Should I buy a Switch 2 despite owning an OLED?

Don't give Nintendo your money

Do you mostly play in TV-mode or portable? In the latter case, I'd wait for an OLED version of the Switch 2 personally, as the current model has a screen that's pretty mid and which will definitely feel like a downgrade from Switch OLED.

The new variant with a changeable battery is Europe-only, so if you're located outside of Europe (or UAE/Oman/Saudi Arabia) you won't be able to easily get it.

If it has games you want, buy it. Otherwise the old one is fine.

No new Zelda -> no buy from me. OLED still works.

New Zelda + EU version with swappable battery = me buy.

I think any console buy should be based on whether it has games that you want to play.

If there are games that you want, but not enough of them, you can always wait, these games aren't going anywhere, and as a bonus you can get the EU battery variant, even if they don't release OLED version anytime soon.

If you are sure you'll want to buy one in next couple of years, even without OLED, and don't care about the EU variant, then this might be a good time to buy one, before the price increases.

It all depends on your situation.

I'm in the same boat as you, and I bought Switch 2 because prices are on the rise, and I didn't want to invest heavily when the next Zelda game spawns (which most probably will be Switch 2 exclusive).

I bought Switch Oled exclusively for BOTW and TOTK, and I'm very happy with this decision. I live in BOTW, it's a nice place just to travel around and enjoy.

How much is the Switch 2 in where you live?

429 EURO in the online shop where I bought it. You can perhaps get better deals in other shops, don't know.

It's even less in where I am: ¥49,980 (270€) but there's a catch, as it's the Japanese only version (the only thing different about it is that the language can't be changed nor can foreign Nintendo accounts be signed in, as the account region has to be Japanese).

I have my OLED switch and bought a NW2 for Pokopia, Winds/Waves, TOTK upgrade, and DK.

Nintendo makes the best AAA games and if they aren’t out now they will be. OoT is out this fall and that alone is worth the purchase.

My OLED will be a backup for the future. Great little device and who knows maybe it’ll be jailbroken someday like my 3DS.

Funny. I think the Switch 2 display is a lot better than even the OLED Switch 1 one, at least when it's not about displaying stark black content.

The main issues of Switch 2's display are an extremely slow response time as well as prominent ghosting/blur. You can see some measurements here for example. It's not too bad when it comes to color reproduction and of course it's higher resolution, so I guess it depends on how much you care about motion clarity and response time compared to that. But in those 2 categories, it's measurably pretty bad.

Don't buy anything just because of FOMO made up by a company's marketing department.

400 euros can buy a lot of food

As someone who has both the Switch 2 and the Switch 1 OLED, I appreciate the performance boost that some of my games get with the 2, but I miss my OLED after giving it to my partner. I have even borrowed it a few times for handheld play because of the better screen and longer battery life.

Ultimately it's up to you and how badly you want to play Switch 2 exclusives _right now_. Devs are going to keep making Switch 1 compatible games for years, especially given current global economic trends and the scaling back of larger game dev studios.

Personally, I would wait for Nintendo to make a Switch 2 with a better display. The display on mine is full of ghosting and once you notice it, you can't un-see it and it's disappointing.

BOTW and TOTK play like 1000x better on Switch 2 though.

OLED might be nice, but <30fps is brutal.