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Nintendo Switch
Based on 26 credible posts from Bluesky & Hacker News. 33 filtered out as bot-like or off-topic.
Medium confidenceA solid sample; expect small shifts as more owners post. How we score
Scored September 27, 2026
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Owner reviews
Overall owner mood
Most owners are happy with it: 69% of 26 reviews are positive and 12% negative. The most common complaint is price & value (3 owners). Owners with 6+ months of use are less positive (43%), which suggests it wears on people over time.
What owners like
Nothing two or more owners agree on yet.
What owners complain about
Price & value raised by 3 owners
“Many people are complaining about the price but you can bring you entire steam game collection and even use as a PC if you want, I sold my PS5 once it became a useless brick cause Sony prevents you from running Linux.”
Battery & charging raised by 2 owners
“Also, third party batteries vary wildly in quality -- I've replaced the battery in my the product twice, both times using brands I've heard of, and neither battery is as good as the original OEM battery was when i first got it.”
Performance raised by 2 owners
“It's not unusual for a PS5 game to run slow on a PC with much better hardware due to not being optimised.”
Controls & input raised by 2 owners
“The purchase button is off screen after a bunch of legalize before it and no indication you need to scroll down 19.”
What owners talk about
- Battery & charging1 praise · 2 complain
- Price & value0 praise · 3 complain
- Performance0 praise · 2 complain
- Controls & input0 praise · 2 complain
- Display0 praise · 2 complain
- Connectivity0 praise · 2 complain
Built from the reviews themselves — every quote links to the owner who wrote it.
Full text of every credible post we scored. Bot-like and off-topic comments are hidden.
I've been running this[0] for a few years now, moved it a couple of days ago to a portainer VM on proxmox with 6GB ram, its running perfectly fine for 3 of us, and works fine from tablets and PC. Can also run on the nintendo switch if you setup a cname to redirect to your server IP, i.e: mco.lbsg.net x.x.x.x play.lbsg.net x.x.x.x Then choose the "Lifeboat" server [0]
[...] It's wild that I can turn on the xbox, wait 20-30min for mandatory updates, then need to re-sign in or occasionally reset my wireless mac address due to some bug, then re-sign into my Xbox account even if I am fine playing offline but of course I forgot my password so now I'm on my phone doing 2FA to remember which email I used to reset the password. Then I will need to update the game I want to play (somehow FIFA 23 still requires updates?), then re-sign in to EA whose password of course I also forgot so now I'm on my phone resetting my password for EA. [...] Not to mention that once the Xbox itself is working it will be running slower than the Nintendo Switch I own which is only about 2yr newer than it. [...]
I can still play the games I bought on the nintendo switch 8 years ago. [...] Also, how much money a company has is unrelated to whether they violated consumer rights or not. [...]
[...] I would love to see a Nintendo Switch port of this game, if anyone is interested in making one!
I can still play the games I bought on the nintendo switch 8 years ago. [...] I cannot play any of the digital Wii games I bought. [...] You pay the same price as a physical copy, using the same verb, and yet are actually renting for an undisclosed amount of time that may at any point be cut off. [...] how much money a company has is unrelated to whether they violated consumer rights or not Billion dollar companies are less sympathetic. [...]
I can still play the games I bought on the nintendo switch 8 years ago. [...] Never even had to replace the joystick, which easily beats the joycons which drift after 400 hours
[...] I had a Nintendo Switch 1 and sold it. My wife wanted to play the latest Pokemon release, she did for 2 months, then it sat unused for 3 years in its charging deck. [...]
[...] And I exclusively use Wifi, other than a TV and a Nintendo Switch that happen to be right next to the router so are plugged in. So even if I had fiber, I literally wouldn't know a difference because my wifi would be the bottleneck still. [...]
I have successfully had am M1 MacBook open and in active use (albeit not with very heavy workload, mostly text editor and web), while plugged into a Nintendo Switch 1 charger (only thing I had handy at that moment), and was watching the battery percentage slowly increasing over time. So even laptops can sometimes charge slowly while in use with a rather underpowered type C charger (Albeit still slightly better than a cheapo 5V 3A Type-C phone charger).
This year I grudgingly switched from an iPhone 13 Mini to a Pixel 10, largely to get the full integrated Pebble experience, but having USB-C has been a surprising and delightful upgrade to my home/travel experience. For sources, I basically have an INUI battery bank and a 100W wall adapter, then everything is a USB-C sink: Lenovo X1, Pixel 10, Nintendo Switch, Sennheiser headphones
Also, third party batteries vary wildly in quality -- I've replaced the battery in my Nintendo switch twice, both times using brands I've heard of, and neither battery is as good as the original OEM battery was when i first got it.
I own a Nintendo Switch, and I've noticed that in the Nintendo store, old games regularly go on sale for in the ballpark of 80% off. Does that happen in the PS store?
[...] Hardware wise, I'm using a Steam Deck as the streaming client in a docked setup (ala Nintendo Switch). [...] I have a third-party (UGREEN) dock providing power, USB and gigabit Ethernet, display (though unfortunately no HDMI-CEC to turn the TV on automatically (I worked around this using a janky automation script)). [...] For software, I'm running MoonDeck for game streaming via Sunshine on my gaming PC. [...]
[...] It's not unusual for a PS5 game to run slow on a PC with much better hardware due to not being optimised. The Nintendo switch is a great example, pretty old hardware but the games run well (for their intended experience). Many people are complaining about the price but you can bring you entire steam game collection and even use as a PC if you want, I sold my PS5 once it became a useless brick cause Sony prevents you from running Linux.
[...] In fact, I had a working build until about 6 months ago, when I replaced my old High Sierra install with Debian. It's an old Intel MacBook Pro, but the game compiles on Android and Nintendo Switch as well, so I think it should work on newer Apple Silicon as well.
[...] She games either on her Nintendo Switch (not Microsoft) or on her iPad (not Microsoft) or on Linux (not Microsoft). [...]
[...] In our house: I’m a software engineer, and our 13yo son writes C++ code as a hobby, so of course we both have laptops and desktops. But my wife, and our 8 year old daughter, both have laptops too, and use them regularly, despite not being remotely technical; our daughter mainly uses her laptop for games-she also has a tablet and a Nintendo Switch, but for many games (The Sims, Minecraft, Roblox) she prefers her laptop; my wife plays The Sims too, but she also prefers a laptop to a phone or tablet for sending emails and general web browsing. [...]
[...] My kids when they watch tv they completely disconnect: I have to pause the tv to ask if they want to eat something or they won't hear me, so of course we drastically limit that one (I didn't have that problem, is that because I watched way more tv than them?) At the same time, I don't let my kids play any videogame on a tablet or phone because I am a gamer and I recognize that quality of games on phones is terrible, it's an attention grab (there are exceptions). I do let my kids play videogames quite freely though (nintendo switch, sometimes steam games). [...] I sat near her, working from my laptop, she cuddled against me and proceeded to tell me everything she was discovering and her thought process to solve some of the more complex levels. [...]
[...] My OG Nintendo Switch connects to the PSK SSID on my two OpenWRT Ones that's using what OpenWRT calls 'sae-mixed' encryption mode. [...]
Nice! I'm a HUGE DoDonPachi fan, Mushihimesama is also great fun as well. I have the Nintendo Switch port coupled with an 8BitDo arcade stick and have sunk tons of hours into it.
[...] I recently replayed it on Nintendo Switch. [...]
Thank you, I just bought Outer Wilders: Archeologist Edition for Nintendo Switch, which appears to be the base game plus the expansion.
[...] Other machines (like kid's Nintendo switch) can still access the Internet: but my machines for developing are cut off. [...]
It's not designed for anyone to go though - Yesterday I setup an Nintendo Switch for my Uncle. [...] enter your wifi and password 4. select your wifi (why 3 didn't do this I have no effing idea) 5. [...] The purchase button is off screen after a bunch of legalize before it and no indication you need to scroll down 19. [...] The Switch home screen assumes you're using both controllers. [...] It displays a screen showing you to hold the controller down and press the top button (X), but also on that screen is a generic, "press (A)" to continue this dialog. It's a very poorly designed screen giving to conflicting directions. [...]
Nintendo Switch cartridges don't have this problem, mostly. [...]
[...] Trying to figure out which settings are on the right settings button menu vs the left is annoying. Plus, there's stuff like not being able to get the onscreen keyboard to come on screen, and streaming can be a headache. I love it and use it a lot, but it's not a Nintendo Switch experience, at all.
Nintendo Switch long-term: how it holds up
When problems show up
- Price & valuetypically around 8 years · 2 reports
The claims, and the evidence
What the brand claims
No published claims on file for this product yet.
What owners report
“I've been running this[0] for a few years now, moved it a couple of days ago to a portainer VM on proxmox with 6GB ram, its running perfectly fine for 3 of us, and works fine from tablets and PC. Can also run on the nintendo switch if you setup a cname to redirect to your server IP, i.e: mco.lbsg.net x.x.x.x play.lbsg.net x.x.x.x Then choose the "Lifeboat" server [0]”
after 3 yearsView on Hacker News“I can still play the games I bought on the nintendo switch 8 years ago. [...] Also, how much money a company has is unrelated to whether they violated consumer rights or not. [...]”
after 8 yearsView on Hacker News“[...] It's wild that I can turn on the xbox, wait 20-30min for mandatory updates, then need to re-sign in or occasionally reset my wireless mac address due to some bug, then re-sign into my Xbox account even if I am fine playing offline but of course I forgot my password so now I'm on my phone doing 2FA to remember which email I used to reset the password. Then I will need to update the game I want to play (somehow FIFA 23 still requires updates?), then re-sign in to EA whose password of course I also forgot so now I'm on my phone resetting my password for EA. [...] Not to mention that once the Xbox itself is working it will be running slower than the Nintendo Switch I own which is only about 2yr newer than it. [...]”
after 2 yearsView on Hacker News“I can still play the games I bought on the nintendo switch 8 years ago. [...] I cannot play any of the digital Wii games I bought. [...] You pay the same price as a physical copy, using the same verb, and yet are actually renting for an undisclosed amount of time that may at any point be cut off. [...] how much money a company has is unrelated to whether they violated consumer rights or not Billion dollar companies are less sympathetic. [...]”
after 8 yearsView on Hacker News
Common Nintendo Switch problems
Issues at least two owners independently report.
- Price & value3 mentionsView on Hacker News
“I can still play the games I bought on the nintendo switch 8 years ago. [...] I cannot play any of the digital Wii games I bought. [...] You pay the same price as a physical copy, using the same verb, and yet are actually renting for an undisclosed amount of time that may at any point be cut off. [...] how much money a company has is unrelated to whether they violated consumer rights or not Billion dollar companies are less sympathetic. [...]”
- Performance2 mentionsView on Hacker News
“[...] It's wild that I can turn on the xbox, wait 20-30min for mandatory updates, then need to re-sign in or occasionally reset my wireless mac address due to some bug, then re-sign into my Xbox account even if I am fine playing offline but of course I forgot my password so now I'm on my phone doing 2FA to remember which email I used to reset the password. Then I will need to update the game I want to play (somehow FIFA 23 still requires updates?), then re-sign in to EA whose password of course I also forgot so now I'm on my phone resetting my password for EA. [...] Not to mention that once the Xbox itself is working it will be running slower than the Nintendo Switch I own which is only about 2yr newer than it. [...]”
- Controls & input2 mentionsView on Hacker News
“It's not designed for anyone to go though - Yesterday I setup an Nintendo Switch for my Uncle. [...] enter your wifi and password 4. select your wifi (why 3 didn't do this I have no effing idea) 5. [...] The purchase button is off screen after a bunch of legalize before it and no indication you need to scroll down 19. [...] The Switch home screen assumes you're using both controllers. [...] It displays a screen showing you to hold the controller down and press the top button (X), but also on that screen is a generic, "press (A)" to continue this dialog. It's a very poorly designed screen giving to conflicting directions. [...]”
- Display2 mentionsView on Hacker News
“It's not designed for anyone to go though - Yesterday I setup an Nintendo Switch for my Uncle. [...] enter your wifi and password 4. select your wifi (why 3 didn't do this I have no effing idea) 5. [...] The purchase button is off screen after a bunch of legalize before it and no indication you need to scroll down 19. [...] The Switch home screen assumes you're using both controllers. [...] It displays a screen showing you to hold the controller down and press the top button (X), but also on that screen is a generic, "press (A)" to continue this dialog. It's a very poorly designed screen giving to conflicting directions. [...]”
- Connectivity2 mentionsView on Hacker News
“It's not designed for anyone to go though - Yesterday I setup an Nintendo Switch for my Uncle. [...] enter your wifi and password 4. select your wifi (why 3 didn't do this I have no effing idea) 5. [...] The purchase button is off screen after a bunch of legalize before it and no indication you need to scroll down 19. [...] The Switch home screen assumes you're using both controllers. [...] It displays a screen showing you to hold the controller down and press the top button (X), but also on that screen is a generic, "press (A)" to continue this dialog. It's a very poorly designed screen giving to conflicting directions. [...]”
- Battery & charging2 mentionsView on Hacker News
“Also, third party batteries vary wildly in quality -- I've replaced the battery in my Nintendo switch twice, both times using brands I've heard of, and neither battery is as good as the original OEM battery was when i first got it.”