What Are Some Things You Regret Buying or Bought but Never Used?
What Are Some Things You Regret Buying or Bought but Never Used?
I see posts talking about good BIFL items but I don't hear much about the other side of products that are bad or products you bought but don't even use.
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A switch. There are a handful of good games but I prefer to play on my computer
It exists entirely for Mario Kart or to keep nieces and nephews busy.
Man I use mine all the time, I have just dance, fitness boxing and ring fit adventure.
So much easier to get up and do some sort of physical activity when it’s a game not a task.
*mario kart is the game that sits on the shelf gathering dust until the nieces come over.
That or Super Smash Brothers.
I usually main Mr Game and Watch, but I’ve been learning to use Young Link. I have about 800 hours into that game. I love it.
Man, I use my switch all the time. But I love little metroidvania and smaller indie and single player games. Any time I see something interesting on steam, I'll buy it on the switch if available.
I've also been using it to replay older stuff. The first red dead, the Arkham trilogy, currently going through Nier: Automata again.
I feel like even in your case it would make more sense to buy it on steam and use a steam deck.
But i get it and i want to be as enthusiastic about it as you seem to be. But my switch is also just catching dust. So is my ps5 tbf.
If i could redo my buys, i would 100% go for a steamdeck over the switch and a xbox s over the ps5. Not because it is better or has more games.. just because the money saved would flow into the gamepass and i could use that on my PC too and still have a console to play with my wife once every 2 years. Also games for xbox are generally cheaper for w/e reason.
I bought a steam deck a year ago after realizing that most of my gaming was done on my Switch over my PS4, and I had a backlog of PC games thanks to Humble Bundle purchases over the years.
The amount of times a game I wanted to play was on sale on steam but full price on switch was a big influence as well. I play a lot of rouge likes, metroidvanias, and other indie weirdness, so it's a perfect fit for me.
The lower price of steam games, and the ability to get a refund for crap games is going to push me toward a deck vs. the next switch.
I'm similar. I don't regret my switch for an instant. It is the right form factor for me and I enjoy many of the games, there are just many other games that I am missing out on that would be playable on a steam deck. I will be getting one at some point, and I know all those games I wanted will still be there to try.
That actually is a good point. If it wasn't for Zelda and Metroid specifically, it probably would be my choice. I've had my switch since before steam deck though.
I fly a lot and the Switch saves my sanity. But I never use it for anything else.
I don't fly a lot, but that's also its main use. I'm on a trip right now, I bought Pokemon just for this trip :)
I’ve got a Switch and I do love it as a machine but those first party titles are so expensive. I’m the kind of person who will never buy games at launch and always wait for them to be reduced. I got it for Christmas and when I went to look at Zelda BotW it’s still £60, and so is Mario Odyssey.
Buy second hand.
In my country first party titles go for $60 and all the way to $90
Second hand prices for these are often between $30 and $40.
And you can always sell those used games, and not really lose much (if any) money in the process.
Ps. Prices will fall even more when Switch 2 comes out next year. Hopefully it will be a repeat of the post-Wii days, where most Wii games were dirt cheap.