20 hrs of battery life of active use seems long enough to not have to worry about the packed in grip not being able to charge the Joy-Con. You can connect the Joy-Con's to the Switch while it's in the dock to charge right?

But you are missing the point.

This isn't the kinda thing to go to war over; then again this kinda thing shouldn't even be happenning. 

Sony gets shit for not putting a bigger battery in their controller. But at least they use a recahrgeable battery and said controller has a USB port. So you can charge and game at the same time.

MS gets shit for not using a recargeable battery, but even their controller has a USB port.

But somehow nintendo makes a controller (the grip in this case) with no USB port. Mind you, the whole point of that is that some people will or could only use this console as a dedicated TV console and have the joycons permanently be in the grip sitting next to the couch. But this ommission literally means its IMPOSSIBLE to charge your controllers and game on the big screen at the same time unless you spend another $30????

If this was sooooo irrelevant and such a non issue; then why did nintndo bother making a grip that supports charging and sell that seperately? 

To be honest, my problem isnt just this grip nonsense, its that I just don't like what nintendo does. From the pricing of their accessories and now this? Anyways, guess this should be expected from a company that releases a handheld with no AC adaptor. What all this confirms to me is that the switch really is just a handheld console.... all these things done to allow you use it as a home cnsole seems more and more like an after thought to me.

I wonder if this is even an issue.

The joycons are reported to have a 20hr battery life and they can be charged via the NS itself.

They way I see it, you'll play for some long period of time (which is assuredly less than 20hrs) and then you'll place them back on the console. By the time you come back (likely over night etc), they will be fully charged again.

I think this one is a meh issue at most.

I'm more worried about how they handle VC and price of online service considering the rape-mentality demonstrated on some of the hardware/games.

Aha so the value of the Switch console itself is more than $100 since only the joycon grip that charges is priced at $30! Well.. that still doesn't change the fact the accessories are obviously overpriced. =/

30$ for an ethernet port that should come with the dock (the dock they are selling for 90$ btw).
30$ for the ability to charge the joycons while playing on TV mode.

This is what Nintendo needs to stop doing if they want people to actually buy the Switch.

Reminds me of New Super Mario Bros U not supporting the Pro Controller at launch, and to make matters worse you couldn't co-op with the gamepad at all.

While I enjoy my laziness, trust me, its fantastic and I'm great at it. I am obnoxious about putting my tech away. I can't stand it when people leave controllers, games, etc out. People need to get up and put it back on the console to charge. 

I dunno man. There are some legit problems with Switch but I don't get this one. The system comes with two controllers and with a perfectly acceptable way to charge them. I would just plug it in overnight.

That does seem like a dumb mistake to not have a charger on the grip as well, especially if they're selling it as a separate accessory.

Haha, that made me laugh. Those are some intense switch sessions.

To be fair, all accesories are priced witha decent mark up. It cost sony/MS no more than $18 to make their controllers. Yet the sell them for $50-$60.

This is exactly my isse, you hit it on the head.... I don't mind accessories to be sold, but my isse is the kinda things nintendo makes you have to buy seperately. Ethernet port? Just look at all the empty space in the dock... they could fit that in there? Seperate grip just to be able to charge your joycons and game at the same time?A paid online service that requires you to have a smartphone to use it fully? I really don't get what nintendo are thinking half the time.

Sarcasm aside, would it really have killed nintendo to put a USB port on the grip? And I am not even talking about putting a headphone jack there too which is something they also could have done. 

Imagine this, this is the first "home console" you CANNOT play on your TV and charge your controller at the same time unless you BUY a seperate accessory to serve as a USB passthrough. They should be adding conveninece features in, not taking them away. Unless of course they are suggesting taht no one wpuld wanna use their console like that. Which puzzles me cause they made a $30 accessory just for that.