Is the Switch 2 worth it or a waste of money?

The only sw2 game worthwhile.

Switch 1 games feel great though, huge improvement on most even without upgrades.

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...

If you want the Switch 2 for the latest Nintendo games then the money savings with a PC handheld don’t even matter. Unfortunately there are no PC games that can scratch that Nintendo itch. Except for 2D platformers. No Zelda, 3D Mario and Animal Crossing type of game on PC ever comes close to the real thing.

Sure you can wait for emulation, but the Switch 2 needs to get a jailbreak first who knows how long that will take and then emulators will take sometime to achieve playable performance.

Yes but not very often and not very deep until the games are years old. Though they never go on permanent sale like in the past with Nintendo’s Player’s Choice line.

But since Nintendo still releases physical game cards you can buy them used for cheaper.

You can add each other to your stream family and have access to all their games at any time. (Except when they are playing that exact game)

Kirby Air Riders!

So regarding the second part of my comment, how do you get around the geofence?

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 don't see it at all.

None that I have.

Personally I'm waiting for an OLED model.

I dunno what to say to you at this point, but you not noticing the obvious isn't a good reason for new hardware to not exist.

Games like Donkey Kong Bananza and Kirby Air Riders would never have ran on a 2017 tablet. Nor could ports like Cyberpunk.

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

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.

I have a Switch 1 and really enjoyed it, but I don't feel the need to upgrade. Better hardware would be nice, but I'm better off gaming on PC anyway.