I owned every Nintendo handheld since the original Gameboy. They were so convenient to just be able to play anywhere. I could be laying in bed or on the sofa. Put it in your pocket or toss it into a bag to carry with you.
However, I don’t really feel like the switch has really captured that same sense of portability. It’s large and bulky and heavy. It feels uncomfortable for me to play the same ways I used to play the older handhelds. It also feels more fragile, so I’m hesitant to just toss it in a bag. I ended up just using it as a normal console 99% of the time.
Maybe it’s just me being older, but I feel like the switch didn’t give us the best of both worlds, it just compromised and gave us a worse version of a handheld and a worse version of a console.
I almost exclusively play the switch in handheld. If I’m playing on the tv I’m playing on the PlayStation (once 4 now 5). But i still agree that it’s not that comfortable to play in long sessions, but I be also prefer to jump on and off games anyway so it only hits me when I’m either sat in an awkward position or a game has really grabbed me.
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I owned every Nintendo handheld since the original Gameboy. They were so convenient to just be able to play anywhere. I could be laying in bed or on the sofa. Put it in your pocket or toss it into a bag to carry with you.
However, I don’t really feel like the switch has really captured that same sense of portability. It’s large and bulky and heavy. It feels uncomfortable for me to play the same ways I used to play the older handhelds. It also feels more fragile, so I’m hesitant to just toss it in a bag. I ended up just using it as a normal console 99% of the time.
Maybe it’s just me being older, but I feel like the switch didn’t give us the best of both worlds, it just compromised and gave us a worse version of a handheld and a worse version of a console.
I agree with you I never or at least almost never play switch handheld. But my 6 year old would definitely disagree as he’s the complete opposite
I almost exclusively play the switch in handheld. If I’m playing on the tv I’m playing on the PlayStation (once 4 now 5). But i still agree that it’s not that comfortable to play in long sessions, but I be also prefer to jump on and off games anyway so it only hits me when I’m either sat in an awkward position or a game has really grabbed me.