Tech has its limits. Building such a power house of a handheld console will gut the battery life, make it to heavy, make it way to expensive and a lot of other stuff that will not work for the Switch. Being around one generation behind in power but half a generation forward in use of that power is a good sweet spot for the switch where it is fairly easy to port games from current gen consoles to the handheld/hybrid format.

If hardware power mattered as much as some of these posters claim, then Sony wouldn't be struggling to move their base to PS5 and Xbox series wouldn't be imploding. Hardware power is precisely why both brands are in the situation they are in. Hardware power is causing the pricing issues and games take longer to make trying to take advantage of the hardware power. Nintendo isn't looking at PS and Xbox as something to follow. Graphics are getting to the point where they are good enough for millions of consumers and the pricing is hitting the upper limits. Nintendo should keep it under control to the best of their ability and continue to aim for growth. Real growth, not inflation driven revenue growth.

The PS5 is selling nearly on par with the PS4 launch-aligned currently, and the Xbox flopped b/c it has no exclusive games. Your point?

My point stands because "nearly" is admitting it isnt and Xbox is imploding despite your excuses. What was your point of even responding? My post was towards the posters that seem obsessed with hardware power mattering more than it clearly does. The market has decided Switch keeping up with PS hardware power means nothing to them and Nintendo shouldn't be concerned as much as some of these posters are painting.

To back up my claim. Here is a list of all rumored and leaked hardware for the Switch 2 in comparison to the PS4 Pro and Switch OLED

The RAM itself will allow it access to many AAA games in the future, and don't forget the potential gimmicks that'll allow diversified gaming to accommodate most (and maybe all) gamers.

The quality of games is close to maxing out with what technology we have, games take 4 to 8+ years to produce which will continue to get longer slowing down the market. Nintendo has the right idea to keep things at the pace they are going now, as it'll allow the market to expand for newer entrants in the market keeping the market and hype up.

Nintendo has never needed to be on the same level of hardware as Sony or Microsoft. Look where that put Microsoft, going pure software. Sony pushes for best hardware but the gaming companies cant fully reach the potential without spending 6+ years on development. Nintendo understands the consequences of going for maxed stats.

So what were you expecting them to do with the successor, just give it a different name? What kind of innovation were you looking for? I have a personal theory on the Switch 2 USB insert on the top and I hope I'm right (Ill put it in the gimmick section with the *).

Here is a list of all listings of games to be released on the Switch 2. Some are rumors hence the last column as it specifies if it is likely or not.

Updated list of Rumored and Leaked Games for the Switch 2 (some are Day 1, some are later and are not specified in this listing).