@PlywoodStick I'm amazed it's sold so well as well, mostly b/c it's Ntinedo so I figured they'd only make 3 million the first year to drive up the price on eBay.

I dont' think it's as invisible as you've made it out to be though, in fact just the opposite. Oh sure, I don't think Iv'e ever seen one in public, mostly b/c I never leave my house, but it's a thing in the collective conscious. I've seen commercials for it on TV all the time. probably 10x more already then I've seen for all of Wii U in 4 years. All the Targets and Gamestops I go into have playable kiosks. (I leave the house sometimes.) The newspaper flyers have had way more ads for Switch than they ever did for Wii U, and bigger too, full or half pages rather than just a small corner. I've seen ads in movie theaters. It's been in plenty of "Best gift for the holidays" list.

I haven't done any polls but I feel confident that after 9 months on the market way more people on the street in the US would know what a Switch was compared to a Wii U. So yeah, it's amazing it's sold this well, that Ntineod has made this many, and pushed it so hard, but I think them pushing it has helped sell it. Both for portable and home use. And while people will probably choose to use it 1 way or the other, the fact that it is a hybrid is a selling point, just in case people get in the mood to try something different.

And Nintneod is pushing the hybrid nature of the Switch. In Japan they are pushing it as a handheld that does tabletop for 2 players. In the US they are pushing it as a home console. That's the benefit of the Switch for them, they made one console they can sell in different markets by focusing on different things it can do. So they are pushing it's hybrid nature, just not in the same place at the same time. As long as it sells and people buy the games Nintneod doesn't need to care how people are using it.

But it doesn't surprise me you haven't' seen a lot of it on the DC metro. It's kind of expensive, and unwieldy, as a portable. And Zelda and Mario work better on the big screen, and I dont' know but I'll guess WiFi on the DC Metro is somewhat limited for matches in Spaltoon 2. All NYC mass transit advertises WiFi of some sort but I wouldn't' rely on it for gaming. Wait until the spring when the weather gets better, I bet you;ll see more then.