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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Switch owners, what are you going to do with your Switch when you buy Switch 2?

 

What will you do with Switch?

Keep it and use it less 6 42.86%
 
Keep it but barely use it 1 7.14%
 
Sell it/trade it in 3 21.43%
 
Give it to someone 3 21.43%
 
Other 1 7.14%
 
Total:14
Wman1996 on 02 April 2025

Switch 2 is out on June 5th. We know so much about it now, namely that it will support most of Switch's library.

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What are you going to do with your Switch (or Switches if you have more than one) when you buy Switch 2?

Sell it? Trade it in? Give it to a friend or family member for free? Retire it and keep it as a spare? Semi-retire it, or even use it a lot?



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G2ThaUNiT on 02 April 2025

I’m personally trading mine in. I already confirmed my Switch library will either be backwards compatible or will get a free Switch 2 update.



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Veknoid_Outcast on 02 April 2025

I’ve made a habit of gifting my Switches to family members when I upgrade, but my current Switch is the TotK Zelda OLED. It’s too precious to me. So it will go into retirement.



BasilZero on 02 April 2025

I have two Switches - an OG (with a better battery 2020 edition and a OLED).

OG Switch (2020 Edition) - retire and stored away alongside my PS2, Wii, etc

Switch OLED - will be used for portable gaming like how it is now and playing only third party titles I already own on the Switch

Switch 2 (which I will get day 1 hopefully) - will be perma docked.



Soundwave on 02 April 2025

I'll keep it, it's just going into retirement. I don't like to sell my old systems any longer as in the long run I've always regretted it. I wish I still had my NES and SNES and N64 and Game Boy and all of that.



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IcaroRibeiro on 02 April 2025

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SAguy on 02 April 2025

Keep it to use as a controller for my kids.



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Shaunodon on 02 April 2025

Probably sit it on my PC desk and hook it into my PC monitor. It will be an improvement by virtue of not being hooked up to my tv. Games that won't have any Switch 2 improvements will ironically look better playing that way compared to playing on a Switch 2 connected to my tv, though that depends on how much their performance currently struggles compared to how much Switch 2 natively improves both framerate and resolution scaling.



Pemalite on 02 April 2025

Usually I keep my old systems.
But the OLED Switch has a better display in many aspects... And my entire Switch 1.0 library is not backwards compatible.

So not sure what I will do yet, wait and see.



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Mar1217 on 02 April 2025

Going into retirement in it's original box after I make the data transfer to the Switch 2.

But it was a great 8 years with it !



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