Is The Switch Still Worth It? #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin the switch is

nearly two years old at this point and

while has absolutely smashed sales

records and give a Nintendo a very

important win after the disaster that

was the Wii U it's not going on sale for

the holidays which of course begs the

question is now the time to buy you

can't talk about the switch without

being impressed with the flexibility of

the hardware drop it in the dock and you

have a proper dedicated console it's

kind of even better as a portable

especially when you compare this to the

3ds it is a way better experience detach

the joy cons and you can see one of the

many many ways of playing the switch so

now that you have a stand that you can

play it in tabletop mode but you can

also sync other controllers including

the pro controller or even if you're

docked you can use a USB controller

there's a lot of different options of

playing the switch this is clearly what

Nintendo wanted the Wii U to be a tablet

sized console that's actually portable

the Wii U is a good comparison here a

lot of titles from it have been ported

over to the switch including Mario Cart

splatoon toad and of course the

outcoming Super Smash Brothers ultimate

there's a great selection of indie games

as well so just over cooked to as well

as dead cells and this is a little bit

of a trend for the console lots of games

have found their home on the switch

especially the ones that aren't super

graphically intensive that run really

really nicely here this is also the

spiritual successor to the 3ds which

means that we're finally getting games

such as Pokemon moving over to a full

proper Nintendo console for a portable

it's also got some serious power take

one look at the game such as Wolfenstein

2 and it is hard not to be impressed

measure its way lower resolution than

the ps4 Xbox one but it does look

reasonably close and it is incredibly

impressive that this is running on a

handheld console

four-night is a great example this is a

game that runs on basically every device

out there but this is the best mobile

version on the switch mostly thanks to

the physical controls the thing is

though the switch really doesn't make

sense if it's your only dedicated

console most big triple-a games take

months to make it to the switch and

that's what they make it at all and on

top of that they generally don't perform

as well as other consoles and they cost

full price this is totally fine if you

want to play the excellent Nintendo

exclusives but you want to play other

games such as call of duty Assassin's

Creed 2 Gran Turismo this is not the

console for you the thing is both the

base ps4 and Xbox one are cheaper than

the switch and with those consoles you

are getting a better dedicated gaming

experience if you don't care about the

portable stuff they make a lot of sense

you also don't have any kind of

backwards compatibility or virtual

console here this is bizarre considering

that it was

who kind of pioneered the whole idea of

doing a Virtual Console both the Wii and

the way you could play a lot of older

games via the Virtual Console and on top

of that they could also you know work

with a disc that you just pop in from

your last generation system instead on

the switch I'm buying Mario Kart for the

third time on the second different

platform in the last couple years is

that just me I guess an appendage just

has to keep selling those mini consoles

right sure you've got access to some NES

games if you pay for Nintendo's online

service but well let's get into that

both PSN and Xbox Live include current

generation games for free every month as

opposed to a couple of old NES titles

and on top of that you actually don't

even need to necessarily pay for the

switch online service to play online

they yes if you want to play smash for

example online you have to pay but if

you want to play something like

fortnight you actually don't have to pay

anything because that makes sense

there's also no proper party system you

can't do voice chat on the console

itself well it does support cloud saves

it doesn't work for all games the entire

online system just does feel a little

bit half-baked I will give them credit

at $20 a year at least the Nintendo

switch online service is less expensive

than PSN or Xbox Live but well that

makes sense because it's not as good

probably the biggest reason to hold off

on buying a Nintendo switch right now

are the rumors that there's an upcoming

switch pro 2 out next year supposedly

the switch will have an upgraded screen

as well as potentially a little bit more

power now that's all fine and good if

you take one look at the 3ds you'll know

that there is very little chance that

the switch is going anywhere anytime

soon even though there are upgrade

versions of the 3ds available pretty

much all games do support the older

version I expect that to be the exact

same case for the switch I really do

enjoy the switch it feels like a glint

of the future or where consoles are

headed over the next few years now of

course with an upgraded version on the

horizon it might not be a crazy idea to

hold off and wait but you could also

just not do that by a switch right now

and come play pokemon and smash but the

rest of us your call