Is the Switch really more of a secondary system rather than a primary system?

[Slownenberg]

There is no way to define a system broadly as "primary" or "secondary". It's entirely an individual decision.

Considering Switch will likely end up with the second most hardware sales of any system ever, it would be absurd to broadly define it as a secondary system. But no doubt there are tens of millions of people for whom it is not their main system, while there are also tens of millions of people for whom it is their main system, while there are tens of millions of people for whom it is their only system (thus making it their main system as well), and there are tens of millions of people for whom it is their co-primary system.


Personally it's my only system. If I had all three systems I'd probably end up with no more than a handful of games on Xbox, and far less on PS5 than I have on Switch. PS5 is getting loads of games lately but for the first 2-3 years it barely had anything at all of interest. If I had every system I'm guessing in 2024 and 2025 I would have bought more PS5 games than Switch games simply because the Switch is gearing down to end of life while PS5 is in it's software producing prime, but as I have loads of Switch games I still haven't even got around to playing I can't even say I'd be playing PS5 more than Switch during that timeframe. And with Switch 2 on the way (assuming I own every system and so get it at launch), PS5 would very quickly be pushed back to secondary once that launches.

I've only owned all three systems one gen - GC, Xbox, PS2 - and PS2 was by far my least played system that gen. GC was my primary system but towards the end of the gen Xbox became my primary system. These days Xbox would not even be in the running, PS5 would very much be secondary, with Switch far and away the primary. But because I feel zero need to pay tons and tons of money to get a secondary system, Switch is my only system, just like Switch 2 will be my only system, though I'll probably wait a while to get it because my Switch backlog could easily last me into next decade.