I currently play most games thru emulators but been wondering whether it is worth it to get the Switch V1 version for handheld.

my plan would be putting the roms onto the Switch and then play handheld (is this possible?)

Playing when traveling, a few hours in bed before sleeping or cozy up next to the heather in the evening seems nice. However is it still worth around €300 euro for it, may I have your opinion on the matter?

  • nintendiator@feddit.clEnglish
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    9 months ago

    As someone who has a V1, I’d say: only if you can somehow get it for free or for a very low price. (you mention €300, I’d say I wouldn’t pay more than €180 for it in 2024).

    The hardware is dated (the GPU was half-deprecated when it came out, and that’s the only part of the hardware the scene got to break through), your SD card port is going to have a notoriously low life expectancy so you’ll be relying on a PC or an Android with USB to perform any important adjustments, who knows what conditions the unboxed ones have been kept in since the Old Times, and for jailbreaking it you have to check that you can get one on low enough firmware to jailbreak software-only. Otherwise you’re having to get into modchips, RCM clips et al.