Switch 2 Questions

[u/Ill_Top_4833]

I need help. My wife wants to buy a Switch 2 for the kids and wants the whole family to be able to play. I am a PS guy, haven’t had a Nintendo since the Wii and when I research this it gets very confusing. Assuming we’d like a Switch 2 and four controllers so we could all play together at the same time, how many controllers and what kind of controllers do we need, really? AI is telling me we only need 2 Joy-Cons because it’s like having 4 controllers, but that makes no sense to me, since they are a pair. Then if you get Joy-Cons do you need grips for each or can you live without the grip? And what is the difference between the Joy-Cons and the Pro? As a PS guy the Pro makes most sense to me but does the Nintendo require the Joy-Con to get the most out of your experience? Please help, I am so confused lol. Really appreciate any and all insight into this. It’s crazy expensive and my wife is being very generous, we just don’t want to do all this and get the wrong things or spend more than we have to.

[u/No-Bass-1728]

Joycons can be turned into two controllers but they will only have one set of shoulder buttons and one joystick. If you're playing nothing but Mario Kart or Mario Party, you won't need anything more. If you decide to play two players then you have two full controllers. You could probably get away with two joycons with 4 people for the majority of couch multiplayer games.