First, thanks everyone who reached out privately. Ya'll are cool.
Second, let's do some speculating/wishing. What do ya'll want from the next console other than performance. Squishy triggers? A 1080p screen? A second screen? New colors? It can be literally anything.
The rules are - reply to this message directly, but no judging each other's picks. No telling folks why it's not possible, or what it's unlikely, or why the shouldn't want it. I just want people to say what they imagine the next thing might have. It's cool if it's a weird niche thing, it's cool if it's boring. Just let me know. I'm a little tired of this rut of "the same but better" and odds are Nintendo has one surprise cooking, and if it's yours, I want to celebrate that you get your weird niche thing!
full wishlist for me in order of what I want most to least is as follows:
1) Better ergonomics, haptics, built-in controller speaker, mic, and triggers, make the buttons go all the way in like every other controller I DESPISE how stiff the joy-con buttons are and how gripless they are, also make the shoulder buttons, not tiny ass slivers I BEG of you Nintendo
2) wide color gamut and/or HDR support, I have zero faith in this happening but god would I love for it to happen
3) better NVENC encoder, the switch's video capture is awful but I love sharing stuff around so I want a massive upgrade to that, 60fps 1080p capture at a solid bitrate, maybe with H.265 would be great and the current encoders in GeForce cards prove that it is easily do-able without much performance cost, full native quality screenshots please.
4) a 1080p screen would be awesome even if unlikely, I am too much of a pixel peeper I think, but I hope all the next console screens are laminated it goes such a long way from the ugly original LCD.
5) menu music, Quarterly eShop music, more Mii integration across system apps, some built-in social features with a Nintendo spin something like 3DS's built-in system apps, just make the console stand out and feel alive, I know we are far beyond the point of this ever happening again but that's still the period of my life that has formed my opinion and love for this company so I still feel some level of love for it even if most people see it as more of a dark time for them
(everything after this point is very much damn near impossible)
6) Built-in stylus for games like Mario Maker and what not, more optional uses of the touch screen in general for menu navigation, i was really upset when i got new horizons and I had to manage the inventory with the analog stick, it's just so slow and clunky, I don't get the apprehension to using the touch screen especially when it can be made optional
7) i would like if they offered 2 sized SKUs again, maybe a 6.2 inch full switch 2 with slim bezels and a 7 inch switch 2 also with slim bezels so you arent forced to go "do i want the one that switches? or the one thats easier to carry around?"
8) Backplates would be really cool too
9) a "DS" mode of sort that streams to the dock, have it be optional and not forced and require no extra accessories, just have it be there so games that work best with touch are still as enjoyable when playing it on the TV, mario maker on wii u was alot more fun to make levels in due to this i believe and the zelda remasters also benefited alot from the second screens on wii u but still offered pro controller options, i dont want this one in particular that much but it would still be very cool to have.