The tidbit about "handheld only and tv-only" SKUs is interesting. If developers start to struggle with 4K, it might be easier for them to do this.
I think we might really see an "All DLC included" version of Ultimate being sold when this Switch Pro comes out. Depending on the timing, it could come just after Volume 2 is finished, so the timing could work. It might even fit with your previous assessment of how it could work for when Ultimate is released in China.
Yeah, that's honestly what I'm thinking with not just China - but also most regions where Nintendo releases their console late in the future.
India is a good example since their requirements for releasing a console are also really bloody complex. The Switch doesn't have an official release there and it currently costs a ****ton to buy one imported there because of the roundabouts in the supply chain. Take Splatoon 3 as a hypotheoretical example: they'll release the game and its associated DLC as usual, and if that game gets an official release in a "late-coming" region they'll focus on any Deluxe / Complete Edition to release there.
While Nintendo prefers to look towards its own strategy and are very risk-averse themselves I do think that they'll take note of the PS4 having sold really well in India (half a million is not a bad result for the PS4 in a country where consoles are niche. The Switch is a distant second there it seems).
As was an NBA game. Here's how Shaquille O'Neal can still win...
As someone who bought a used copy of that exact game (
Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside, produced under the short-lived Nintendo Sports brand), man I'd be 100 % okay with a rep. As it currently stands it hypotheoretically would most likely be a 2K rep (even if that's kinda... yeah), And as someone who quickly became a fan of Jordan and his Bulls (okay, Space Jam mainly, it came out on VHS at just the right time for kid me to be 100 % into it) I'd be 100 % okay with MJ - or Barkley / Shaq for that matter (even if, you know, 4th party).
Also, I'm taking this extremely weak excuse to bring this stuff up re: MJ:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/lsbn5g
(RIP Kobe.)