Topic: should I get the oled switch

I have a day one switch and a switch lite I bought 2 years ago to replace the launch model. while I mostly play in handheld I do miss the tv sometimes and consider switching back to my old model one but then remember it runs everything horribly and is super loud so I decided hmm i'm going to wait for a new model to come out. so now that the Nintendo switch(oled model) was announced i'm thinking if I should just stay on my switch lite or buy a oled model but I'm not sure what do you think?

Yeah go for it.

if you got the cash to burn and a little sibling to hand down the old switch, might be worth it. but the gains you get from oled version are: slightly bigger screen with the oled illumination, LAN port in the dock, better back stand for tabletop mode, and extra weight in the switch unit itself.

considering you use a switch lite, sounds like you rarely care to play docked i'm guessing. so whatever the price is and how much you're willing to spend, see if you really want the 7 inch screen vs 6.2 inch screen and wide kick stand

If you like rewarding Nintendo for bad behaviour… charging you more for things which should have been the same price and not fixing their joy con drift issues… then go ahead.

Can we enshrine this post somewhere and just label it as: "Welcome to the internet. Meet your fellow humans."

@MorningRain I feel like you should wait if you play handheld the most or you think you would be fine with playing in handheld mode with the OLED then ya I would say go for it.

But if your just gaga for handheld then I think and what I'm going to do is wait to see if we will get a lite OLED.

@MorningRain
Yes, go ahead.

Go for it! Oled screen will be sweet 🤤

@rallydefault I’m a bot

Sounds like every two years or so we get an upgrade of some type. I myself like the larger OLED screen. I say sure, do the upgrade.

If I didn't have a switch already, sure, I'd grab one. But since I have a V2, I really don't see the need to upgrade to it.

"I mostly play handheld" - then yeah, I say absolutely get it.

Since the Lite has been out I've said that's the superior handheld experience - more solid build and greater portability is a great trade-off for the slightly smaller screen. But now, with the OLED, while you're giving up the portability (the build quality is TBD) you're getting a much, much better display.

It seems like the OLED is definitely going to be the best experience when playing handheld. And table top.

Nintendo are a lot better than other publishers at essentially scamming their customers without it looking bad.

Overcharging is way better than stuff like microtransactions, in terms of how much it negatively affects your public image.

Nintendo never get anywhere close to the blowback that some games have got (e.g Battlefront 2) for dodgy practices.

@Dezzy Some of this is true but you have to admit that NOT even trying to fix the JoyCon drift for so long is something Nintendo deserves to be called out often.

I mean it is kind of despicable at this point

I changed the stick on my drifting JoyCon just to see it drifting again in 2 weeks So those 3rd party Joycon stick imitations are just as bad.

@Zuljaras The drift problem really ***** me off.

Even though most of the advantages improve handheld, the wired LAN port boosts docked and table top is better with the new stand. The other changes (storage, screen) make the improvements worth around $50 but that's not a fact, you could think otherwise.

I think that's just bad luck. I've switched them twice and the new one has lasted over a year (or constant usage) before it saw any issues.

As someone who owns a Vita fat and a Vita slim, the upgrade from LCD to OLED alone doesn't justify spending $350 to go from a Switch V2 to a Switch OLED. The screen is crisp and nice...but not that nice. But if you own a V1 that's getting a bit sketchy or a Lite? Sure, the OLED might be worth your money.

@Dezzy Well now I have 2left and 1 right joycons. No drifting for now. But I might try some 3ds party controllers to see if there are some durable ones that come close to the build quality and endurance of the PS4/Xbox One controllers.

I just stay my opinion from my stand point. I own only Nintendo Switch V1 that was bought by person in 2017 very near middle June and I bought it from him at end of 2017 or begging 2018. I play like 20-30% time handheld and rest docked while for my youngest brother who use my NS it's kinda opposite (he don't have he's own NS yet). But when V2 was announced with way better battery life I was already tempted even I play 20-30%, so this model is like almost that meme SU and take my money. But I already planning renew my Video Card and my cousin said that prices for GPU should finally start to get back from cosmos/scalpel in September, so. He said it should drop almost twice from what it is now, because now it is almost triple. So if wouldn't already planned my buys then this would be my buy, like 75% guaranteed (only this much do reason I'm extremely poor, but is still this high, because I could then giveaway my old NS to my youngest brother).