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.

"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.

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?

Did someone utter the magic phrase 👀 ?! 

Welp, here we go for the fall of a cliff "Legit's Edition" 

Their direction is clear; they are sticking with the hybrid form factor that proved enormously popular, and doing a standard successor console with a generational leap in power and a simple self-explanatory name.

It's the logical course of action and it has worked for decades.

Hmm. I don't understand. I sense some forum lore, fill me in...

My previous post detailed slightly on it. But around the first few years of the Switch's life. A poster here named "QuickRick" gave similar predictions to the ones you did. 

When it became clear the success of the Switch was not receding after the first two years, the poster went on a huge tangent how the Switch's sales were supposedly gonna fall off a cliff in the coming year which did not happen but he maintained his stance nonetheless and finally got banned while doubling down over it, despite reality giving him wrong.

The "fall of a cliff" became a main stay for some years while comedically referencing it anytime the Switch experienced slowing sales period. 

Sorry to jump into conversation, but that standard successor approach never quite worked for them, either with home or handheld consoles. I'm not expecting WiiU doom and gloom, nor even DS to 3DS, but there will most likely be drop in sales, maybe in GB to GBA or NES to SNES percentages.