drop i see the console getting an upgraded battery life.

I also see the potential of a new Dock which would increase it's power when it goes to the large screen.



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bdbdbd on 11 February 2017

Quite sure it will happen someday. Switch needs to start making money before the revision that's supposed to replace 3DS can be released.

RolStoppable said:
zorg1000 said:

3DS is the outlier, Gameboy, GBA & DS all had a more portable form factor as their first revision.

But I said 3DS, not Nintendo handhelds in general. The DS family eventually saw the DSi XL model which was reasonably successful, so XL was going to happen for the 3DS.

Yeah. But they failed to put out the games that made the DSi XL successful. 



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Valdath on 11 February 2017

A handheld SKU with no detachable joycons and a real d-pad for 200-250$ would set Japan on fire.



zorg1000 on 11 February 2017
RolStoppable said:
zorg1000 said:

3DS is the outlier, Gameboy, GBA & DS all had a more portable form factor as their first revision.

But I said 3DS, not Nintendo handhelds in general. The DS family eventually saw the DSi XL model which was reasonably successful, so XL was going to happen for the 3DS.

I know, I was just reinforcing your point that a smaller revision first is more probable.



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PAOerfulone on 11 February 2017

I'm sure it will happen sometime later, question is how much cheaper would it be if it does?
I'd imagine quite considerably seeing as how the Dock adds quite the hefty chunk of money to the price.



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zorg1000 on 11 February 2017
PAOerfulone said:
I'm sure it will happen sometime later, question is how much cheaper would it be if it does?
I'd imagine quite considerably seeing as how the Dock adds quite the hefty chunk of money to the price.

I doubt the dock adds a significant amount to the cost. I know its $90 sold separately but accessories are typically sold at pretty high mark ups.



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