Nintendo to release mini-size Switch in 2019, Citigroup predicts

A Nintendo Co. Switch game console stands on displayed during an unveiling event in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Nintendo's brand-new console Switch will go on sale March 3, more than a decade after the debut of the blockbuster Wii gaming device, at a price of $300 with a new feature: an online gaming network. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

Expect more variations of the Switch as Nintendo Co continues to refine its home and portable business strategy. 

That’s the message from Citigroup Inc, which says the new console is doing well, but is too big to truly combine home and portable gaming for everyone. That’s why they expect the Kyoto-based company to release a smaller version of the Switch in the fiscal year through March 2019, according to analysts including Minami Munakata, Kota Ezawa and Alicia Yap.