Hardware dont make a console deserving or not. By your analogy, switch should’ve also failed, because hardware wise it was weaker than the competitors.  Wii U failed for same reason Vita failed, not good support and overall strategy for game development and releases.

I was meant to quote Bralods comment but i failed.

Switch was weaker than ps5 and series x but still got better third party support than wii u. Why? Because of good console sales. And why is that? Better release window of exclusives.

For me Switch's hardware is brilliant and partly reflected in its success.

Good hardware is not solely about power, for me it's about purpose. And the Wii U was ill conceived in my opinion.

Vita however could of been the great last hurrah to dedicated handhelds if Sony made some late gen PS3 games for the system (Ratchet and Clank Bootys Quest, God of War Ascension, Puppeteer) and secured good third party support (Final Fantasy Type 0, Monster Hunter).

Switch 2 sold 315k units during 2025 in Spain, which is a record launch year for a Nintendo console in Spain.

Some retail sales in Spain:
Mario Kart World: 255k.
Donkey Kong Bananza: 61k

As comparison, it took Xbox series 161 weeks to sell as many units as Switch 2 did in 30 weeks in Spain.

[EXCLUSIVE] Nintendo Switch 2 has already broken the first Switch 1 record in Spain... three months earlier!

Almost certainly worldwide too by this stage.
Next stop, Gamecube.