When I was a kid, the act of getting a new console felt special. Getting a N64, Gamecube, Wii were all huge exciting events, and there was always that honeymoon effect where I'd be obsessed with any new games I'd get for the consoles in the first several months of owning the consoles. New controllers and tech felt like a revelation to me, especially in the case of the Wii honestly, when I'd show all of my friends and family Wii Sports.
I don't know when, but at some point this magic was just completely lost to me. I'm reading posts and articles about how surprisingly "into," the Switch people are; how they love to use it on the go, or use the joycons for local MP, and it's just like, as someone who's owned the console since launch, none of it resonates with me. The thing hasn't left my house and I haven't played it in multiplayer at all, and I have zero desire to do so. It's simply a vessel to play games on occasion, which at the moment just consists of Zelda. I'm not hesitant about buying consoles or anything, I have all of the current-gen ones, but at some point they went from these magical devices with tech impressed me to boxes that play games if I want to. It's probably just me getting older I guess.
I don't know when, but at some point this magic was just completely lost to me. I'm reading posts and articles about how surprisingly "into," the Switch people are; how they love to use it on the go, or use the joycons for local MP, and it's just like, as someone who's owned the console since launch, none of it resonates with me. The thing hasn't left my house and I haven't played it in multiplayer at all, and I have zero desire to do so. It's simply a vessel to play games on occasion, which at the moment just consists of Zelda. I'm not hesitant about buying consoles or anything, I have all of the current-gen ones, but at some point they went from these magical devices with tech impressed me to boxes that play games if I want to. It's probably just me getting older I guess.