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Which Nintendo Switch version do you have?
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Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
I'd be interested to know the V1 to V2 split, tbh.
Mainly to know who else is slumming it like me. The Switch has been my most under used console, but recently I've been hammering TOTK on handheld mode (the framerate looks offputtingly choppy on my Oled tv in a way that the handheld doesn't) and it's made me think I might actually get around to the games I've bought but not played - 2 Metroids to start, 2 Zeldas to finish and something else as well that I've forgotten. I would have probably picked up an Oled console, but the spectre of a new machine on the horizon for ages has made me think that as soon as I bought one, they'd release a new system.
Mainly to know who else is slumming it like me. The Switch has been my most under used console, but recently I've been hammering TOTK on handheld mode (the framerate looks offputtingly choppy on my Oled tv in a way that the handheld doesn't) and it's made me think I might actually get around to the games I've bought but not played - 2 Metroids to start, 2 Zeldas to finish and something else as well that I've forgotten. I would have probably picked up an Oled console, but the spectre of a new machine on the horizon for ages has made me think that as soon as I bought one, they'd release a new system.
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RagnarokIV
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That's weird because I made the poll multiple choice.
I'm retard.
JimboJones
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I was tempted by the oled but figured the pro model was around the corner
, also have an OLED tv so I'm not that bothered.
, also have an OLED tv so I'm not that bothered.
Robb
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Yeah I know, and I do play mine in handheld from time to time so those features are great. I have used one at a friends house and it looks soooo much better.
I guess I was just really hoping they’d do a ‘Pro’ or something, and yeah at this point I’m not going to bother.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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killatopak
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White OLED.
BlackTron
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Still on my V1 that I got in 2017 when Odyssey came out. Amazingly the joycons still held up fine. I use it both on the TV with a gamepad, and handheld mode for simpler portable style games like 1-2 button platformers or tactics games.
I'm actually tempted to get a cheap used Switch Lite to replace the role that a Game Boy used to. It's smaller, it has a D-Pad. But having the option to just transform the system into a console when desired in exchange for being a bit larger is just too much. Having both and leaving the normal switch docked most of the time would forcefully fragment games between modes.
I would probably buy a OLED and hack the v1 but we are too close to the successor. I at least want details of the new system before I decide what to do.
I'm actually tempted to get a cheap used Switch Lite to replace the role that a Game Boy used to. It's smaller, it has a D-Pad. But having the option to just transform the system into a console when desired in exchange for being a bit larger is just too much. Having both and leaving the normal switch docked most of the time would forcefully fragment games between modes.
I would probably buy a OLED and hack the v1 but we are too close to the successor. I at least want details of the new system before I decide what to do.
Magic Carpet
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Traded in the launch Switch for an OLED switch and it's been sitting in the dock ever since. The switch dosn't get any on the go play anymore.
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
I have the original switch it’s essentially still like new.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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C'mon Switch owners I know there's more of you here on GAF! 
Come and vote!
Come and vote! 
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
StereoVsn
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Eh, I prefer to game on the Steam Deck as it's much more comfortable handheld with better performance.
That said not a day goes by when I don't wish for a better screen even with a plugin that helos with vibrancy.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Steam Deck with an OLED screen would be such a dreamy handheld.
Cyberpunkd
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Got a V2 last year in November, playing it mostly handheld. Kids love it, I have nothing to complain about. I would say it’s payed more than the PS5 (which I almost never play).
MadchesterManc
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I'm still fine with the original V1 I have, though I have switched out the joycons for some dapper Skyward Sword ones. Not enamoured enough with the Switch to go out and spend full whack on another for a screen upgrade (the LCD screen is fine for portable & I can dock to an OLED anyway) and the lite just defeats the point of the Switch while giving off Fisher Price vibes, no need to move on from V1 for me.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Got a day 1 v1 and an oled.
Oled is gorgeous.
Oled is gorgeous.
Cyberpunkd
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On the topic I think we might get Switch Lite OLED before Switch 2 is launched. No reason not to do it.
touchfuzzy
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I've bought five total, currently own three.
Launch-Day V1 (traded in to get V2)
Yellow Lite (for the kids, still have)
Monster Hunter Rise V2 (traded in to get OLED)
Blue Lite (for the wife, still have)
OLED (mine, still have)
Easily my most played console of the last six years. Majority of the time in handheld too, so the OLED is a no brainer. I don't have an OLED TV so the games actually look better handheld.
Launch-Day V1 (traded in to get V2)
Yellow Lite (for the kids, still have)
Monster Hunter Rise V2 (traded in to get OLED)
Blue Lite (for the wife, still have)
OLED (mine, still have)
Easily my most played console of the last six years. Majority of the time in handheld too, so the OLED is a no brainer. I don't have an OLED TV so the games actually look better handheld.
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AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Good god man, bought it thinking I'd use it portably more than I did, haven't done. That's literally it
I cannot predict the future and whether I'll actually end up using the thing
DownLikeBCPowder
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My Switches are either OLED or original models - I don't have any love for the Lite. But I love the OLED the best.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
A switch lite. I may or may not be selling it to fund money for a steamdeck
It's been a cool 3 years owning the thing but honestly I do not care anymore
It's been a cool 3 years owning the thing but honestly I do not care anymore
MAtgS
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V1. Lite legit pisses me off with how much of a swing and a miss it is. I would honestly prefer the Lite but I can't get over A. the removal of docking as an option, & B. joycon drift still being a thing only now the sticks aren't as easily detachable or replaceable. Sometimes I think Nintendo should've just brought back circle pads.
I had the original Switch for a while (got it pretty late into its lifespan already), but just got the TotK OLED model recently. I normally wouldn't advocate for it, but since I play in handheld mode exclusively (I don't even have a TV since moving a few months ago), I thought it seemed a worthwhile investment.
I probably wouldn't say it was worth the cost, but it *is* a very nice screen.
I probably wouldn't say it was worth the cost, but it *is* a very nice screen.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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I had my Switch since August 2017
I haven't upgraded at all
I haven't upgraded at all
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cinnamonandgravy
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v1
only use it in docked mode.
only use it in docked mode.
PanzerCute
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V1 and just bought an OLED. I play 95% of the time handeld.
Perfect replacement to my beloved VITA.
Perfect replacement to my beloved VITA.
Sleepwalker
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Only reason I keep my V1 too, except I end up just playing them on a switch oled most of the time cause I'm too lazy to rip them lol.
That might change when I come back to finish my TOTK save, I hit some parts where it chugged really bad into the teens and 20s framerate.
As for the topic at hand, we have a v1 and 2 oleds. One of the OLED doesn't have working bluetooth or wifi unless hardwired for internet via the dock. So its basically an offline portable device now (it detects some networks but not ours and it wont connect to the joycons while detached, truly baffling).
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Rockondevil
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OG which works fine as I never undock it and if I play it it's always with a pro controller.
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
Likewise, but that's what I started with recently. Sold new last year as my wife bought me a new console last year for my birthday. I almost always buy consoles on their last year of production or after a new console just came out. 6th and 7th gen were the only two gens I bought consoles close to launch unless for someone else. My wife's is V1 too and I bought that for her in early 2018 and almost seems like her battery holds a bit more charge than mine. Solid.
John Marston
GAF's very own treasure goblin
I have since 5 months ago the Switch OLED Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Edition because I like the design not the game itself. It is very colorful 
I then gave my "old" Switch to my kind young lesbian neighbors who got addicted to Animal Crossing & Mario Kart when I let them borrow it for about a year as I was busy with my PS5 & Xbox.
The OLED is truly delicious. I never used to play handheld but often do now because of how clear and crisp everything looks.
I then gave my "old" Switch to my kind young lesbian neighbors who got addicted to Animal Crossing & Mario Kart when I let them borrow it for about a year as I was busy with my PS5 & Xbox.
The OLED is truly delicious. I never used to play handheld but often do now because of how clear and crisp everything looks.
DaleinCalgary
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The oled version is a game changer. The power is the same but in handheld mode night and day.