Do you mostly use your Switch docked or Handheld?

[Chevywolf30]

Docked, I prefer it and luckily I'm in a place now where I can do it docked more after only logging 75 hours docked compared to my 335 handheld hours last year.

 

[wanderist]

I used to only play in handheld mode as that's just what I was used to. That, and the only TV was in the living room. I would play my mom's switch docked in the living room since that's where our Animal Crossing island was, but not my own.

But last month my dad gave me his old monitor to hook the Switch up to in my room. I have not taken it off the dock since, haven't even played Legends in handheld once. I did get an extra Switch charger in case I ever wanted to play it handheld again, but so far I haven't.

 

[Neo Blaze]

I specifically bought a regular Switch so I could play it docked, even though it was more expensive, but ironically enough I don't use it docked that often (even though I have a tv and can whenever I want to). It's just easier to play it handheld, especially when I'm multitasking or away from home. When I bought PLA, I told myself I was going to play it exclusively docked, but within like 2 days I was already back to handheld...

I guess it's just a habit I need to break. When Kirby and the Forgotten Land comes out in March I do intend to go back to docked.

 

[colours]

docked if at all possible. i have joycon drift (wheeeee) so playing handheld is a pain in the ass.

 

[Gengarzilla]

I knew from the very beginning that I would have used a Switch in handheld mode in the huge majority of cases, so I just squared the circle and got that purely handheld Switch Lite. Why pay extra for a docked feature which I'd basically never use?

 

[Alpine64]

Handheld for sure

 

[SkyeMcFlye]

Handheld 95% of the time!

 

[CuboneKing]

Can only play docked these days because all my joy-cons are busted. It’s quite unfortunate

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

I almost exclusively play handheld. Very, very rarely I'll play docked mode, but it's nice to have the option.

 

[Strawberry Cupcake]

I think it depends on the game that I am playing. Kirby games I like to play as a handheld, or the Pokemon games I prefer as a handheld but I prefer playing Zelda games and most other games in docked mode. I also don't want to overuse my joycons.

 

[Pigrider09]

While docked is great for intense gaming and friends, you can literally play the handheld anywhere. At my laziest, I sometimes watch TV whilst I use my switch in handheld.

 

[Salmancer]

I use a Switch Lite, so by definition I use handheld mode. However, I'm trying to avoid using the control sticks for fear of Joycon Drift. So I use separate controllers, even though I'm in handheld mode.

 

[farewell friend]

I have a Switch Lite so it's handheld all the time.
Actually, I usually play with an external controller and a stand--my preferred way of playing.

 

[Juliyet]

Used to play exclusively docked just to show it off to everyone. Now I'm the opposite and play almost exclusively handheld and keep to myself.

 

[mastermind lissi]

I personally prefer handheld (I had a Wii u before so it was coming from a weird place) but i sometimes have to play docked simply because of couch co op and my joycons being the bane of my existence (sometimes they decide to randomly disconnect from handheld or they decide I have to “play with the joycons detached”. I just wanna play animal crossing let me be)

 

[Queen Of Space]

I use handheld but also tabletop as I currently don’t have a TV I am able to dock on

 

[carpology]

i don't have a tv in my dorm, so i exclusively play handheld now (although i rarely play games at all atm). back at home, i also mostly played handheld because i didn't want to have to put my glasses on to see & also worried about ruining the battery with it charging nonstop (and it's also just the most comfortable for me), but i did play it docked on occasion, usually if i wanted my brother or dad to watch me do something, or if my switch needed to charge anyway.

 

[Catz]

Honestly it's 50/50 for me, it depends on the day or how I'm feeling, but I'm good either way.

 

[Princess Viola]

I exclusively play my Switch in handheld mode, only time I even hooked it up to the TV was so I could show it works to my grandpa lol. I just keep the dock in the box.

The fact that my living room TV is a CRT from 1995 has nothing to do with this decision, even if I had my 4K TV set up, I'd still play it in handheld mode just cause I got the OLED model, the improved screen in handheld mode is kind of the point.

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

I'd still play it in handheld mode just cause I got the OLED model, the improved screen in handheld mode is kind of the point.

It really is the only point of having an OLED. I know my OLED looks much better in handheld mode than my regular Switch.