I'm a Switch, I'm a Lover, Talk About It With Each Other

Hmmm...I might look into it then.

There’s nothing to lose by it. Freepost I think, and you get stuff back quick. I was prepared to pay each time but never got billed.

I've just got my three drifting out-of-warranty Joy-Cons back. Not sure if they're fixed yet, but it was definitely free! So worth a shot Jas.

Given that I've picked up two 3DS games recently, I've been struck by just how much my playing has changed from the 3DS era. I always used to turn the 3DS off whenever I went away from it, so it took that bit longer to start everything up again. Meanwhile I never fully turn the Switch off, meaning it's just a button-press away from jumping back into a game. That immediacy has a bigger impact than I'd appreciated: it's a higher barrier to entry for me to play a quick snippet of Pocket Card Jockey during my lunchbreak if the 3DS is off at the time!

Mind you, the 3DS has a Rhythm Paradise Megamix theme, so it's still better.

Hmm . . . with the whole clamshell thing I don't think I ever turned my 3DS off either. On the one hand, closing one game and loading another is quicker on Switch. On the other hand, the 3DS is much smaller and pocketable - I'm more likely to whip my 3DS out of a pocket on a five minute train ride than to try to unzip my Switch.

The most likely outcome, of course, is that I sit at the back of the carriage and unzip something else.

Buskalilly wrote:

On the one hand, closing one game and loading another is quicker on Switch.

Depends on the game to be honest! I've had some chunky fellows taking a while to load on Switch. Do you still have a launch model boss? I remember that they sped the loading time up on later models, which certainly doesn't help my view. Getting an OLED can't come soon enough...

I do have a launch one, yeah. And sure, it depends, but the kind of games I want a five minute go on are the ones that load sharpish!