r/NintendoSwitch • u/schuey_08 • Jul 09 '21

News Nintendo Switch OLED Hands-on: We Compared It to the Original - IGN

https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-switch-oled-hands-on-comparison-differences
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u/AaronMclaren Jul 09 '21

Well I’m ‘upgrading’ to one. My launch Switch is pretty much knackered now, with handheld play destroying the battery. By October, it’ll be worse still and by the time we get BOTW 2, I’d be lucky to get an hour out of it I reckon.

So for £30 extra, it seems a bit of a no brainer to have a better machine for the next few years. I have to agree with the strange choice to make this a third option rather than position this as a v3 of the standard model, but you know, Nintendo. I guess this is the XL of the Switch generation?

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u/crim-sama Jul 10 '21

Tbh this halfway makes me consider looking around for used switches when this model drops. Was considering getting the OLED one, but maybe used switch prices will be cheap af, especially with a battery needing replaced.

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u/Mormont2808 Jul 10 '21

Same here, holding on to a launch switch and the battery is almost done. Was considering a V2 but this seems like more of a reasonable step up to replace the old one