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I don't understand the Nintendo Switch. How many do I need for a family of gamers?

They are a personal device like a gameboy.
There is a TV version for party games.
The games may or may not be shareable, even with the physical games.
Assume the ideal usage is during screen time on a weekend.

I have been avoiding buying one as I don't understand them. Thinking of getting them soon.

I assume one OLED for the family and then a portable per person, then one copy of each game per device.

How is this affordable?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is excellent advice ๐Ÿ™‚

The only part I might disagree with is this:

Get Switch Lites for anyone who REALLY needs to be playing something else independently when the TV/"main" Switch is in use

Obviously only if the budget allows, but if your kids are at the age where they'll take their Switch when they visit friends or family, then the version with detachable controllers is probably better.

The Switch has a built in kick stand, and some games, like Mario Kart, let you disconnect the controllers and have one each for a two player game. It's handy for keeping the kids quiet for a bit, and you don't need to carry loads of stuff.

If the kids regularly go somewhere, like your parents perhaps, you can buy an extra dock to plug into the TV there, and the non lite Switch can use it in exactly the same way as the one at home. There's nothing special about the dock, it essentially just connects the Switch to the TV.

It's a great little console with some fun, if sometimes expensive games. I play mine probably as much as my kid plays theirs ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Great addition! I was trying to keep budget in mind, but truthfully, I don't know the price difference.

It'd be good for OP to know the different capabilities of what the Lite vs. the other consoles can/can't do. But I think my comment was long enough as it is! Haha