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  • 8 year old son wants a Switch. I have not owned a Nintendo product since the original Game Boy. Could use some hivemind help with this.

    Model - Safe to assume the Lite is the better option? Or is there more mileage out of the Full Fat version?
    Game prices - is there a sensible array of low cost games? Most of what I am seeing is closer to the £50 range which is mental.
    Parental controls - What limits can you impose?

  • Games are spendy, but they do have sales on the digital store occasionally.
    storage is increasable with standard MicroSD cards, so cheap to get more if needed.
    eStore also has an awful lot of tat for a quid or so (mostly mobile games ported to Switch and sold for small change, mostly shit too)

    Lite is hand held only, full fat has detachable controllers, and can be linked to a big screen for a more traditional console experience, or the screen can be stood on a table and controllers used remotely.

    I know nothing of parental controls, what limits do you want to impose?

    Online access is behind a paywall (£13 a year if you shop about) and you get a NES/SNES library of games for that old school revival.

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