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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[–] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

If you want extra controllers I recommend the 8-bit-do controllers. They are cheaper than Nintendo. The ones I have work on switch, Xbox, pc, android, iOS, etc. they also sell a dongle to work on many more consoles. (I use the dongle on Linux and allows me to play wireless).

I already agree with most of the comments here, just wanted to add info about 3rd party controllers.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The ones I have work on switch, Xbox, pc, android, iOS, etc.

Is there a single controller that I can use on switch, Xbox and pc?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's literally what they said.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They said "the ones I have", as in multiple. So I was wondering if all of them connect to everything, or each connect to some. That's because I went on the 8bitdo website and I looked at several categories. The Xbox ones listed only various Xbox models under connectivity, the Bluetooth ones only listed Switch, the 2.4G and wired ones only listed Windows and Android.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, that would be an Xbox controller.

You then need to buy a dongle for the Switch, and that's what the guy above is talking about. If you do that, you can play on all your mentioned devices with only one controller.

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