The point is, Nintendo is competing with MS and Sony, no matter how people on Gaf try to twist this.
Average Bill walks into the video-games department of a store with 400$ in his pockets.
"Hm, what am I going to buy? This thing that plays games and I can carry it around...or this thing that plays games , those games looking great with my 4K TV? Or the cheaper version with 2 games?", "Or will I spend my hard earned cash on something completely else, something that doesn't play games"
Some people on Gaf should really try the average person's view for once. Imagine telling a non-gamer that you bought a Switch and a PS4/X1 in quick succession. Most people will say: "But why? You just bought a gaming thing 2 weeks ago"
If the discriminator is that it should play games or not, then your earlier question whether it is a handheld is completely irrelevant. A handheld plays games just as much as a console.
Only it isn't irrelevant and your fanboy troll is weak.