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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Okay, so since we already have a thread for both PS5 and XBS why not make one for Switch as well? So please go and vote!
Btw, I've enabled multiple-choice since I know some of you have at least 2 Switch systems (e.g. Switch Lite + Switch OG).

 

[AV]

Should add an option for "OLED but it wasn't worth it because I ended up getting a Steam Deck"

 

[Banjo64]

Oled, and it’s pure poggerz.

Playing TotK on this thing has been a delight. Games like Hades, Splatoon, Smash and Mario Kart pop out of the screen. Expansion pass can be had for £25 now for retro games. Got Vampire Survivors pre loaded, can’t wait.

It’s the best Nintendo console of all time IMO.

I’ve slapped a Neogrip on mine.

 

[Robb]

I’m still on my V1.

I’ve been tempted to get an OLED several times over but felt like it’s just better to wait for the “Switch 2” since there was no change in internals.

 

[Mr Branding]

V1 which is now my son's and my Oled. I absolutely love that freaking screen and it's so hard going back to lcd even if it's Steam Deck. For some reason I prefer playing everything on switch nowadays.

 

[Ozzie666]

I fear how many Switches my household has owned. Between two original launch models, OLED, Monster hunter and Lite (I am probably missing one). This is why I put little meaning into total hardware units sold, if the actual user base isn't growing. Once you use the OLED, you can't go.

 

[Tams]

Should add an option for "OLED but it wasn't worth it because I ended up getting a Steam Deck"

Buzz off to your own thread.

 

[Hudo]

The original. Still works like on the first day.

 

[AV]

Buzz off to your own thread.

I just mean I shouldn't have upgraded the model and kept my launch day Switch. Never ended up playing Zelda handheld and probably won't do the same with Metroid.

 

[Tams]

I just mean I shouldn't have upgraded the model and kept my launch day Switch. Never ended up playing Zelda handheld and probably won't do the same with Metroid.

So you got an OLED Switch and yet have never used it's main upgrade (even considering the switch to the Mariko SoC)?

 

[DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy]

I wasn’t gonna buy a Switch until a Metroid game came out on it. So when Dread came out I got myself an OLED and the game. Was going to just get a regular switch but the place I went to strangely only had OLEDs in stock.

Don’t really use it handheld.

 

[Bernoulli]

V1 and i won't buy anything else unless it has the V1 exclusive features

 

[Robb]

V1 and i won't buy anything else unless it has the V1 exclusive features

What are those? A worse screen and poor battery life?

 

[Tams]

What are those? A worse screen and poor battery life?

Not intended features, but the V1 has (in my opinion) better display colour temperature than the V2, and is hackable.

 

[Robb]

and is hackable.

Ah, didn’t think of that. Maybe that’s what he meant then (?).

 

[AV]

So you got an OLED Switch and yet have never used it's main upgrade (even considering the switch to the Mariko SoC)?

Yeah exactly, hence the regret. Well not never, but not nearly enough to justify it.

Luckily I had a launch model to sell so it sold well over asking price of the later model since it was hackable as hell.

 

[Lunarorbit]

1st week out version. If switch 2 doesn't have backwards compatible I'll get an oled one eventually

 

[ShakenG]

Got the OLED at launch, was late to the party. Needed that Mario Kart itch scratched.

 

[Bernoulli]

Ah, didn’t think of that. Maybe that’s what he meant then (?).

Not intended features, but the V1 has (in my opinion) better display colour temperature than the V2, and is hackable.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

 

[SmokedMeat]

Launch day model, although I got rid of the stick drifting joycons, for a Zelda themed pair.

 

[nightmare-slain]

OLED because it's the best model. I've owned all the models except Lite. Upgraded whenever something better came out.

 

[Topher]

Unpatched early version so I can rip the games and play them via emulation on PC. No piracy. Legit, legal backups.

 

[Lupin25]

V2.

Never cared for OLED as I mostly play docked, don’t have time for handheld & only have my PS5 hooked up in the living room to the tv.

 

[Rhazkul]

Switch Lite.
Haven't used it very much and got some buyers remorse tbh. Mainly because of the paywalled emulation and the tiny ass screen.

Not selling it though because i am still hopeful it will get jailbroken one day.

 

[drganon]

Version 1 with the red and blue joycons. I pretty much use it exclusively docked with the pro controller.

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

Switch V1 and Switch OLED

 

[Laieon]

Launch
OLED
TOTK OLED

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Well, since I'm the OP, I'll mention that I'm a Switch owner as well (OLED model owner more exactly). Very, very happy with this one, from the amazing screen to the build quality (feels more premium than the V1 or V2 imo) and amazing battery life (5h in portable mode in most games I play). I also use it quite often and usually play it in portable mode. Oh and I'm 100% physical with my Switch because I don't trust Nintendo at all when it comes to digital libraries.

 

[vodka-bull]

OLED and I have the steamdeck connected to an OLED TV as well because I absolutely hate LCD.

 

[ADiTAR]

V1+OLED

 

[DeaconOfTheDank]

Still using the original. I've got that baby on CFW and there's no way I'm giving up modding support for a shiny, newer model.

Only thing that kinda sucks is the battery. For some reason, the battery life isn't calibrated properly and reporting 50% battery is actually when the Switch is all out of juice.

 

[GigaBowser]

White OLEDS

 

[Sojiro]

I still rock the OG V1 unit I got at launch. I was tempted to pick up an OLED, but it is hard to justify the price for essentially the same device with a nicer screen and Ethernet port when my original unit still functions completely fine. That OLED does look damn nice though.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Rocking the OLED model. Probably my favorite console right now. Switch is just awesome all around, from the games to the screen to the portable form factor. Fucking love it.

 

[Tams]

Yeah exactly, hence the regret. Well not never, but not nearly enough to justify it.

Luckily I had a launch model to sell so it sold well over asking price of the later model since it was hackable as hell.

Surely you should have known that going in? The information is readily available and you post on a gaming enthusiast forum...

 

[Tams]

Just to be clear to any Nintendo Ninjas out there, my entire Switch games collection is legitimately bought (all brand new) and my V1 Switch is running the latest firmware.

I would like you to fix the four Joycons I have severe drift on for free though, so when you pay me a visit in the night to verify my claim, could you take care of that? K, thx, bi.

 

[RagnarokIV]

V1 and an OLED, but there's no multiple vote so I voted for V1 as I assumed OELD would be winning.

 

[LordOfChaos]

V2 with the redder box iirc

 

[Shadowstar39]

Had V1, traded it in for V2, then traded that in for OLED. OLED with the white cons is the best. Wish Nintendo had more matching colored joycons. Can't stand the two tone crap. I want it to look slick not like a woke hair cut.

 

[Tg89]

Day 1, still going strong.

 

[Pejo]

Man all they had to do to get me to buy an OLED was give it even a small performance boost, but nope. I was gonna buy the OLED for playing new games on and then mod my v1 as a mobile emulator device that also hooks up easily to the TV. That was my plan at least, until the Deck came out and I turned that into my emulator machine + more.

So I sit here with my launch day v1 still humming along. I don't have any of the screen damage from the dock that a lot of v1'ers complain about, so I guess I should consider myself lucky. Got the stick drift though on the joycons.

If Switch 2 ends up being fully backwards compatible, then I'll probably still mod my v1 and run emulators on it. Deck is better for performance, but it's not as easy to hook up to a TV.

 

[LakeOf9]

OLED but I bought my first one closer to when it came out (not at launch but sometime in the first year or so of it coming out)

 

[StereoVsn]

I’m still on my V1.

I’ve been tempted to get an OLED several times over but felt like it’s just better to wait for the “Switch 2” since there was no change in internals.

If you only use OG in docked mode this is true. However, OLED brought a lot of QoL improvements between the screen and battery life to handheld mode.

That said at this point might as well wait.

Personally I have OG, OLED and Lite. Kids usually play on Lite and OLED these days and I use OG for ripping carts so I can emulate them on PC. I can't deal with terrible framerate and res anymore, lol.

 

[Codes 208]

Ive gone through at least two of each for one reason or another (bought the original at launch, accidentally broke it a year later got a new one, the v2, then i ended up behind in bills so i sold it to my parents, bought a lite. Sold it, bought another lite, upgraded to the oled, and then upgraded to the zelda oled. All within a six year period)

 

[AV]

Surely you should have known that going in? The information is readily available and you post on a gaming enthusiast forum...

Known what? I wasn't going to end up playing the 65 hours of Zelda I played portably? I'm not a fortune teller mate

 

[Pelao]

V1. Zero intention of getting a Switch OLED because I've used my Switch as a portable console a grand total of once since launch day and it's already hooked up to an OLED TV.

 

[RobRSG]

A V1 neon version and an OLED Zelda TOTK version.

 

[SenkiDala]

OLED since day one (got the previous ones too except LITE) and it is an awesome system, then 7" inch screens is the perfect size, and the HDR wow it is awesome, played Metroid Dread day one on it and it looks so good.

The OLED one is the must have, except if you absolutely never play on handled mode.

 

[FunkMiller]

Bought an OLED for ToTK, having sold my launch Switch years ago (which was a mistake for.... reasons).