At Ars Technica, Kyle Orland said the system “seems to pull portable gaming upward more than it drags home console gaming downward.”<br />Though Nintendo marketing seems intent on describing the Switch as a home console<br />that it just so happens you can take with you, I’ve found myself using the system as a portable much more often than on the TV.<br />Nintendo Switch Reviews: Here’s What the Critics Say -<br />By DANIEL VICTORMARCH 3, 2017<br />Early reviews of the Nintendo Switch were largely positive,<br />but most of the enthusiasm was tempered by reviewers’ inability to test key aspects of the gaming console, including online play and game downloading.<br />The staff at Polygon said it meets its basic promise “of a platform<br />that will move without fanfare or effort across the hand-held and home console spaces.”<br />There is something remarkable about seeing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running in portable mode, followed by<br />that “wow” moment of docking the console and continuing on a television.<br />Vince Ingenito at IGN said the Switch was “an attractive and powerful but oversized portable gaming system<br />that struggles to be a convincing or reliable home console.”<br />As a hand-held, the Switch is a powerful piece of hardware with a gorgeous screen,<br />but it’s too large and power hungry to feel like you can really take it anywhere.
