pretty pointless argument that's being spun here. a 1080p screen would have even higher PPI so like why do y'all keep bringing that up as if it's some amazing trump card that is destroying people that would like a 1080p resolution? the 3ds has a higher PPI than a 32' 1080p display and that's a fucking tragedy of a screen.
in this case here, the Switch will have a comparable PPI to Apple's retina displays. 720p looks just. fine. on a 6 inch screen viewed from a foot or two away.
Especially when considering (something some haven't done yet) that this screen is tethered to a
mobile game system. Higher resolution requires more powerful and expensive hardware, reliant upon a higher capacity battery, both requiring an expanded footprint for the device etc
so as far as I'm concerned, I find no merit in suggesting that a better alternative would have been that Nintendo include a higher resolution screen with nonsubstantial and barely discernible visual benefit at the expense of those other elements of the device that I mentioned. Please see how ridiculous that shit is guys
3DS screen has a higher ppi than some TVs, which you're right is kind of irrelevant, mostly because the distance at which they're viewed is different by orders of magnitude. PPI really doesn't mean shit to me if I'm viewing my 60 inch panel from all the way across the room, right?
The Switch will boast retina-esque PPI at a comparable viewing distance to how retina displays are viewed. 1080p would have been -better-, more is usually better, but enough is just fine. Someone explain in no uncertain terms how 720p on this device is a problem, how it represents a bad move on Nintendo's part, how a 1920x1080 screen would serve to legitimately improve the device despite potentially increasing its price point, physical footprint, and battery consumption, etc. pick your poison, I'm not trying to put words into anyone's mouth, I'm just wracking my brain trying to figure out how any of you in here have deemed this resolution a problem, outside of the occasional person saying to themselves, "Hmm, 720p on a modern device
sounds a bit low". I can all but guarantee that barring games running at sub-native resolution (the plague of Vita) very very few users of the device will have any problem at all with the handheld resolution in practice.