You can always count on Patcher's predictions for a good laugh:

https://mynintendonews.com/2014/09/06/pachter-believes-nintendo-will-abandon-hardware-and-will-go-third-party-next-gen/

Can we remake this thread but we all make predictions and look back on them in time to see if they become Hilariously wrong or not. Many will laugh but I predict the Switch 2 to be a Wii U sort of deal, not as bad, Nintendo will make their money and they still have 150+ million switches to sell games on. They aren't loosing much in this as they can still sell Switch 1s cause the Switch 2 is simply a PRO console for all intents, they have designed it so they can't fail even if it fails despite the "2" in the name. I predict less than 40 million LT, I wanna say 30 million but I'll be cut it down the middle at go 35 million. It'll sell right out the gate like the Wii U and get over 20 million fairly fast but given all the conditions It'll slow and then It'll slow to a crawl. Parent will not buy this thing, Kids will still be on Switch 1. We will not see hardware price reduction in the lifetime of this system or at least the vast majority of it, we'll be lucky if the price does not go up and it just might. That said, Switches will still sell.

Nintendo is obviously not setting it up as a pro console. It's called the "Switch 2" and it has a giant ass 2 on its logo. Hell, it's the first time they used numbers like this for a console.

It's also getting the next Mario Kart as a exclusive day one and MK8 DX was the best selling Switch 1 game.

Not to mention it's a huge graphical and technical leap. Probably even bigger than going from PS3 to PS4.

They couldn't be more clear: it's the Switch successor.

I absolutely was not in this camp. Actually, the only reason I’m here at VGC was that I was convinced the Revolution, later the Wii, was going to do well and I wanted to find a place that tracked the numbers. I actually don’t remember that many naysayers around here at the time. 

So correct me if I am wrong, but are you essentially saying it will sell well for a couple years then sales will fall off a cliff leading to max 40 M sold lifetime?

Nintendo is obviously not setting it up as a pro console. It's called the "Switch 2" and it has a giant ass 2 on its logo. Hell, it's the first time they used numbers like this for a console.

It's also getting the next Mario Kart as a exclusive day one and MK8 DX was the best selling Switch 1 game.

Not to mention it's a huge graphical and technical leap. Probably even bigger than going from PS3 to PS4.

They couldn't be more clear: it's the Switch successor.

You should have gone over to Gamewinners forums, then. It was a whole different ballgame over there lol.

If you look at the design of the thing it is essential a PRO console with added features. 3DS is the most similar thing but Sony could add mouse control or new haptics to the PS5 PRO, add in two or three exvlusives and call it PS5 2 and it would be the exact same thing. Even the UI is the same or to think more easily about it the ps4 which actually had the same purpose of reaching 4k or something close to it. 

What I'm saying is, if th8s fails their thinking is to lean back in the Switch, they can go ahead with it as a successor if it gains traction. Just don't be surprised when Nintendo create the longest cross gen period every seen in console gaming as an inbetween and Switch 2 exclusive end up on the Switch. MK World is just a Switch game that is ported up, they have said as much. 

"If you look at the design of the thing it is essential a PRO console with added features."

The 3DS looks a lot like the DS, but it's not a DS Pro.
The PS Vita looks a lot like the PSP, but it's not a PSP Pro.

This even happened with a home console:

The Series S looks a lot like the Xbox One S, but it's not a Xbox One S Pro.

"3DS is the most similar thing but Sony could add mouse control or new haptics to the PS5 PRO, add in two or three exvlusives and call it PS5 2 and it would be the exact same thing. Even the UI is the same or to think more easily about it the ps4 which actually had the same purpose of reaching 4k or something close to it."

lol no

A PS5 Pro is still a PS5. It plays the same games and it's impossible for you to make a PS5 Pro exclusive. The Switch 2 already has exclusives from the get-go.

I believe both the Xbox One and Series X have the same UI. The Series X is still the XB1 successor. The PS3 and PSP also shared the XMB interface, yet they were distinct consoles.

"What I'm saying is, if th8s fails their thinking is to lean back in the Switch, they can go ahead with it as a successor if it gains traction."

They didn't lean back to the Wii or the DS when the Wii U died in 2013 and the 3DS struggled early on. These two were also direct successors in the same vein as the Switch 2. This isn't happening.

"Just don't be surprised when Nintendo create the longest cross gen period every seen in console gaming as an inbetween and Switch 2 exclusive end up on the Switch. MK World is just a Switch game that is ported up, they have said as much."

I do think there'll be a long cross gen period but only for smaller games, ports/remasters, and indies. The big games will be Switch 2 exclusives, and this already started with Mario Kart at launch.

Mario Kart World is a full blown Switch 2 game that began development as a Switch 1 game, not a Switch 1 game ported up.

I just can't believe I'm even discussing this. Nothing you've said has any basis in reality.