In the introduction to this series, I talked a lot about how I got over my irrational hatred of the Nintendo Switch, and came to accept it for what it is. In these next few posts, I intend to break down the console and its ecosystem feature by feature, bit by bit, in extreme (arguably excessive) detail. In each case, I will explain how I used to think about each characteristic, then about how my opinion has shifted (assuming it HAS shifted).
I do not expect anyone to gain anything from reading these posts, but as I alluded to in the intro, writing it all down helped me get a lot of lingering thoughts out of my mind, which made it an extremely therapeutic process.
For this first entry of my analysis of the Switch, we take a look at what I consider the “core features”, the aspects of the console that are the most visible and important.
Side Note - I have one of the newer models with the better battery life, which is going to inform some of my opinions.