Nintendo Switch

“It effectively can't be used except for a few physical launch titles without placing you under the recourse-free banhammer.”

“the EULA-backed legal right, until a court declares otherwise, to permanently destroy a device at will for jailbreaking”

“It's the closest experience to having a physical copy out of all the main digital stores.”

“On the Switch and the Switch 2, I've never had a physical game that didn't let me skip updates and play offline.”

“I've never had a physical game that didn't let me skip updates and play offline.”

“It's one thing to reject a transaction in the eShop, it's another thing to permanently ban console for that.”

“at the cost of significantly degrading framerate/framepacing, visuals, nothing ever running at native resolution etc.”

“Of course the switch is underpowered as hell, but you don't need PC perf for the games you want to play in the social console form factor.”

“Nintendo already proved that basic and rather mild level of innovation can excite the market (original Switch).”

“The Switch being a hybrid console meant you could take the whole thing outside of the room”

“physical Switch 1/2 games are usually playable offline with just the game card and the console”

“they are still terrific for local multiplayer”

“The only places it's not extremely shitty are the Switch (which still isn't great) and Apple devices.”

“It's pretty damn impressive what they managed to pull off on the Switch with more or less circa-2015 Android hardware.”

“Nintendo finally implemented a modern update system that installs the new version in a new volume”

“The Switch is great, portable, detachable controllers for multiplayer and wiimote-like interaction”

“the plastic part into which the screws are screwed broke, and it is tough to remove them”

“My launch Switch 1 battery is still working. Capacity is probably 80% or less but it still works fine.”

“the amount of adhesive holding the old battery in made replacing it an unnecessarily hard and actually dangerous”

“I quite like the idea of what Nintendo Switch 2 is doing and hopefully could take on with some guarantee”

“Tried playing split fiction on the switch 2 and it was so horrible I haven’t played anything since then.”

“all Switch games are made for that platform and there are a ton of exclusives you can't get on PC”

“Switch has a convenient docking system where you can dynamically switch between handheld, tabeltop, and TV mode”

“fun/benefit per dollar for {Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros., Animal Crossing, Ring Fit Adventure, etc.} has been huge for me, even including the price of the console”

“BOTW had issues with framerate (30fps was the baseline which isn't good to start with), and often dropped to below that in open world scenarios.”

“It provides incredible value for its price (hours of fun per $) when compared to basically any other form of entertainment”

“The Switch 2 has superior performance, an inferior screen, and comes with the dock + detachable controllers.”

“I don't really care about generated frames or whatever AI magic the console is doing to pull it off, it looks great.”

“The Switch 2 was mostly a hardware bump with additional polish to the rough edges of the original Switch.”

“You also can't play Cyberpunk 2077 on the plane or train with a 2nd hand desktop unlike the Switch 2.”

“The cooling fan inside the Nintendo Switch has alienated zero potential customers, is basically inaudible”

“Both Playstation and Nintendo Switch significantly exceeded xbox in terms of good games in the last decade”

“consoles came out at a pretty quick pace and resellers basically could not unload their stock for a profit”

“The only game console that still resembles a game console, and not some kind of weird proprietary PC.”

“the Switch gave game devs a solid platform to target without being the latest and greatest without compromising the usability or fun factor”

“the television and the Nintendo switch have by far the highest entertainment value per dollar spent”

“the Switch ends up being a lot closer to mobile than it does to desktop since it's always launching with ~2 generations old GPUs”

“Switch is an overall better choice for kids anyway, lots of kid friendly high quality games”

“The switch is underpowered to the point that most A(AA) games cannot run on it without a ton of effort and compromise”

“I trust my Steam library will persist and be easily playable more than Switch (although Switch 2 compat was great!”