It's now well over seven years since Nintendo launched the Switch and with the console now well into its eighth year — and with official confirmation that a new hardware announcement is coming soon(ish) — we thought it was a great time to look back over the generation and collect some stats about how you, our lovely readers, use the system in 2024 and if it's changed at all since 2017.
Enter the Nintendo Switch Summer Survey 2024. We're planning to send out a series of Switch-related questions in survey form in the next week or so, the results of which we'll share in an article at a later date. All the questions will be optional and the results totally anonymous — it should give us all a fascinating picture of how we're using our Switches all these years after launch.
We're in the middle of assembling the questions. We've got the standard How many Switches do you own?, Do you ever pre-order games?, Do NL's reviews and recommendations influence your purchase decisions?, and all that game, but we want to hear questions YOU would like the answers to.
If you've got a question you'd like to see posed to Nintendo Life's entire readership in survey form, head down to the comments on this post and let us know. We'll read each and every one and select the best of them to add to our Switch survey before we send it live.
Apologies to our lovely readers in the Southern Hemisphere — but you know we love a little alliteration and 'Switch Summer Survey' just rolls off the tongue so well! What's that? It's not technically summer in the Northern Hemisphere either? Well, it will be when we post the results.
Any questions? You know what to do...
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Some questions:
How do you buy games: all digital, all physical, physical unless not an option, etc.
What is your primary non-joycon controller (like, playing docked)
Why aren't you using DekuDeals for your game wishlist?
I'd be curious to see everyone's most played game and how long.
Edit: top 10 is also good 😉
I think a good one could be 'what is your favourite series you've been introduced to on Switch?' as between remakes/remasters, collections and NSO, the Switch has been a breeding ground for retro/3rd-Party content for pretty much its entire life. I've been introduced to countless different series thanks to the Switch (Ace Attorney, Splatoon, Castlevania, etc.) and I imagine tons of others are the same.
It would be interesting to see whether people play multiplayer or single player games more. Also maybe how many switch friends you have.
What size SD card do you use?
Opinion on My Nintendo?
What Nintendo franchise not yet represented by the Switch do you most want to see return.
Same Q 3rd party.
Which Nintendo game or series do you think best represents or is the poster child for the Switch
(For example I would say Pokémon for Gameboy, Mario Bros for Nes, Zelda for N64. I hope this makes sense)
Would you really use streaming apps like Netlfix and Disney+ if they were available?
Snog Marry Kill, Link Zelda and Ganondorf?
You're not really fussed about an English Mother 3 right?
Do you take your Switch to parties and the pub?
What colour Joy Cons do you want that they haven't released?
Do you play your Switch on the toilet?
I think some good questions would be:
*What determines for you a game or genre that do or don't buy on Switch?
*How often do you use the NSO Classic Game apps?
*What determines if you buy physical or not?
*Do you always play a wide variety of games? Or just a select few?
*Have you ever wanted to sell your Switch? Why or Why Not?
*Opinions on limited physical game producers? (LGR, Super Rare Games, Strictly Limited, Premium Edition Games)
And lastly,
*Are still happy and enjoying your Switch 7 years in? Or have you stopped playing it waiting to the next system?
When you primarily played on consoles before the Switch arrived, did you switch to become a handheld gamer or vice versa?
How many games do you play in one sitting?
What is your most-played game? And how many hours do you have in it?
How long do you usually play per sitting? Per day? Per week?
1-10?
11-20?
21-30?
31+?
How many games have you 100% ???
Do you play any local multiplayer? If so:
(asking as a lonely person 🥺)
Howzit holding up?
-How many of your joycons are drifting?
-Is there a gap in the top of your switch caused by battery bulging?
-Are there cracks in the plastic from getting too hot?
-Have you ever had to send it in to Nintendo for repairs?
-Have you modded your system in any way?
I'd be very interested in taking this survey just to see where this particular community is at as we approach thr post-mortem stages.
How many first-party Nintendo games do you own on Switch? How many third-party games? How many indie games?
(It might be a bit difficult handling these questions, as there's kind of overlap - Nintendo's published third-party games on Switch, though they do own the IP of the unique indie games they published, and some people are bound to mix up third-party and indie, especially because the lines there can blur too. I still think it'd be interesting to see if people lean more in one direction over any others.)
Doesn't look like anyone's suggested "How many games have you finished?" yet, either
I’d be interested in knowing stats around retro games from 80s and 90s Vs modern releases.
There’s some clear division with the NSO offerings and Hamsters Arcade Archives and Neo Geo games.
Maybe highlighting that specific era where there’s 2D pixel art, 8-bit / 16-bit, only because there’s a starker contrast between those and modern games.
Early 3D PC / PS 1 games are much more technically advanced, to be closer to modern games.
Could look at people who played the originals at the time and those who are new to them on the Switch.
This might be a silly question but what about “what is your favorite gifted game” It might not really be a qustion fit for a survey but I wanted to contribute to the great ideas here.
Always interested in play time; would also be interested in peoples to ten favorite titles on the switch, and something about first party buy-in.
Maybe surveying how many of us played through each of the best sellers.
Also, frequency of total 100% completion, mostly completing, just seeing credits, and dropping part way through.
How many times have you tasted a Switch cartridge?
How many joycons have you owned?
How many joycons you have owned had drifting issues?
How many joycons you have owned with drifting issues were fixed?
Do you want a Classic Mini Game Boy?
Do you want a Classic Mini Game Boy Color?
Do you want a Classic Mini Game Boy Advance (Original/SP)?
How many Amiibos do you own?
How many Amiibos do you own that are still in the box?
How many sleepless nights have you endured cursed with the image in your brain of Mario without a moustache?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
How lovely does Alex Olney think everyone is?
@Nintendomatt64 I like to start alot and never finish any except Lego games
What other consoles do you own?
What forgotten franchises do you want to have a new game?
How hot is HotGoomba?
How many Nintendo Switches have you owned from 2017 until now?
Would you be interested in a virtual reality Nintendo system/accessory?
Have you owned Nintendo systems in the past?
@Lofoten I would love to see the results of the joy-con question!
Do you want gamepass on switch
Sorry, I have only silly questions
Why does temu think I need so much body armour?
When does switch 2 come out?
Can we rename NintendoLife to SwitchyMcSwitchFace?
@HotGoomba
> Would you be interested in a virtual reality Nintendo system/accessory?
I feel like if it is at all possible to pull off adding a VR mode to switch 2, Nintendo will do it. It does seem like it would be kind of clunky though (but hopefully better than the Labo attempt).
I am interested in this being a poll question.
I am curious about how much folks here on NintendoLife play per day/week/month. And also about other consoles and when a game is available on multiple platforms do they choose switch. Others have mentioned these questions so +1 for them.
Have you ever explored joycon drift?
What year do you want the Switch 2 to release?
What absent Nintendo franchise do you most want to return?
What is the highest price you would pay for a Switch 2?
Are you subscribed to Switch Online and if so what version?
Favorite game in an under-served genre?
How many people in your household, yourself included, play Nintendo Switch regularly (≥ 3 times per week)?
"What feature of functionality would guarantee Switch2 to be a 'Day 1' purchase for you?"
“How big is your back-catalogue currently?”
“How often do you use the NSO specific-game icon feature?”
“What game do you have the most hours in?”
“What is the worst purchase you’ve made on the eShop?”
And maybe throw in “What color is your refrigerator?” for comedic effect
What is your opinion on the battery life of the console?
Is it intolerably short? Short but manageable? Or do you not notice?
I'm curious to read from parents that wish to share their passion for games with their kids, which games they use to introduce their young kids to games?
Do you emulate switch games on another machine and if so, is it because you want to steal or because you want better performance on games you bought?
Maybe something about alternate modes: tabletop, tablet, FlipGrip. Something about when you buy a digital game in its launch/discount/deep discount cycle. What underutilized peripherals do you wish had more games (like the Ring Con)? Something gauging interest in Steam Deck since of course Switch gamers would like the form factor. What games did you expect DLC for but not receive? What third party games do you think make sense for NSO? What genres are in a golden age? What ones are in a dark age? For full priced releases, how short is tol short for a main campaign vs how long is too long?
I'm surprised I haven't heard Virtual Console yet, so maybe something about Switch 2 having NSO, VC, or both.
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