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I'm honestly surprised so many people have said Switch. On the one hand, yes, the "hybrid" idea is a good one, and while not terribly powerful, it has thus far proved powerful/popular enough to get a decent share of ports on it. But on the other hand, IMO, the Joy-Cons are terrible. They aren't durable, they can easily develop the noted drift issue, the sticks are tiny, the buttons are tiny, there's zero D-pad (I prefer actual d-pad over buttons-as-dpad). To me, the Pro controller is 100% better, all around, and that costs you an extra $70, if you want a good Nintendo brand one. I'm also not huge on the Switch's lesser touch screen. I think, while the Wii U's controller was TOO clunky, it had a great touch screen, d-pad, triggers and buttons. The Wii U as a system was a major disappointment. But the Gamepad as a controller, IMO, was far superior, minus the bulkiness, to what the Switch has going on out of the box.