If the Switch is the merging of the two platform, mobile and home console, this could be the end of an era. But is it a bad thing? When Nintendo was at their best, NES/Famicom, they had basically 1 product they threw all of their resources behind. The world has changed, times have changed, video games have changed. At the time Arcades were not just a thing, they were they place to play all the current, new, exciting games. Those days are long gone.
So with the Switch merging the two markets into one, when does it become time to merge this forum into the console forum? Or would this remain as a legacy forum to remind people of a bygone era? I guess, to be fair, Nintendo used to make arcade machines too but we don't have a dedicated Nintendo Arcade forum so... just food for thought.