Nintendo Wants Everyone In Your House To Have Their Own Switch

In other news, the sky is blue. Of course they want you to buy multiple systems.

Ridiculous. Do they think everyone is made of money? They'll be lucky that I buy 1.

@Damo This is a local shop for local people - we'll have no Switches here...

Dammit, so I have to buy a Switch for my three shih tzu....

I already got two of them so I'm good, Nintendo consoles are just pure goodness so I'll be glad to buy more than one. If they make another Virtual Boy, I'll get that too.

More seriously for this to come to pass Nintendo has to really go out of their way to enable family sharing of digital games and other (similar) quality of life improvements.

Granted I don't live with them anymore, but both my brother and sister have a Switch of their own, as do I. It'll be a stupid photo op on Thanksgiving.

With that being said, shameless marketing and sales pitch aside, I'm with them on bringing people together for local multiplayer. Overwatch was the last game I'll ever play online, being a harbinger of everything I can't stand about AAA gaming (shallow story, lootboxes, anemic single player if it's there in the first place, being forced to play with folks I don't know).

@SLIGEACH_EIRE No, but they know some people are. And if they can market the Switch as a product for individuals, then they'll do that if it means more money for them. S'quite good business sense really. If it pans out. However, they'll have to weigh that up against the alienation some parents may feel towards buying a switch when Nintendo is putting out the message that really, you've got to get one for each of your kids and the parents think, "well screw that!" I imagine it'll come down to whatever makes them more money in the end, which is fair enough.

I have all four UK Switch versions now - do they want me to have less?!

My house is halfway there.

I plan on buying two. One for me and one for my wife. I think it's great. And I really do think in a year or two they will release a mini version that is the size of the 3ds XL... It will be cheaper too.

They need to lose the dock before that happens. What am I going to do with 4 docks in a home with only 3 tv's? Not paying $300 just to have more Switches.

That's a bit confusing though, especially with the recent infograph of how Switch owners use their console.

Folks who primarily play docked will want splitscreen games, not buying an entire console per gamer in the family then 3 of them have to play in handheld mode. Then comes the question of if the online service can be shared with the family.

There's a reason the people in the header image are playing in what looks like an abandoned factory. They've spent all their money on Switch consoles and accessories

Without being able to share games and save data across multiple devices there is no way I would consider buying multiple devices.

It will be interesting to see future attach rates when everyone has ten switches for their home and another three in their second home by the sea.

No way this will fly without tying multiple units to a single Nintendo Network ID or having some family sharing architecture. People aren't going to buy 4 copies of a single digital game. (I've only rebought a digital game once (Rusty's Real Deal Baseball) in a house with a 3DS, a 3DSXL, and a 2DSXL.) Apple's done it for years; Sony does it, though it limits total devices; time for Nintendo to get with the times.

Man, it's expensive enough that between myself and my two kids, we got one. We all love it, but I can't imagine us buying a second one until it's under or close €100 which won't happen until a few years into it's cycle. And that the games come down big time in price.

We have multiple *DS (2x 3DS, 1x 2DS) in the house though, because they hit that price point where it was cheap enough that we could get more than one for each of us play and had a big enough library of games to share between us and in some case it was cheap enough to buy multiple copies of games (like Smash Bros and Animal Crossing).

Maybe ... if ... Nintendo allow us to share or move games between accounts or allow us to have "family" sharing (like with Steam for example) and the price of the hardware drops...

I got the Mario bundle last week as a second switch, plan on giving it to my kids for Christmas. One thing about this though they really, REALLY need to allow you to download a digital copy of a game on more than one system. Some kind of family sharing program or something. Having to buy 2 copies of certain games is not something im looking forward to

First things first, get ONE in a house, supposedly its still a problem in Japan.

This also means that physical versions of the games are more cost effective for the household

I was considering a second just to have the second screen as a peripheral realizing its 90 bucks for the dock, 80 for the two joy cons, and 15 for a joy con grip.... so if I buy a new switch I get all that stuff and a second screen for 115 dollars.

But I’d need more single cart multiplayer incentive to do that.

I want everyone in my house to have switch, but you're going to have to modernize your digital software library rules first.

I would buy a second for the kids, but the thought of paying for online service 2x and for copies of $60 retail games 2x is a HUGE deterrent.

I have 6 in my house (many kids!!). The ability to play Splatoon, Mario Kart or Minecraft across multiple screens is great. Obviously I appreciate the cost is high, but many people will buy an iPad for each kid.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Yeah because we've never seen parents buy multiple consoles for their kids.

They really need to sell a version of it without a dock then...

I think eventually that will happen. Especially as Nintendo pushes for more games with multiplayer focus. They are still the couch co-op champs.

I remember my aunt bought four original DSs for her four kids. They didn't know how to share, so that eventually became 4 separate copies of the same game, etc. I know she didn't like doing that, but with them being portable consoles where local multiplayer on them is (almost) impossible, it makes a bit more sense.

The Switch, on the other hand, is very much designed for local multiplayer. Probably the most designed for that out of the Big 3 consoles. Just pop out the two joycons and you'll be playing Metal Slug with a friend in no time. I don't think it's completely necessary to buy extras, but then again, my mom/stepdad bought myself, my brother and sister their own Gamecubes... so it really just depends on the family in question I suppose.

@RupeeClock
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I have a feeling that the Switch is going to be the top Christmas gift this year...

@SLIGEACH_EIRE

Alright mate, we get it, you don't want a Switch.

It's hardly ridiculous though. For a console that can be taken out the house, I know most people that own one, wouldn't want their significant other or children taking the only Switch out with them because it limits their own use of it.

£280 for a console I've played every day since it launched really isn't what I'd consider expensive. Also, most people have no problem dropping £600+ on a new phone every 1-2 years and all they use it for is Facebook and selfies.

I'm very sorry that you're in such financial hardship that the very notion of Nintendo wanting to sell consoles makes you angry, but their price point is completely fair for what you're getting in return.

Paying for online, a $300 price tag, the ability to play a game across multiple accounts, the the premium price for most games will discourage mass adoption on the same level as most of their handhelds. The Switch, in terms of the UI and design, feels like a home console you can take on the go.

Themes would also go a long way toward personalizing the system. Hint. Hint.

@RupeeClock There is a trolley so I think that they are in an IKEA...

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Why do you even come here? You do realise Trolling is not a very nice thing to do.
Everyone here is enthusiastic - Is it possible that you don't want people to be enthusiaistic about their hobby? Let's also re-iterate that Switch is a community item - I would love everyone to get involved. But, Don't come in to the room , tell us we're all stupid, and then stay continuing as you mean to go on.

@cfgk24 There's a lot wrong with your statement but I'll point out one thing, show me where I said you're "all stupid" please?

Just one Switch costs about €500 when you include buying a game, memory card and Pro Controller. So they want families to spend say €2,000(an average family of 4)? And that's just to get a basic setup. Remember, also, that you can't let your kids play digital games from one Switch to the next.

There's more, so much more. But let's deal with this issue. Again, average family of 4. There may be just one TV in the house, so only one dock is needed. But the family have to pay for 4 docks. Where's the option of buying a dockless Switch?

Heartless CEO wants handheld sales at home console prices?! Gasp!

Switch indeed is a PC... Personal Console... tee-hee...

I don't like other people in my family touching it, really.

While I think this approach is a good idea for the Switch in general, I think they would be better off putting more weight on the single console multiplayer experience to start with.
Basically, build up interest with the single console multiplayer, and then once enough people have bought it, push the multi console multiplayer to use peer pressure to convince additional people to buy it so that they're not left out.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE "They'll be lucky that I buy 1."

I wouldn't bother. The Wii U already offers anything you could ever want.

@Spoony_Tech "They need to lose the dock before that happens. What am I going to do with 4 docks in a home with only 3 tv's? Not paying $300 just to have more Switches."

You can't type that, I've been typing that exact statement for months now, now what am I going to write? Well we want 3 switches but only have 2 tvs, but you get the point.

Nintendo needs to, and should, launch a dockless kid-friendly Switch besides Pokemon. That's the game that will require more than 1 Switch per household. And it's a game that has historically been on handheld, so no one will be looking to play it on their tv anyway.

Pokemon Switch will be one of their worst selling Pokemon games if Switch itself is still only available for $300, that's too much for a kids backpack. So is $250 probably. Hopefully with their increased production they can get Switch and Joycon to $199. No dock, no Grip, no HDMI cable. Maybe no little $7 attachments either, if thats what it takes to hit $199.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Where I live it would cost a fortune to even get two!

@Spoony_Tech Not just the dock, the hardware has to be made more... Handheld, and more kid-friendly. Most notably in anticipation for Pokémon. Like, think 2DS on that one.

@bluedogrulez Well, they said multiple systems. You could still share cartridges.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE In regard to my 'Stupid' comment - Your implication through language is that people who buy Switch are stupid because we agree to pay too much money. "Nintendo would be Lucky if you bought one" or " I'm not stupid enough to pay that price "
In regard to your Family comments - you may notice that not everyone lives in a "Family" house and that the marketing for Switch is beyond targeting just 'Family' groups. Indeed , Takashi Mochizuki used the word 'household' himself - There are many shared households these days of 18-30 somethings - not just 'Family units of Mum, dad 2.2 kids'.
It is also not unreasonable for people to have their own Switch - Households have multiple phones, laptops, PCs, nintendo DS, An Xbox and a PS4 in different rooms.
Households even have more than 1 car.
If your Hobby is gaming - you are going to spend money on it in some shape or form. Everyone on this site , I think, correct me if I am wrong, is a gaming hobbyist in some size, shape or form.
PC gamers need an expensive PC to play multiplayer games. Switch enables you to move around with a dedicated multiplayer gaming console.
You may also notice that Nintendo is a business - it needs to make money - Any business will provide a desirable product in order to get you to decide to spend money in their direction. In my mind, the best way to play multiplayer games of high quality in adaptable situations is to buy a Switch , because your friends/flatmates/brothers/sisters have one . Guess what - you will have the most gaming fun ever because it's sociable. you certainly get your money's worth.
Finally, you don't have to buy one if you don't want to.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Yea we know. As-if you haven't mentioned it 1million times.

Why do you even bother coming on here?

My girlfriend and I both already have our own. Although, I'll surely be getting a new one the moment they release an updated model.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE hey dude. No one is forcing you to buy one, or two for that matter.

@Hikingguy oh! good!

I got my brother the Mario Odyssey bundle for Christmas (it’s a two family household). He saw me playing Mario Odyssey and was bummed that he couldn’t play it on the Wii U. So excited to be able to play multiplayer games on two systems in the same household.

As far as I'm concerned for everyone's gaming future - The more Switch consoles Nintendo sell - the more and better games we get and the more people to share those fun times.
I think everyone here should go out now and get at least one of their friends to take the plunge ( no - I don't care if they buy through maxing out their credit card lol ) .

@julzshred I completely disagree with your statement that the "price point is completely fair for what you're getting in return". And it has nothing to do with financial hardships.

@Wolfy76700: not while playing Splatoon 2 side by side. . . .

I bought myself one, then I bought my wife one so that we can play Splatoon together. Then I bought a 3rd (I have 3 kids). Car trips are much easier now

I would be happy to, EXCEPT: I can't share digital purchases with Family members. Until they fix that, it's never going to happen.

Mission accomplished, everyone in my household (me) has a Switch. ^^

That said, even if I was living in a shared flat with someone, I don't get why you need more than one console per household. It would be a waste of money.

I'm one of four kids, my parents wouldn't spend out for one Switch let alone one each. So, having everybody in my family owning a Switch will never happen.
Anything expensive that I own, I've had to go out and work for it for myself. So, yeah, Kimishima can kiss where the sun don't shine if he thinks that it's a good strategy to sell individual Switches to a whole family.

I guess this solves the Home console or Handheld console debate. Though a hybrid, it's mainly a handheld console now. End of debate. XD

I’m sorry but I agree with Sligeach. Not everyone can afford multiple Switches especially when they are $400 a pop here in Canada. We will stick with the one Switch we have. Games are just too expensive and it is never going to happen until it’s lowered back down. That’s why I love the 3DS. Until the Switch is around the same price that ain’t going to change.

I guess if you look at it more as a hand held that makes sense.

Maybe in a few years or so....

@Hikingguy "I am sure they can make it better one way or another."

Well I don't know about better, I still think the original 2DS is a piece of junk, but I'm expecting many many different Switch over the next 5 years. From things as simple as taking the dock out of the box, to more complicated changes such as attaching the Joycon like a Vita for a SwitchPocket, or taking out the screen for a SwitchTV. Maybe even selling just the tablet as a SwitchCore for people who break the one they already own. Who knows, maybe we even get a clamshell design Switch for kids? They made a 2DS tablet for kids then went back to the clamshell for New 2DS. It's Nintendo, anything is possible. And I'm expecting a lot. Starting holiday 2018.

@RupeeClock it's a bottle of green ice tea, popular drink in japan

@StuTwo Totally agree. I could imagine possibly buying a second Switch for my daughter, but it's difficult to imagine buying two copies of every game we want to play together. Family sharing is a must if this is really their strategy.

Incidentally - lol - the headline is not exactly what is being said in the Tweet that the article is referring to - Takashi-Mochizuki-San says Nintendo wants to do more promotion of the Switch as an item belonging to an individual and not tethered to a household.

If I could buy one digital copy of the next Mario kart and I could play it on four screens with my two daughters and wife, I would get four switches. As others have said above family sharing of digital titles is key as is multiplayer with just one copy of a game. (Which I am not sure is possible with Mario kart 8)

Too bad Nintendo, that's not going to happen soon .
I bought the Switch and her games myself, but I let my brother play as much as he wants when I don't use it.

I'm trying to convince my girlfriend to buy a new Switch too actually. I don't want to lose mine when the new Yoshi, Kirby and ESPECIALLY Animal Crossing comes out..

We have two in my household. My daughter and I.

I'm the only person who plays the Switch in my house, but if mainstream Pokemon games eventually come to the Switch, then I'll have no choice but to buy a second one for local trading. I hope by then I'll be able to pick one up that's dockless.

I doubt families are buying multiple Switches, one for each family member, at this point in time. However, a price cut and the release of more handheld-friendly games like Pokemon and Animal Crossing will drive multiple purchases per household in the future.

We have two in our household and are looking towards a third one this holiday. My gripe isn't with the system, it's with the games. I wish I didn't have to buy 3 copies of the same game in order to play multiplayer. At least sell them in family packs!

When we picked up the second system, my son looked at the games and decided to get Splatoon 2 again, so that we could play together.....that sucked! Just the principle of buying it again.

I think this is ridiculously extravagant and possibly doomed to fail. They could drop the price to $150 or something, and most families are still not going to want that many smart devices cluttering up their household. Parents will eventually come to see this as another tablet that can't play (as many) free games.

Gamers, of course, will splash out and buy as many as Nintendo requires. But I don't know if that will be enough to prop up continued high sales in the long run. Who knows though; maybe it will.

Don't get crazy, Nintendo.

@BraveFencerZan EXACTLY! I like multiplayer games like MK8D, when a group of my friends can come over to play, and use my big screen tv, not handheld mode. I'll gladly pay full pop for more Pro Controllers, vs Switch systems.

That's why I was soo pissed when Splatoon didn't offer split-screen. Still a great game, but just my opinion.

Yikes! For this to happen Nintendo you need to release an SKU without the dock, with three kids that's a lot of money.
Hey wait though Pokemon is out next year, could we see a Switch SKU without the dock in time for christmas 2018??

I want my own, and if push came to shove I could get one, but my son is getting one from Santa Claus... I'm so excited for him and it will be a really big deal that we have a Switch in the house, and it's HIS, you know? HE owns it. So I don't wanna lessen that for him, but in time I will get my own and it'll be even better.

My partner & I bought our own Switch consoles at launch so we could play multiplayer games together. Splatoon 2 is impossible to play 2 people per system. Especially for all those nights doing Salmon Runs. And the fact at the time that it was impossible to migrate save data to another Switch meant that we wanted to have 2 systems at the onset.

I got 1 and my gf will get another at Christmas.

Well in my house there are two Switches already.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE who cares about you or your purchase?! Lol

@Leostacks FINALLY someone with the same perspective/opinion as me.
Only difference is I played Killing Floor 2 instead of Overwatch.

Ok, I really want have 1 switch, well, 2 switch, XD, , but, really Nintendo, $400 dollars + 60/70 dollars for 1 game? ...., sigh
Oh my...

This is the only way I can possibly see the Switch hitting Wii-like numbers. No households bought Wiis for every member of the family, but there will be homes with multiple Switches, mine included. And they’ll be able to push more Switches into homes if they make a cheaper SKU without a dock.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE You can knock 70 bucks off your Switch entry fee. You won’t have any need for a Pro Controller, since according to you, the Switch is purely a handheld and not a hybrid console.

The problem with this is they will start to leave out split-screen multiplayer, as they did in Splatoon 2.

Wireless local multiplayer is my favorite form of gaming, and I hope that will become a norm with Switch.

Split screen can go(but don’t have to, ofcourse) to other consoles, if you ask me.

@thesilverbrick The Pro Controller for me is a mandatory purchase because the Joy-Con's are garbage.

@dkxcalibur Yeah that sucks, paying double purely for 2 player

@SLIGEACH_EIRE But if it’s a portable and not a hybrid, won’t you be playing with the JoyCon attached, since you won’t play it on a TV? If my question sounds ridiculous, understand that it’s based on comments you’ve made in the past about the nature of the system. A dedicated, non-hybrid handheld would have no need for (and would be unable to use) an external controller. So which is it? Is the Switch a hybrid in need of a better controller option when docked, or is it purely a handheld (like you keep claiming), making the pro controller unnecessary?

I am surprised by how many already have multiple Switches — and it hasn't even been a year since launch. At this rate, none of us should be surprised that it quickly passes Wii U in sales.

This only further confirms Nintendo's lack of an initiative to progress into cloud storage.

Also confirms their lack of interest in making Online gaming a key focus of their business.

Two HUGE reasons I'm no longer a Nintendo only gamer.

@kbshadow My take is that they're a Nintendo fan who cares so much to a fault. They dislike so much of what their favorite company has become, but they're too emotionally invested to move on to another obsession.

So what once starts as fair criticism or personal opinion starts to come off as a nuisance when they repeat the same contrarian opinion from the same person for the umpteenth time.

Not that they dont have a right to an opinion, but like... yeah, we get it.

"Nintendo wants..."

Well, I want Monster Hunter XX to be localized here in the West but can't all have our cake and eat it too, right?

We have four, Mine, Wife and two sons. We would have a fifth but my daughter isn't interested in video games.

Yeah if they want that to happen they need to lower the price. It's at least $360 per person (console + game) and that doesn't even include overpriced accessories like the pro controller ($70)

Lastly that's going to cost quite a bit when it comes to online play

Well they convinced me already. Bought a Switch for both of my sons, which they aill receive on Christmas and i’ve been contemplating getting one for myself as well.

@Danrenfroe2016 I’m hoping they come out with a more powerful version. I’m fine with the screen size but I wouldn’t be put off by it being a little thicker or heavier to support a little more power. I’m not expecting 4K but it would be nice if all games that came out on it could run at 1080p 60.

I just have one, and I don't think my wife would use another much. Once they offer other SKUs, I imagine I would be interested in some of them though.

@Spoony_Tech If they value their "hybrid" marketing, then that will never happen. Maybe a side-Switch without dock, but even that risks muddying the waters if they care for- oh wait, they don't, forget I said anything.

They could achieve this better in the coming years if they sold an entry-level mini switch (analogous to how the 2DS is to 3DS), or a switch console without the dock for like $199

Well if this is what they want, then they need to make multiplayer games download play as on DS. People may buy more than one Switch but it doesn't make sense to buy multiple copies of the same game to play together

They crazy - I bet Nintendo also thinks each should get their own copy of each game

Most will just share it. Something kids should learn anyway - My big brother always shared his consoles with me when kids - combined our money and got games we could play together.

Also, do they actually think that tons of us don't want to play Ninokuni2 or Monster hunter world? That none of us also invest on other consoles where we can play the other 90% of games not on their platform.

Release me a power Switch that compromises on portability instead of TV prowess and you've got yourself a deal, Nintendo. I'll pass my current Switch to a friend

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Exactly - this nonsense is an expensive hobby.

They lucky my girlfriend doesn't think me spending 300 dollars on a Switch and $60/120 dollars a month on video games is not a massive waste of money in the first place.

Better investing that extra 300 on a PS4 or GtX1060... and gain access to all the games not on the switch.

@Hikingguy thanks pal, thinking of you.

not until there is an account system like PS and Xbox

@Rayquaza2510 @RupeeClock That's not cooking oil....or ice tea...he's forgotten you can actually take the Switch to the toilet.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE "They'll be lucky that I buy 1."
I'm sure that your solitary purchase is the sole thing that will make or break Nintendo.

@thesilverbrick He flips and flops and moves the goalposts with every single post.

Naa just the one is plenty thanks

@RupeeClock its a large bottle of tea with some kind of outside shack under what looks like a bridge or underpass.

@WiltonRoots Oh, I’m aware he is full of contradictions. I just had to point this particular one out, because it was amusing to me. He changes his story whenever it’s convenient and furthers his mission of getting negative attention.

And note how he didn’t respond or address the fact that I called him out for backtracking on his claim that the Switch is not a hybrid, which is completely ridiculous. Ignoring the docked functionality of the Switch doesn’t make it not exist. He’s like someone who insists the earth is flat despite all the evidence to the contrary.

You can’t knock him off his script, and as soon as you start backing him into a logical corner, he ignores you and moves on. He’s a sad, sad person who can only apparently find joy in watching sensible people reply to his constant barrage of senseless and indefensible negativity.

Well my wife and I have one each, 200 GB cards to boot (dat Amazon sale). And a third dedicated for more parties and child distraction for company. So a couple, who owns 3. I wonder how stupid that sounds to others here.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Still banging that dead drum, eh?

If it means more local multiplayer then Nintendo can fleece us all they want.

I was holding out buying a second one until the system transfer happened, so it's only a matter of time now. And it only makes sense, our 3DS's are now 5+ years old, and there are a plethora of Switch games that I'll want to play solo. Although I love co-op with my husband, sometimes we just want to play different things...

Make it a true portable (no dock, non-removable joy-cons) and drop the price $100 and I'll think about it Nintendo.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
The joycon may be "garbage" for console play, but are you really saying that for handheld controls the joycon are actually worse than say, the 3ds or other handhelds? Obviously they are small and less comfortable than a controller, but so is basically every handheld, and the joycon controllers function more like a controller than any other mainline handheld.

No game-sharing = no multiple consoles bro

What happened to home console first and sharing the Switch on the go and playing party games with 1 joy con each?

Yeah, I get it, Nintendo is a business, of course they want more people to but Switches, I'm just saying this goes against their previous marketing message.

We have two in the house, one for me, one for my wife. I'm currently a Stardew Valley widower.

It's rather brilliant though, cos it means two docks, one for the main TV and one in the bedroom for lazy Sunday mornings.

We are still discovering new things in Breath of the Wild, when we watch each other play.

@th3r3ds0x I think it's inevitable. I think it is going to be several continuing upgrades instead of new consoles pretty much.

Which I am okay with.

Yeah I had my first switch experience at a party a Halloween party and there was three switches there! It was almost exactly like the commercial and I got to play this girl's switch and she let me play Splatoon 2, and I could not believe what I was seeing on the screen and then when you turn it sideways how small the unit is like how thin it is. It's very impressive.

I have never shared a console.
Me and my siblings have always had seperate systems. All of us have our own 3DS, Switch and PS4. I'm 24, though, so I buy my own [removed]. (I don't live at home either)

_{@TommyTLG Mind your language - Octane}

@Cooligan
Um... remember the slogan of Joy Cons ?
Share the Joy to everyone.
I think that was what Nintendo want from us.

I bet they are thinking and planning Animal Crossing Switch to push this concept forward.

@Hikingguy @Hikingguy Yeah just ignore @SLIGEACH_EIRE .He's toxic to the community. You won't even see people @him either. I almost forgot about him but I forgot to log in and saw his stupid remarks. But for the most part, if you ignore him you won't see a trace of him. I would report him first then block him. Maybe one day Nintendo life will ban him. He has nothing good to say and is always tolling and bullying people. I really wish NintendoLife would just ban him already.

You can ignore SLIGEACH_EIRE . I would report him first then block him. He is so toxic to the community. if you ignore him you will never see another comment from him or even people @ing him. I forgot to log in and saw his stupid comment. I really wish NL would just ban him already. He is so hateful and disrespectful. Blocking him was the best thing I have done since coming to this site.

I may be open to two switches at my house but first need cloud saves and ability to access them from both switches and some way to purchase a game for both without paying retail twice. Not sure how that would work to keep people from gaming the system. Now I buy a game once and the family enjoys it. I struggle to see myself buying MARIO Odyssey twice.

As soon as they let me share my digital purchases like Xbox One then I'll have more than one....like my Xbox One

Guys, it's pointless to argue with @SLIGEACH_EIRE about Switch. He wanted Nintendo to make powerful console on par with the competition so he can play all those sweet sweet 3rd party AAA games. But we know that didn't happen, so he's salty about what Switch ended up as. It's that childish.

Is that why all purchases are tied to the hardware rather than my Nintendo account?
In all honesty though I’ll probably get a second one for my kids down the road. But I have learned my lesson with the 3DS, if a game is available physically I’m buying that way.

Nintendo wants as many people as possible to own a Switch and the games and everything they sell. It's a business, they want money. I just hope marketing it like this doesn't mean dropping split-screen and adding the "local play" instead of having both.

I wanna purchase 1 digital copy and have it accessible at anytime and the same time (registered) across 4-5 switches. Just like Apple where I can access all my stuff across multiple devices with family share. If Nintendo did that all family members would get a switch. I currently have a switch and my daughter has a switch who lives with her mother. It is expensive buying doubles of everything so we can play together online.

My kids and I each have our own. We are good 😁

Other than my oldest daughter, and nongamer, we're already a Switch per person family. Four of them in our house. Help, I've lost control of my life.

@Mjoen It took Apple a LONG time to start allowing that.

For that to happen, they need to sell Switches without the dock, and create some form of family sharing for digital games and the online service. If not, I don't see happening anytime soon... unless you're rich.

“Within punching distance” lol!

Just need to get my other son on board and then we’re all set. Also another dock is happening.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE lmao. It's not about you. Plenty of people will buy more than one. Right now the only problem is that Nintendo is competing with itself in the portable market. Once the 3DS is phased out in a year or two, and we get a price cut and a portable only Switch the console will start to take off even moreso than it already has.

Also the Joycons are awesome. Trust me, I thought they would be garbage too. Once you have them in your hands and use them for a bit though you start to realize how well thought out the design really is.

You're entitled to your opinion of course, but honestly at this point whether you like the console or not you can't deny that the Switch is kind of a big deal for Nintendo. Year one will surpass the Wii U. Year two might even surpass the Gamecube, or at least come close. Nintendo has a good thing going here. If you enjoy their products at all you should be pretty happy, really.

@carlos82 download play or multiple switches can use the same eshop purchases, like Apple does. Oh and the same goes for the online subscription. Apple is getting rich, so maybe Nintendo can too while making it somewhat more affordable to use multiple Switches in a house hold. Oh and a more or less indestructable kids version plz.

There is no way I will buy another switch unless they let bought games be installed on more than one unit. Absolute deal breaker.

@bluedogrulez Sure, but even then that's one game. Not your whole library...

@Blue_Rover I'm sure it'll happen at some point.

Nintendo has got just about all of the major marketing decisions right with the Switch so far and one of the things they've always been competent at is understanding what cuts they should make to tailor a product for a more mass market product (see the 2DS or the more modest revisions of the Wii). So I've got complete faith they'll get that right when the time comes.

Of course I expect they'll do something slightly convoluted because they're not good at giving anything away or hiding the 'server-side magic' but they will come up with some solution that's workable if not completely ideal.

I could understand this from a business perspective, once they get through their current period of chronic supply issues, but for right now, I think it's actually pretty rude to not have retailers to limit NS consoles to one per household. There's going to be millions of people out there this holiday season who will want an NS, and cannot possibly get one, partially because Nintendo allows people to be greedy and buy multiple consoles for themselves while the chronic supply issues persist. Nintendo should control who can get consoles for the time being so that as many people as possible can experience it. Learn to share your consoles with your kin.

Of course they do. So does Sony, so does Microsoft, so do ALL companies. They want you to buy more than one of their products. Heck CAR COMPANIES market the mini-van for the soccer Mom, the pick-up truck for the working dad, and the cheap sedan for the 16 year old new driver... When I was 14 and looking at cars with my Dad while we got the oil changed on his truck they tried to sell ME a car...

Heck even my bank sends me mortgage offers! Plural!

My household of 4 adults has 3 switches. Won't get the last person a console though, they feel they're not a gamer, but likes getting us stuff for holidays.

I'm the only gamer in my family, sad. No one would be interested in local play even if I got them all their own Switch.

Good luck with that. With Pokémon still somewhere behind the horizon, I and my girlfriend will share our Switch if we get one.

Either cut down the price or, well, keep your expectations down to Earth, Nintendo!

Was thinking about getting another one at some point but i'll wait for a price drop and a new model. Oh and MONEY..

@Hikingguy I think the 2DS looks like garbage in part b/c the other 2 are really good. To this day I've never understood why they made that big tablet but took out 1 speaker to make it have mono audio. How much money do they save on a speaker? My kid wants a New 2DS, and those $79 2DS will sell this holiday, mostly to people who can't afford a $300 Switch, so it all worked out well for them in the end I guess.

@Pokefanmum82 @ SLIGEACH_EIRE Yeah, even at $600 for two or $900 for three consoles in the USA (not including taxes), that's the price of a family PC right there. Just seems crazy to me when one console can accomodate four people. Willingness to pay exorbitant prices for consoles (and luxury tech in general, really) has increased dramatically over time, and customers are more than happy to oblige corporations for their desires. It all comes down to greed.

@Crono1973 An update recently added the ability to copy/transfer save data to another console. But an easy way to share the games across multiple consoles would be welcome.

@DarkKirby The whole "Share the Joy" concept is for people with friends without a Switch, friends who don't have a Switch on them at the moment, or people who for some reason feel like asking complete strangers to play video games with them. What Nintendo is talking about is families. They want multiple family members to own their own Switch. It's different from the Joy-Con sharing feature.

We already have 3 in our house. I would have liked an option without the dock as we only have two tv but my son sometimes takes the spare to his mates house so its not a big issue. We also only mainly buy physical games so we can share although we ended up with 2 copies of mario kart we still like that better docked for multiplayer as the banter is better.

@StuTwo Or do any of that at all. They are incredibly behind the times on this. I think they are shooting themselves in the foot with greed on this and will end up pushing even more people to hack it.

Well, duh. They want to sell as many as they can.