This is my question as well . <| sep |> Ok , let ' s break this downIt will be severely underpoweredNo it won ' t . Best guess says it ' ll be around the XBone in terms of power . Even if it was severely underpowered , when has that ever been a problem for Nintendo ? Look at the Wii . Making it unappealing to thirdparty developersYou must be out of your mind . Marketing will confuse the public and they won ' t know whether it ' s a console or a handheldThe trailer for the Switch clearly demonstrated the positioning of the product . It ' s both a console and a handheld . I don ' t get how you think people are still confused about it . The shareholders of Nintendo are begging the big wigs there to concede all their franchises and move into cell phone mini games where the real money in gaming is going . The spread of smart devices does not spell the end of game consoles . The key is to figure out a way to use smartphones to make people aware of Nintendo ' s games , and encourage them to try out the console version of the games . ~ Satoru Iwata , 2014