Hidden cost of owning a Switch http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/20/14304242/nintendo-switch-price-must-buy-accessories
The good news is most of those "hidden" costs are a desperate attempt by an X-Box fan trying to complain about the Switch and they just don't hold up very well.
Like the MicroSD, it's not 28 bucks is $19.99 or free if you're like me and have unused spares laying about or totally unneeded if you just buy the hard copy because it's about the only way to hack your save file these days. Admittedly the Switch's controller price is kind of a black mark, Nintendo is the family console of casual gaming and only offering two controllers for free and then you have to spend another sixty bucks, or 30/controller, to round out for a family of four is kind of lame. All well, at least you're not spending
70 bucks on a "pro" X-Box controller just so you finally have a second one in the house or
90 bucks on a "trick" X-Box controller because dammit, buttons matter!
Then the article really gets dirty buy claiming buying games are a hidden cost, I'm not even sure how I made it that far down into the list but I did. Yeah the Switch isn't backwards compatible like pretty much every other system these days. Based on my past purchases I must be a Nintendo fan and given their recent trend of backwards support - such as the WiiU natively being able to run Gamecube games or how the 3DS can run 2DS or GBA could run GB games - I've grown attached to backwards support into of emulation and the switch back to single-system source is terrible. It makes me feel like I'd be purchasing a Playstation.