How are you playing your Switch mostly? (Handheld or Docked)

Last edited by degoose on Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:51 pm, edited 2 times in total.

So now the switch has been out a few days i was wondering for the early adopters in what mode has people mainly been playing their switch and when i say this i mean the majority of the time so i guess say over 60% to 70% of the time. For me although I've only had a chance to play it for the last two days I've been playing mine 100% in handheld and i kind of see this happening a lot in future unless i either have people round to play co-op games with or perhaps i randomly feel like i need or want the bigger screen.

Just to add because I've seen this discussed a bit but for me i always thought and find the Switch is really a handheld that i can plug into the TV if i want to and can then use it as a main console and multiplayer machine but i know some who have said they will mainly have theirs docked and will use the pro controller or joycon grip for nearly all games.I'm intrigued to see what everyone says.

Edit: Added a 50/50 if the play time has been that exact split.
Edit2: The poll edit deleted Pedz vote, sorry Pedz.

I've played it substantially in all three configurations, so I can't really vote. Been playing it handheld on the bus to and from work, handheld in bed before sleeping, docked on the tv in the living room at the weekend and in the evenings, and on the kickstand on my bedside table and on the living room table when housemates wanted the tv.

I really like the joycons+grip as a controller, but handheld is so useful (I used to always play my 3DS and/or Vita on the bus and in bed).

Haven't played it handheld at all. Don't see the need tbh. Which is why I was disappointed in it being a hybrid.

Docked, purely because I'm off work. It'll be more handheld going from next week onwards.

Pedz wrote:Haven't played it handheld at all. Don't see the need tbh. Which is why I was disappointed in it being a hybrid.

Have you not at least played some Zelda on the bog?

Nope.

switch on the floor
right joycon in my right hand
left hand on my dick
left joycon up my butt

I voted 50/50. It's not really down to how I play it, but rather where I play it. If I'm in the living room, it's docked, otherwise handheld. It is a much better handheld than it is a console. Probably because it's just a big Vita with extra shoulder buttons, and that was the greatest gaming hardware ever.

Mostly handheld for me which is surprising as I mostly expected to play it docked

Mostly handheld. I honestly wouldn't have bothered getting one if it was a traditional console.

I've played with it docked for a couple of hours once or twice, but otherwise just used it for charging.

In the living room, docked, unless the TV is being used. In bed, handheld.

It'll depend on the game as well.

Technically it's docked but I hold each joycon against the sides of my 50" TV and pretend I've got the biggest Switch in the world.

Mostly docked but I've played a couple of hours in handheld mode too, a little in bed but also when the TV has been in use for something else and I've decided to get back to BotW rather than carry on watching. When in portable mode I've definitely prefered to play it with Joy Cons attached to the system rather than table top mode, everything just seems too small to see clearly like that, at least in something like Zelda where there's a lot going on.

Harry Bizzle wrote:Technically it's docked but I hold each joycon against the sides of my 50" TV and pretend I've got the biggest Switch in the world.

Mostly docked unless there's football or something on TV.

I mainly use it as a handheld as I've only had time to play a bit of Zelda in bed before sleeping. When I set it up, I did play it a bit in docked mode and later in tabletop mode from my bed.

How are you playing your Switch mostly? (Handheld or Docked)

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