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If new SKU's happening, knowing Nintendo, they'll call it XL or L. The "pro" naming is very unlikely.

I never claimed Switch 1st party games were. I said 'most' of Nintendo's 'big' (sellers not scale) games and they are.

Doesn't matter anyway, real Nintendo gamers would rather have a $149 dedicated home console at 720p/60 for our Wii Sports friend's (30 for Zelda and Pokemon) instead of an overpriced GC/WiiU 2/Pro home console that runs the odd PS5 port.

But then it would directly compete with the original SKU instead of indirectly competing/complementing it.

I think you are ignoring business sense. The question is why would Nintendo sell a $149 Switch that will sell well at $200 or $250? A Switch TV version would only sell to specific people, as most people want the hybrid thing. So it's not like a cheap TV-only version of the Switch would unleash monster sales. Just like a $100-off Switch Lite didn't release monster sales because most people want the hybrid version. Probably about just as many people would buy a cheap $200 SwitchTV as would buy a $150. Those are both very cheap systems. The difference is one makes way more business sense for Nintendo.

For people who have no interest in using Switch as a portable, they're gonna naturally go for a SwitchTV over the original, especially if it improves the performance of games slightly and has a bunch more disk space. $50 off the main option or $100 off the main option is already a great deal, making it $150 off would simply be a bad business decision for Nintendo as it would lose them a lot of money.

"it wasn't happy with current profits"...ummm all companies want to improve their current profits. It is a for-profit company. Let's just say you should never run a business with your attitude.

You're literally saying a SwitchTV should sell for $90, because a stand alone pro controller costs $60. That makes zero business sense. What makes sense is a standalone SwitchTV selling a bit cheaper than the Lite, because it would be a bit cheaper to make, then add $60 for the pro controller. So we get $220 or $230. Also Nintendo would want to sell it for as much as they think people will buy it for, see how the sales do, and then lower it if needed. They couldn't raise the price later if they realized they put the price too low.

Wow. A 4k capable SwitchTV would definitely not cost $200. Take out the 4k and just leave in the ability to boost performance a little bit on current games and the lowest price that would be is $200. A 4k SwitchTV would need to be a lot stronger than the Switch. 4k SwitchTV that ALSO boosts performance would probably sell for $300.

Seems to me the options for a new version of the Switch seem to be:

Premium Switch Hybrid - likely with better screen, bigger SSD, a little better performance at $300 with a price drop on the original
SwitchTV at $200+ price point
SwitchTV 4k at $300 price point
SwitchVR (?? unlikely)

Which of these would you personally prefer? And which do you think would sell the best? A premium hybrid Switch, a cheap SwitchTV, a 4k more expensive SwitchTV, or something totally different like a VR Switch.

That doesn't make any sense. A console cannot compete with itself. It would be like the ds lite and xl, or regular 3ds and xl. $199 real switch lite and $249 regular switch would be selling a lot more than fake lite at $199 and switch at $299.

I don’t think there’s going to be one, but if there is I think it’ll be a Switch TV/Pro. ‘TV’ and ‘Pro’ are the same thing to me.

So the Switch that doesn't dock is indirect competition for the dockable Switch but Switch is direct competition to PS5/XSX? Great.