Well, if you want to keep it inside your pocket or jacket it is large, yes. Too large, IMO. I never feel like playing it on the bus or subway anyway because most Switch games are not made for short playing sessions. When I bring it on long-distance journeys or visits to my family I keep it in my backpack and it does not matter that the Satisfye grip makes it a bit clunkier, but my hands thank me when I play it for hours.

I actually expected Nintendo to make alternative Joycons with more grip and bigger buttons. I mean, you have the unique functionality of exchanging inputs for different playing styles and they don't even make use of it. Probably because of "brand recognition" or some bs. They just don't care.

Yeah. Not a fan of the Dualsock anyway, unless it's a 2D platformer or a fighter, then I will prefer it over the asymmetric xbox controller design.

Every controller has it's Pro's and Con's, without a doubt... And everyone is physically different, so they will need/want/desire different things... And like me, those preferences will change depending on the type of game I am playing.

In my opinion, the display could have been larger on the Switch, it already has a massive bezel that can be eaten into... And the Joycons themselves could have been a little bit wider with some curvature underneath to make them more ergonomic and comfortable to hold... That way there would have been more space on the Joycons for physically larger buttons.

The size of the handheld wouldn't increase much... And for users who don't like larger devices... (I'm not one of them!) the Switch lite is the viable option.

At the moment I generally take my Pro controller with me on long trips across the country (Which happened frequently with 5 day deployments to various fires for a couple months) because I just refuse to use the Joycons for anything that is action-intensive like say... Overwatch, so that is more weight and bulk in my carry-on anyway.

If I can find a viable 3rd party joycon, I will probably go down that path at some point.

As I understand it there are some third party Joycons that are bigger and more ergonomic, but I'm not sure if they have all the features the standard ones do, like HD rumble. I'm fine with the standard ones but it would be nice if they offered some variants for different tastes, yeah.

Yeah I've always wondered why on Earth they gave the Switch such large bezels. I wondered if maybe it was to leave room for a "Switch XL" down the road.

By the way, huge props to you for your efforts fighting the fires; my mum and step-dad were fire refugees back in January, the fires got very, very close to destroying their property and they had to leave, though luckily it was spared. My hometown nearly burned down too.

Oh, I just learned about the HORI Split Pad Pro which seems was released last fall! Looks exactly like what I was talking about. I am actually a bit surprised Nintendo licenses these...

Anyway, I will stick with my Satisfye grip as it works well for me and it doesn't have an impact on battery life. Also, it was hella expensive...

The GBA SP. I love the flipping form factor, the battery life, the capabilities for a piece of handheld hardware in that era, the backwards compatibility, etc. Everything I could possibly want from is the sort of thing you'd have needed another few years of tech to add.

The GBA SP. It was a massive gamechanger for the GBA and handhelds in general. Frontlit (later backlit), rechargeable battery, clamshell design that helped protect the screen, etc.

I will say one thing I really appreciate about the Joycons is the ability to play in the "split" configuration; ever since the Wiimote + Nunchuk first allowed me to do this, I find it just so much more comfortable to have my hands further apart when playing, instead of having to keep them close together with conventional controllers.

And unlike the wiimote + nunchuck, you can put them together for games that need a firm grip (mostly fighting games).

You know, the more I think about it, while Switch has two primary form factors it switches between, it really has a lot of form factors, and I use them all. Of course there's the docked form and handheld form, but within the docked form there's the separated Joy Cons for when you want to sit more relaxed, the "puppy" mount that puts them together that I use for more intense games, and the pro controllers, including a Gamecube controller, my favorite Nintendo controller. Then in the handheld form, there's the straightforward, attached to the tablet Joy Cons form, you can have it detached from the Joy Cons and propped up, or detached and mounted somewhere (great for car travel). I'm sure you could find more ways to play. It's not just that you can take it anywhere, you also have a lot of options on how to play the way that's most comfortable and convenient to you in your current situation. In that way It's quite unprecedented for a handheld, and even a home console. I still place Gamecube just barely over it, but it's close, and by the end of the generation I might change my mind.

The Wii did have a Pro controller that gave you that option, but with the Switch it's universal instead of just in games that support it.