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?

  • icecreamtaco@lemmy.worldEnglish
    421·
    1 month ago

    Just buy one switch and maybe a few extra controllers, and plug it into the living room tv. You’re making this way more complicated than it needs to be

    • SomeGuy69@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Yeah, also with physical games, it might be possible to save money, unless they all want to play the same game at the same time.