Switch OLED 1st Birthday!

In this episode, we talk about the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Nintendo Switch OLED!

It is hard to believe that the Switch OLED is already one year old, but then again the original Switch itself is five and a half years old at this point! In that year, I have spent a lot of time playing the Switch OLED, in fact it has become my primary Nintendo switch. But looking back over the course of the last year is this still something I'm glad that I have in my collection?

The Switch OLED definitely has some improvements over the original version. First of all you cannot look at those two screens and not seeing immediate difference in the OLED, it is so much sharper, so much brighter, and just a little bit larger. When I have had to film videos gorilla style looking at the screen, the Switch OLED does a much better job and shows up on camera a lot better. You can't deny the quality of this screen. Other enhancements include much better audio, that updated kickstand back, and of course the ethernet port built into the dock. Out of all of these the one that I have used the least is the ethernet connection, as I have really good Wi-Fi in my home so, for me at least, I kind of wish I had that extra USB port back.

Between the original Switch and the Switch OLED I will say that the docked experience seems by and large unchanged to me. And that makes sense, Nintendo didn't tweak the internals of the Switch OLED from the original. The focus was a better screen with better audio and a better kickstand, and unfortunately we did not get an improvement in the tegra processor from Nvidia, more RAM, or anything that would perform faster or cooler.

Handheld mode is really where the Switch OLED shines, literally and figuratively. The visuals are so much better on this than the original version it's really remarkable. And I've mentioned this in other videos but one thing that doesn't get talked about enough is the enhanced audio on the Switch OLED, it's so much better sounding, so much richer and deeper. If you are looking for the best handheld switch experience that you can get, the Switch OLED is where it is at.

Alongside the Switch OLED, Nintendo launched Metroid Dread, a game I purchased at the same time but have still yet to crack the seal on. Everything I've seen and heard is that this is a marvelous game, I just have not had time to pull this one out of my backlog. It was good, however, that Nintendo did give the Switch OLED significance with a launch title as well.

So am I still glad that I bought the switch OLED a year later? Kinda, but not really. I don't play on handheld mode a whole lot, it's just not my preferred way to play. I want to play on my television so for me most of the Switch OLED enhancements are lost. If I didn't have this YouTube channel I probably would not have purchased one to be honest. From a content creator standpoint I appreciate the fact that the OLED display is gorgeous and much easier to film, but from a gamer perspective, it doesn't do much for me. Someday I hope Nintendo releases a consoleized version of the Nintendo switch, something with enhanced performance and visuals for a 4K TV, but until then I will have to wait.