And while sometimes cheaper or available first or earlier on other platforms, many games also take advantage of the Switch in smart, meaningful ways. It’s games like Hades, Slay the Spire, Spiritfarer, the Jackbox Party Packs, Umurangi Generation, Paradise Killer, Pikmin, Monster Hunter Rise, Celeste, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, Hollow Knight. It’s the hundreds and hundreds of $20 to $30 bangers hiding on its eShop. It’s not just because it’s the only place to play games like Mario Kart, Breath of the Wild, Animal Crossing or Super Mario Odyssey. But the real power of the Switch when you’re living with it, day to day, is just how extensive its library is. New consoles are shiny, they offer plenty of promise, and OLED screens are the real deal. And there’s many more who are still stuck with an aging PS4, a PC they can’t upgrade because of GPU shortages, and an Xbox that’s still not suited for cloud streaming because we still live in Australia with Australian internet.Īnd for a lot of those people - especially those who woke up to the news that it looks like lockdown will be extended by another week - I can imagine there will be a good amount of confusion. The pandemic saw an astronomical amount of Aussies discover or reacquaint themselves with gaming. But there are literally thousands upon tens of thousands for whom that doesn’t apply. ![]() If you have all of these already because you were invested in the Switch ecosystem, then this argument won’t matter to you. You can have all of those and you’ll still come out ahead of the Switch OLED, plus enough money left over to buy one or two good indies (something like Hades or Griftlands, for instance). 64GB not enough because one game will inevitably eat up at least a third of it? Add 256GB storage for an extra $45. Hate controller drift? Grab a Switch Pro controller or 8BitDo’s excellent alternative. With most places selling the 9-hour Switch for $379 today, that leaves plenty of money for the various accessories that make a substantial difference to your console’s quality of life. But you can buy those for practically nothing: this UGREEN $18 adapter works just fine. The OLED’s stand is nice, but it’s also one of the least frequently used parts of the console: most people are holding the Switch with two hands or sticking it in a dock, where the OLED won’t make a difference.Īnd sure, if you’re a regular Smash Ultimate player, still grinding Splatoon 2 or frequently sick of the constant wireless issues in multiplayer, having an in-built LAN port for the Switch is a bonus. (Or if you were playing something like Breath of the Wild in handheld mode, it’s more like 5.5 hours instead of 3.)īut functionally, what you’re getting is the same internal guts and performance from the Switch OLED. Any Switch you grab today won’t be the original Switch: those hardware revisions have been phased out for the 2019 model, which upgraded the console’s battery life to a maximum of 9 hours from 6. I’ll put one caveat right up the top here. Which is why today is probably the best deal you’ll get on a console in ages: by buying the original Nintendo Switch. ![]() If you think of all the problems that most people have with the Nintendo Switch - a lack of brightness, rough performance even in some indie games, Joy-Con drift and storage space - the Nintendo Switch OLED doesn’t fix any of those. BTW - prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting. ![]() We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. At Kotaku, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too.
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