Switch in 2023

[JDP42]

I haven't brought a console in a long time - I currently have a PS2.

 

The Switch being 6 years old now - is it still worth buying and getting games for? I'm in NZ, so it's expensive over here - By the time I get the OLED and 3 games, I'm pushing $1000. Comparatively, the PS5 and the Xbox Series X is $899, normally with a game.

 

The Switch is more interesting to me than the other 2 consoles, but oof, it's a lot to get started.

[porina]

If you think you'd like the games, go for it. At the end of the day the games are the content. With it being weaker hardware the visuals can be lacking. But if you like the games, that wont matter.

[will0hlep]

I’ve always found the best way to determine if a console is worth it or not is to work out how many games you would buy for that console that could not be bought on any other platform you already own or would be able to get cheaper.

 

So what games are you interested in? I know you don’t have any new consoles but does you PC have a GPU?

[Nicckko]

11 minutes ago, JDP42 said:

I haven't brought a console in a long time - I currently have a PS2.

 

The Switch being 6 years old now - is it still worth buying and getting games for? I'm in NZ, so it's expensive over here - By the time I get the OLED and 3 games, I'm pushing $1000. Comparatively, the PS5 and the Xbox Series X is $899, normally with a game.

 

The Switch is more interesting to me than the other 2 consoles, but oof, it's a lot to get started.

If you are interested in the games, go for it! The switch is a great console but since you’d be paying so much, I suggest waiting a few months incase a switch pro does come out (not that i suspect it will, but who knows).

 

While the console isn’t the strongest with the best graphics, it can be seen as not as good as the PS5 or series X but the game selection makes it worth it. I’m a huge Legend of Zelda fan so this is probably biased… Anyways good luck!

[JDP42]

7 hours ago, will0hlep said:

I’ve always found the best way to determine if a console is worth it or not is to work out how many games you would buy for that console that could not be bought on any other platform you already own or would be able to get cheaper.

 

So what games are you interested in? I know you don’t have any new consoles but does you PC have a GPU?

I've just dropped an ex mining RX 470 (or it could be a 570 - not much difference) into my rig, which is running a Ryzen 5 3400G. All hardware over here is expensive - basically take standard US pricing and double it.

 

There isn't a lot of games I find that interesting on PC recently - I'd much rather single player, hence why the Switch is interesting

[will0hlep]

1 minute ago, JDP42 said:

I've just dropped an ex mining RX 470 (or it could be a 570 - not much difference) into my rig, which is running a Ryzen 5 3400G. All hardware over here is expensive - basically take standard US pricing and double it.

 

There isn't a lot of games I find that interesting on PC recently - I'd much rather single player, hence why the Switch is interesting

So how many games are there on switch that really interest you atm?

[JDP42]

7 hours ago, Nicckko said:

If you are interested in the games, go for it! The switch is a great console but since you’d be paying so much, I suggest waiting a few months incase a switch pro does come out (not that i suspect it will, but who knows).

 

While the console isn’t the strongest with the best graphics, it can be seen as not as good as the PS5 or series X but the game selection makes it worth it. I’m a huge Legend of Zelda fan so this is probably biased… Anyways good luck!

There have been so many predictions about Nintendo getting new hardware... with the days getting shorter and Winter not far off, I was thinking it would work well, between Zelda, the port of the old Super Mario 64 and Ring Fit all making it quite attractive.

[SteveGrabowski0]

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[SteveGrabowski0]

On 3/24/2023 at 12:22 PM, JDP42 said:

There have been so many predictions about Nintendo getting new hardware... with the days getting shorter and Winter not far off, I was thinking it would work well, between Zelda, the port of the old Super Mario 64 and Ring Fit all making it quite attractive.

If you liked Mario 64 then Super Mario Odyssey is a must play. Feels very much in the spirit of Mario 64 but you can tell Nintendo extracted every last bit of performance they could out of the system and it runs 60 fps in everything but the New Donk City level. It's especially awesome on your TV using split joycons as the controller since you can use the regular controls for Mario and intuitive and simple motion controls for throwing your cap.

 

I will say Switch is kind of rough to game on these days when I have gotten used to PS5 and PC not held back by last gen consoles graphics and performance levels. But Super Mario Odyssey might be enough to make the purchase worth it. Not sure how well Cemu plays BOTW on an RX 470 since it's an AMD gpu, but might want to look that up to see if you're better off emulating the Wii U version of BOTW vs playing the Switch version. I haven't touched Cemu since like 2017 or 2018 and back then it performed way better with Nvidia gpus than AMD ones and I was running a GTX 970 when I played BOTW on Cemu. I probably should go back and check it now that I'm running an AMD card (RX 6700 XT).