[ThatPlayer]

I scoped out my local Target at 1 am and there were 5 people in line and maybe a few more waiting in cars. Came back at 7:30am before the 8am opening and got a voucher for about 40 out of 60 Switches. I think it could just be a smaller thing because most people expect the midnight launches, and people have work at 8am. The midnight launch at my local Fry's sold out of their 90 Switches. Or maybe it is your location as I am in Los Angeles County.

>It very much feels like a mobile device you can dock versus a home console you can take with you.

I definitely agree that it feels like a 3DS successor rather than a Wii U successor. That wouldn't surprise me if you consider how well the 3DS does compared to the Wii U. I'm playing the Zelda on the portable more than on the TV.

>Just not sure how much headroom is in the hardware to make this last for three or four years without major compromises.

If you look at the 3DS which still has most games running on the same hardware from 2011, I can see the Switch lasting three years without requiring a refresh. Maybe a small one like the New 3DS is to the 3DS.

[b3b0p]

The difference between the New 3DS and the original 3DS is actually quite substantially technically.

New 3DS:

* ARM11 MPCore 4x @ 268MHz

* 4x VFPv2 Co-Processor

* 256MB FCRAM

* 10MB VRAM

* Dedicated Hardware Video Decoder

(* It also can play SNES Virtual Console games and can also play Xenoblade Chronicles for New 3DS)

(* The menu screen is also substantially faster)

3DS:

* ARM11 MPCore 2x @ 268MHz

* 2x VFPv2 Co-Processor

* 128MB FCRAM

* 6MB VRAM