I hope it's a TV-only model and comes with a pro controller instead of joy cons
If they drop the portability aspect or divide the player base I will be very disappointed. It's the core concept of the Switch that makes it so appealing for me. A docked only would be pointless just like the Lite-version.
Don't know you guys, I'll quite happy if this Switch was an 'only docked' version.
I have no issues with a docked-only Switch, especially if it lets Nintendo push current Switch software at much higher resolutions and frame rates, but I think it would be a strategic misstep unless they do (at least one of) two things.
1. Put a slot on top so that the Switch and the Lite can "dock" with the console. I know the Lite can't dock in the way that the Switch does, but because the console would have its own hardware, it wouldn't need to. Just clone the cartridge to memory once, and have the portable console transfer save data/sync every time it's docked, and you have Switch-like docking on both handhelds.
2. Aim for a Switch 2 level of power and a similar architecture. If this console is powerful enough to run, say, current gen Switch software at 4k and 60fps, that would be about a generational leap over the docked Switch, a significant upgrade but one they could provide at a budget-console price. THEN, in three years, they could roll out another hybrid that provides the same power-level docked. Three years after that, a Switch 3-level console (assuming the worlds hasn't gone nuts for streaming by then).
If they do these things, they could give us a console only Switch, that kind of (but not really) competes with next gen consoles, allows for clear generations even with a mix of hardware, keeps the Switch's core concept alive and even saves the Switch Lite from pointlessness.
Does that mean I think they actually will do any of this? Hell no. Nintendo, for better and for worse, always surprises. I half-expect a console-only Switch that only plays digital games, matches the base PS4 in power, and costs only $50 less than a PS5. Lol