I don’t understand wanting to be a Nintendo customer when they’ve demonstrated countless times over the lazt 15+ years that they loathe their customers.

I see no reason to get a Switch over a Steam Deck unless you absolutely MUST play first party games, and even then they rake you over the coals with game prices and don’t even let you backup your saves unless you pay them rent for the privilege.

Steam Deck OLED is fantastic and Valve demonstrates far more respect for their customers, and the game library and overall utility of the device just leaves even the more powerful Switch 2 in the dirt in terms of value, in my opinion. Not to mention how much you’ll save on game purchases.

Every hobby is a waste of money if you don’t like it.

Have fun doing whatever is fun for you.

It’s waste of money but if you have money it’s not.

If you don’t own a Switch at all, then I’d say definitely grab one, you’ll have a pretty big back catalog of S1 titles to catch up on. Even for legacy content, performance will be better on S2, and you’ll be future proof for future games, so I would advise getting S2 over S1.

If you already own a S1, upgrading really depends on how much you want new first party games. I bought it for Kirby Air Riders and that alone was well worth the price for me after waiting 22 years for that sequel.

Ordinarily I’d say if you’re not that interested in the current lineup you can always wait until games you really want come out, but with the economy being fucked it’s possible there may be additional price increases in the future. So if you’re at all considering it, I think it’s best to grab one sooner rather than later. I’m half joking when I say I bought mine for Kirby Air Riders, I was also just nervous about tariffs, and I made the right call locking my purchase in at the launch price.

The reality especially on here is you will run into three camps.

The people who already own a switch 2 (and mostly love it)

the people who don’t own one and won’t and think it’s absolute garbage

And those switch one owners who didn’t buy one but I generally see they didn’t like the switch 1 they bought.

If you loved what the switch did then an upgrade to a Switch 2 to me makes a lot of sense. Games like StarFox at least visually show what a huge leap the newer SOC can offer. And more games will be released over the next 7 or so years. Not to mention your old library of switch games generally runs a lot better.

If you’ve never owned a switch then it’s going to me to depend on what your looking for. If you want a PC or the freedom of a Pc then just get the PC. But be aware of the learning curve and upfront expenses. And yes that includes Steam Decks.

If you want a native Nintendo experience running any recent Nintendo software and want an easy to use hardware that’s generally less expensive then it’s comparables then I still think the Switch 2 is a good option.

Personally I love my Switch 2, coming from a Switch 1 it was a nice upgrade. I also game on PC but enjoy having a simple setup and native Nintendo experience. I’ve never been much of an accessories buyer. I primarily play with my Switch 1 pro controller.

Switch 2 is great if you already have a lot of Nintendo games.

It, like all consoles, is terrible if you don’t. It’s probably the best option for handheld gaming if an Android-based device isn’t sufficient, however.

It’ll also depend on how much you care about their exclusives. If you just gotta have Zelda, you don’t have a choice. I don’t care about Zelda, though, so I haven’t owned anything from Nintendo since the GameCube.

Define worth it for you.

The hardware is a great upgrade. And I don’t mean the insides, that seems fine. I mean the changed joycon slotting, the build quality, the stand.

I’d never go back to the first one in general. But. The EX SD cards are still expensive, sizes I’d need are not there and especially if most things are key cards you’d need more storage!

So being a nerd I still have (multiple of) switch 1, not replaced by switch 2. But I find both good, the rails on 1 suck (because of plastic blocker on the joycon thst wears off), both still have non echo thumbsticks so go for 8bitdo controllers but in general the switch 2 is a nice upgrade.

So if you want a switch go for the 2 imo.

Oh but the best Mario kart is 8 and it will likely stay that way.

A) hard to beat perfect B) intermediate routes…

Totally depends on the games you want to play. I have one because I love Smash Bros and the Xenoblade games.

If there isn’t any exclusives or third party games you’d want to play portable on it, I don’t see a good reason to.

Depends on how much you’d want to use it, to be honest.

People balked at its price tag at launch, but it’s currently the cheapest entry point to gaming. It delivers better performance than the Steam Deck at nearly half the price, but the tradeoff is the closed ecosystem.

If there are key games you want to play on Switch 2 that are easy to get for less than MSRP, I’d say it’s worth it. If you are only interested in games that are also available on every other platform, and you have other options to play them, I’d skip the Switch 2 and save your money. It’s probably not worth it for just 1 or 2 big exclusive titles right now. But it’s only been around for a little over a year, so there will also certainly be more to look forward to down the road.

The only other factor is that hardware is continuing to get more expensive over time. Short of a major changes to global production/the AI bubble bursting, I wouldn’t count on that changing for a while yet. So there may also never be a cheaper time to get a Switch 2 than right now, especially when we know the price of the console will go up in just a couple months.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2026/260508.html

It’s about the games, and honestly I would say to wait.

Kirby Air Riders!

I decided not to get one. If I had a lot more money, maybe. I got a steam deck a couple years ago when I had a nice job, but even that I don’t use all that much.

Usually if I’m not home, I don’t want to be playing video games.

DK: Bananza is the first DK that I’ve not enjoyed. It seemed to lack the skill and timing elements of a typical DK game. With most gameplay essentially boiling down to randomly and repeatedly running round smashing things up to progress. It wasn’t in the least bit fun, and I normally love DK games.

I wouldn’t buy a Switch 2 for that game. But others might, and typically Nintendo prices drop little over time. So if your going to buy anyway, there isn’t usually much money saved by waiting.

I think the Switch 2 is great for certain types of gamers. Some reasons I really enjoy the Switch 2:

• I enjoy Nintendo’s first party games
• I often play in short bursts and the Switch is easy to pick up and play. Also many games on Switch cater to that kind of gaming
• It’s less expensive than a gaming PC or more powerful consoles and if you don’t care about playing every major AAA release there are more than enough games to play that run great on the hardware
• The big AAA games that do release on Switch 2 still run surprisingly well. Usually with worse graphics than on other platforms and at lower framerates (eg. 30fps instead of 60fps), but if you’re not the kind of gamer that is really invested in such things they generally run plenty good enough to be enjoyable
• Lots of family friendly games and lots of couch co-op games that anyone can pick up and play
• Games are expensive and I don’t want to excuse that, but Nintendo’s first party releases tend to be of a high quality, release in a good state and don’t lock content behind microtransactions or battle passes (releasing 20€ DLC a few months after a 70€ game is pretty whack though). Personally I don’t mind paying a premium for that and would rather pay 80€ for a game that is complete, than 60€ for a game where I’m missing out on content because I didn’t buy the 80€ premium version and then still have progression balanced around pushing people towards spending even more via microtransactions

But that’s enough glazing Nintendo for one post. If you value similar things then maybe Switch 2 is a good choice. If you care about having the best graphics and the best performance possible and don’t care about the exclusives or have a massive library on another platform, then maybe not so much.

I think it’s a nice upgrade from the Switch 1 the build quality is a lot better and the screen is a huge upgrade. Performance is better too. I’ve never seen the OLED Switch 1 so I can’t speak for that but I think the upgrade would be less noticeable.

I mostly used my Switch 1 to play indie games and Nintendo Exclusives like BOTW and TOTK.

On Switch 1 both Zeldas, and Hades 1 would all drop frames at certain points. For Balatro on Switch 1 I had to disable everything in the visuals settings because the game would chug when you started scoring high. I don’t have these problems on Switch 2.

Lastly, IMO if you can comfortably afford it and want one you should get one now before hardware prices increase even more. Nintendo is eventually going to stop supporting Switch 1 and there’s some good games like Pokopia that are only Switch 2 already.