Switch Lite offered a new option for customers to have a cheaper way to play Switch games. However, Joy-Con drift is still a thing (which is a big problem because Switch Lite is a dedicated handheld with no removable controllers on the tablet) and Switch Lite cannot be played on a TV.

We have never had a TV-only Switch and Switch 2 is too early in its life to get a Switch 2 Lite or TV only version.

Should Switch 2 eventually get a Lite, maybe even a TV-only version with the same specs or a Pro console?

Should Switch at this late date with tariffs and other manufacturing considerations get a TV-only option? 3DS get 2DS XL after Switch already launched, so a new SKU isn't crazy even if it's unlikely. 

The more the merrier. Switch 2 Lite, TV, and Pro would all be good options for certain groups. None would sell as many units as the standard model, but they don't need to. They'd add up to the Switch family totals, and make more people happy, so I'm all for them.

There are poor people in the world or individuals/families with stricter budgets.

A budget Switch 2 TV or Switch 2 Lite would be appealing to those demographics... And there are those who just don't care about mobile handhelds, like myself.

I would definitely ditch my Switch 2 handheld (Even Switch OLED) if I could get a Switch 2 TV... No ticking time bomb/lithium battery, no LCD, no small joycons which eventually drift, no overpriced plastic dock, just a simple, durable and cheap TV unit.

Switch 2 Lite should be a no brainer, especially as having a cheaper model will be far more crucial this gen than last due to economic circumstances. Launch that thing in 2027 for say $350 alongside the next Animal Crossing and watch sales explode.

A TV only one I don't expect, as they had 8+ years to make on for Switch 1 but chose not to.

Switch 2 Lite makes sense and I can see that coming in Holiday 2027, but I don't see a TV only model coming. I feel like, if anything, they want to highlight portability. I do think it would be nice to make a Lite model that can eventually connect to the TV, even if its through an additional accessory.

It was a missed opportunity to this day to not allow Switch Lite to connect to its own separately available dock. It could even be a tiny cradle with just enough room for the ports to save money and space. It would also let people who bought a Switch Lite that started to drift to still play it without drift if fixing the drift is too much of a hassle or more expensive than a dock. 

Shoot, Sony lets people who buy the PS5 Digital Slim to buy a separately available disc drive later on if they change their mind about physical media. Not the same in terms of function to Switch but similar in a cheaper model given an option to upgrade unlike Switch Lite. 

I think we'll see a Switch 2 Lite in 2 years. if it's $100 less than the original like the Switch 1 then at $350 a lot of people will jump on it. I don't think a TV only Switch would sell, but if they do attempt that it would need a 512 GB SSD, allow external SSD storage, come with a pro controller, and price it at $250.

Nintendo is under new leadership and has new people heading it's hardware division ... so I would say more things are possible than people probably think.

For starters, under Furukawa Nintendo has released two Switch consoles under his leadership ... the Switch OLED and the Switch 2. Both I would say are more premium styled products with emphasis on hardware features once again (OLED display, 120 Hz display/4K resolution on the Switch 2 being prominently advertised for both).

The other thing I would say is this new Nintendo leadership and hardware managers are a lot younger. They all grew up with and remember the Playstation 1. I don't think they're going to be naive to Sony's intentions and just let them release a Playstation 6 branded hybrid with no response. So you probably are getting a Switch 2 Pro (whatever it will be called). Nintendo built the hybrid market they're not just going to let someone walk in with a direct, credible hybrid console (not like the handheld PCs) and try and carve out a chunk the way Sony walked into the regular console space and took over Nintendo's spot that was previously dominated by the NES/SNES (Famicom/Super Famicom). They will respond directly and head on this time IMO and they won't make the same kinds of mistakes Nintendo's old hardware designers/presidents made (all of whom are now basically retired from the company). N64 was held back by poor decision making on cartridges, the GameCube by a dumb purple lunchbox design, giving Sony too much of a headstart (18 months), and a bunch of other dumb ideas. 

That and they were likely going to need a premium model anyway because of no COVID boost this generation they were likely going to be in tough to match the Switch 1's mid-cycle sales explosion due to COVID, so something else was always needed.

Now with XBox fading out of the picture, realistically there actually is now an opening for a new home console competitor. I mean as long as Nintendo keeps their expectations realistic they probably could retool a Switch 2 Pro (say 2x the current Switch 2) into a console that has a shared library with all Switch 2 models and just has higher/lower settings for games. If it sells 25-35+ million consoles potentially, it's just like icing on the cake of whatever the regular Switch 2 models sell. 

Nintendo doesn't really care about the past as much as people think, Nintendo cares about whatever is advantageous to them in the present moment. So, now that Microsoft and their giant ass moneybags and the XBox brand may be out of the home console business, who knows, maybe Nintendo sees an opportunity there to make some good money. Remember their gripe with the GameCube was not so much that it didn't beat the PS2 as they never intended for that, it was that they wanted it to be a solid no.2 console with a userbase in the range of 40-50 million consoles, Microsoft coming into the business and effectively splitting that 2nd place in half and losing tons of money on the XBox to do that poisoned the well for Nintendo. But that was then, now Nintendo's brand is much hotter and the field is wide open. Who knows. 

I really only play it plugged into the tv, so if they had a tv only version that was either cheaper or more powerful I would have purchased it. I'm not expecting it, so I picked up the normal Switch 2.

Apparently there is a large consumer base of Nintendo fans that never use the Portable aspect....
they leave it, hooked up to the tv once they buy it, and basically never use it any other way.

So yes, I think that makes more sense than a portable only device.
If they can knock off like 50-100$ off the price... and offer a switch 2 that is only a base console they should.

I find the idea of a Switch 2 tv very appealing myself.