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My 2 cents. The main down side for me for the joycons is the lack of a proper d-pad. 2D games are...less than stellar...on the joycons. So for me, the main reason to get a controller is for better handling in games that benefit from a dpad. Is that controller the pro controller? I dunno. It's awful expensive. I'm a fan of the 8bitdo SN30 Pro and Pro+. Those controllers are native to the Switch (and PC, and Android), and they have glorious dpads.

If you don't play a lot of dpad centric games, I honestly don't see much of a need for a new controller. Unless you really find joycons uncomfortable. If joycon drift is an issue for you (it's never been for me), then yeah, I guess a new controller should also help that. But definitely look into 8bitdo's line of controllers first. They're a bit cheaper, but not lacking in quality.