I guess this could sort of be considered my LTTP to The Switch though it has been quite a few months since I bought it.
I bought my Switch in June as I couldn't wait to play BotW and Mario Odyssey any longer. Loved both of those games and I put something like 70 hours into Zelda in its first month. The feel and design of the Switch felt so nice and it's truly one of my favorite looking devices.
I bought Splatoon 2 a few weeks later and had fun with it however I played a ton of the original Splatoon and it felt like more of the same. Since then my Switch has been collecting dust and I've had no reason to pick it up.
Itching for a game to play I bought Octopath Traveler despite me not liking old style turn based games and pixel art so of course I dropped it after a few hours. Same thing with Hollow Knight. I do not like 2D Metroidvania's so I had no love for Hollow Knight.
Owning a Wii U I already played many of the Switch games like Mario Kart, Bayonetta, Hyrule Warriors, Tropical Freeze, and Captain Toad and can't justify buying them for full price again. There hasn't been a big original game for the Switch in a while.
I think the biggest issue is the eShop itself. Every time I enter the eShop I'm just bombarded by garbage. There are so many cheap 2D platforms and anime dating sims type stuff. There's no way to actually find anything worth buying or know if it's even worth getting. If I log onto the PS4 store for example I can find many great games for cheap. I honestly think the Switch needs to cut down the amount of games by half in the store and stop letting crappy little $2 bombard the sales section.
Price is also an issue. There seems to be absolutely no decent sales on the Switch eShop. I know Nintendo games never drop in price but why is Skyrim $60 without ever having a sale? I've seen the same game go for $20 on the PS4 store and the extra $40 is not worth it for portability.
Speaking of portability. I've never actually used it. I live in a one bedroom apartment so my bed is where the TV is and I never have any reason to take it out and play it in bed when my tv is a few feet away. I'm in college and have time inbetween classes where I could play it but I would rather work on homework during that time and then play the Switch when I get back to my apartment.
I'm sure once Pokemon and Smash come out I'll use it again but its so depressing to turn it on and have no games I want to play or buy.
So TL;DR: The Switch is a great device but the store sucks to find anything, games are too expensive, and I never use the portability.
I bought my Switch in June as I couldn't wait to play BotW and Mario Odyssey any longer. Loved both of those games and I put something like 70 hours into Zelda in its first month. The feel and design of the Switch felt so nice and it's truly one of my favorite looking devices.
I bought Splatoon 2 a few weeks later and had fun with it however I played a ton of the original Splatoon and it felt like more of the same. Since then my Switch has been collecting dust and I've had no reason to pick it up.
Itching for a game to play I bought Octopath Traveler despite me not liking old style turn based games and pixel art so of course I dropped it after a few hours. Same thing with Hollow Knight. I do not like 2D Metroidvania's so I had no love for Hollow Knight.
Owning a Wii U I already played many of the Switch games like Mario Kart, Bayonetta, Hyrule Warriors, Tropical Freeze, and Captain Toad and can't justify buying them for full price again. There hasn't been a big original game for the Switch in a while.
I think the biggest issue is the eShop itself. Every time I enter the eShop I'm just bombarded by garbage. There are so many cheap 2D platforms and anime dating sims type stuff. There's no way to actually find anything worth buying or know if it's even worth getting. If I log onto the PS4 store for example I can find many great games for cheap. I honestly think the Switch needs to cut down the amount of games by half in the store and stop letting crappy little $2 bombard the sales section.
Price is also an issue. There seems to be absolutely no decent sales on the Switch eShop. I know Nintendo games never drop in price but why is Skyrim $60 without ever having a sale? I've seen the same game go for $20 on the PS4 store and the extra $40 is not worth it for portability.
Speaking of portability. I've never actually used it. I live in a one bedroom apartment so my bed is where the TV is and I never have any reason to take it out and play it in bed when my tv is a few feet away. I'm in college and have time inbetween classes where I could play it but I would rather work on homework during that time and then play the Switch when I get back to my apartment.
I'm sure once Pokemon and Smash come out I'll use it again but its so depressing to turn it on and have no games I want to play or buy.
So TL;DR: The Switch is a great device but the store sucks to find anything, games are too expensive, and I never use the portability.
