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Brii on 20 November 2017
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Megiddo said:
Brii said:

I simply don't have time to play games as much anymore because adulting is hard and time consuming. I've gotten many games for my PS4 that I just haven't been motivated to complete because it's such a commitment. My favorite genre is rpgs so the amount of free time sitting in front of a TV needed to finish just isn't feasible for me most of the time.

I'm not sure I understand. What's the commitment? Playing an RPG a couple of hours per week will still allow you to finish it. Sure it took me 8 months to finish Witcher 3, but I still finished it. I understand that you value portability, but the point you're trying to make in the above quote is befuddling since there's no commitment needed other than turning on the TV/console and playing the game.

To sit in front of a TV playing a console takes a time commitment, because while I'm doing that, I can't be doing much of anything else. It might not be the biggest commitment ever, but it's still something I need to actively make time for unless I plan on constant interruptions and needing to pull my attention away from it. I think my PS4 spends more time on but unattended to than it does with me actually playing it.

I also spend a lot of time away from my home so I simply can't be on my PS4, and when I am home there are aspects of my life that pull me away from TV gaming constantly. With a Switch, I can easily take it with me when I travel, and I can bring it into the kitchen while I'm waiting for something in the oven or even when I'm on my stationary bike. I can be with my family while they're watching something on TV instead of holed up elsewhere with a different TV for console gaming. It's just far better for "I have fifteen minutes in this moment of downtime. I can play my switch". 

And frankly, I want to play more than one game every few months. The Switch better allows me to do that with ease and flexibility.