i was SO wrong about the Switch 2 - it's amazing

So I kind of bought the Switch 2 with the

idea of returning it within the 1-month

time frame on Amazon after I had, you

know, some time to play around with it and

see if I liked it or not.

But I was thinking, yeah, I was probably

going to return this because I just didn't

really see myself spending £400 on a games

console

just to play Mario Kart.

But after playing it for a week or two now

Yeah, I kind of don't want to return it.

I actually quite like it.

And at first I thought I wasn't going to

get Mario Kart World because I've got

Mario Kart Deluxe 8.

So what happened was first I was going to

play Cyberpunk 2077 on it and I got it and

yeah, it was cool and everything, graphics

were good and it's smooth.

But then I realized, wait, I've already

got it on the PC and I could probably have

a better experience on the PC with my

monitor.

And then you could say, well, you could

dock your Switch to the monitor.

Yeah, I did that.

Problem is it's all stretched out because

there's no ultrawide support on the Switch

version, and also there's no sound because

I don't have external speakers, and the

Switch 2 doesn't detect the built-in

monitor speakers.

So it would be a worse experience with the

dock, so I could just play on PC and then

save my money and then send the Cyberpunk

2077 back, which is what I did.

So I sent 2077 Cyberpunk back, and I

started playing Mario Kart 8 since that

was the only game I've got on it that I

really wanted to play.

So I started having a really good time on

Mario Kart 8, really started to enjoy the

big screen and stuff, and I thought Mario

Kart World with the better graphics and

the new game modes must be a lot more fun.

So I caved and I got Mario Kart World, and

now I play it every day and it's part of

my daily routine actually.

So what I do is I make YouTube videos, and

then I finish about lunchtime, I have

lunch, and then I'll relax on my bean bag,

which is

very nice Amazon bean bag.

At first I didn't really like the bean

bag.

I felt like there were too many beans in

it and it was, it was too rigid and stiff

to get comfy.

But now the beans have kind of flattened

out a little bit, so there's more wiggle

room and it is pretty comfy.

So what I do is I basically sit here after

lunch.

I sit like this and I enjoy the sunshine.

I enjoy the view of the countryside.

Yeah, it's nice and relaxing,

and I just play some Mario Kart here

whilst enjoying the view.

I'm gonna play some Mario Kart, see if I

can get first place, and I do that for a

few hours because the battery life—

battery life only lasts about 2 to 3 hours

really playing a game like Mario Kart,

which is quite graphically intensive, I

guess you could say, because it's got the

latest graphics.

It's not really a 2D game or a low-powered

game or anything, so you'll probably get 2

to 3 hours of gameplay out of it, which is

fine because

I don't really want to be playing more

than that.

Got stuff to do, you know.

So I play for a few hours until about 2:30

PM, which is when the US stock market

opens, because, you know, I used to do

some day trading.

So it fits in with my life, my day

schedule.

Pretty well within that— between lunch and

US market open, I've got a couple hours to

kill.

And what I used to do was I would just

fall asleep like an old man.

I'd just sit on the beanbag and I'd be so

bored I'd fall asleep.

Um, but now I've got the Switch 2, I just

play some Mario Kart and the time whizzes.

Mario Kart is a pretty good time killer.

Uh, it's actually a good game because

number one, you don't have to think.

So I played some Resident Evil Zero and I

got stuck and I just couldn't be bothered

anymore, so I switched it off.

And the game is a chore to play.

It doesn't feel good.

Moving the character is annoying, the

gunplay is— everything about it is

annoying.

But with Mario Kart 8, everything about it

feels good.

Like, it feels— I mean, apart from when

you get blown up and you keep getting run

over, but it's a good feeling game.

It looks good, it sounds good, it feels

good.

The whole thing is just satisfying to

play, and you can easily crank out a

couple hours on Mario Kart and not even

notice where the time's gone, which is

basically what I want in my extremely

boring life.

So I've come to the conclusion that I'm

probably not going to return this, and I'm

probably going to keep it.

And

yeah, I do like having it in my life, and

it allows you to do things.

So my criteria when it comes to buying

things is to try not to waste money on

things that don't really change your life

or improve your life by much.

And I feel like this has really become a

part of my life that I want in my life.

And you might think, why don't you— you've

got a gaming laptop and a big monitor, why

don't you just game on your laptop?

There's something different about handheld

gaming compared to PC gaming.

PC gaming has a very serious feel to it,

like, okay, I'm now investing some

hardcore time into this game.

It's a mentality thing really at the end

of the day, and handheld gaming has more

of a casual feel to it, and I just want to

sink a couple hours into some casual

games.

I don't want to sit there with my back up

straight and keyboard and mouse and like

sitting down for some serious gaming.

I don't really want to do that because I'm

not really a serious gamer anymore.

Those days are gone where I would just

play games all day because I feel like

it's a bit of a waste of time.

It's okay for a few hours, you know, but I

don't want to game all day like I used to.

I've got things to do, you know, I'm a

grown man, I've got money to make and rent

to pay and stuff like that.

So

I don't really want to do PC gaming here.

This is, this is more of a work corner

where I make stuff.

Over there's the gaming session area where

I just relax because I think gaming should

be for relaxing.

I do not believe in the idea of working to

game.

There's so many games feel like it's work

where you've got to solve puzzles and

collect things and build stuff.

It feels like a chore.

I want a game to relax and feel good, not—

I mean, I'm— what I'm doing now is a

chore.

I, you know, I've got to make stuff and

create it and put it out there.

This is work.

When I game, I don't want to feel like I'm

working.

So that's why I like Mario Kart.

It's a fun and enjoyable experience,

whereas a lot of PC gaming does feel like

work, you know, you gotta get stuff and do

this and do that, go here and go there.

Uh, so yeah, I do like the casual gaming

aspects of the Switch too, and the Switch

too allows me to do stuff that the gaming

experience on the laptop doesn't really

let me do, which is sit on my beanbag and

game.

Yeah, I could unplug my laptop and get a

tiny little coffee table and sit on the

beanbag and put the table over my lap and

do keyboard mouse.

I don't want to, that's too much fussing

around.

I only play like an hour on the laptop

when it's unplugged, and the performance

would suck because it'll be in low

performance mode.

Trying to do performance mode when it's

unplugged, we get 30 minutes of gaming.

So the gaming laptop is not good for

gaming unless it's plugged in with a

monitor and you've got a table.

I want to sit The Switch 2 allows you to

do things you can do only with a handheld,

which is sit anywhere you want and game.

And yeah, you could do that with a Steam

Deck, combine the handheld aspect with the

PC gaming aspect.

Yeah, you could do that, but there's not

many games on Steam that I can think of

that really suit the beanbag style of

gameplay.

I mean, what do you have really?

Maybe Elden Ring, But I've already played

it.

I mean, third-person action games do suit

handheld controllers pretty well.

First-person games kind of suck on it, to

be honest.

I tried playing Cyberpunk 2077 with these

controllers.

It wasn't the best experience, to be

honest.

I don't really want to play shooters on

the handheld.

It's either racing games because you need

very minimal controls.

You just need accelerate, brake, and steer

left and right.

And maybe another button for boosts.

You only need like 4 buttons for racing

games, a very simple control system.

And also fighters.

Fighting games, very good for these kind

of setups because you've only got

direction, jump, and then the combo

buttons.

You don't need to, you don't need to have

precise aiming.

When you've got to have precise aiming,

then these controllers aren't very suited

to it.