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Mandalore76 on 19 June 2018
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KBG29 said:
Chorlin said:

Yeah i do the same, only in the house, but it´s great to be able to play in bed lol.

Gaming in bed is awesome. Even though I have a PS4 and a 4K TV in the bedroom, I still spend more time on Switch or Remote Play. Just much more comfortable playing a handheld while laying down.

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Because I can play both Nintendo games and Multiplats everywhere I go?

It's not just Nintendo games, though of course they are taking center stage on a Nintendo console. There are more and more third party games getting announced, and while they don't produce high sales boosts, they do contribute to a higher baseline than what we had last year.

The problem with multiplats on the Switch is the performance is a bit rough. I bought Doom and WWE 2K18 to test out a few multiplats, and both games feel like I am playing in slow motion, especially WWE 2K18. Firing up the Vita for Remote Play from my PS4 Pro offers a better expereince in both games. Based on those results, I have no interest in buying another Multiplat on the Switch. 

With the Switch being so big, the only time I can carry it with me on the go is when I have an extra beg. In these situations I am typically traveling, and have Wifi, were I can get the better expereince via Remote Play. The Switch is nice for flights, but I the couple dozen times I could use it a year just doesn't justify buying multiplats on it.

 It is a great system for Nintendo games. They are doing excellent making their titles work great in both home and handheld mode. When it comes to Multiplats though, I can get a much better expereince at Home and on the go Via both Sony and Microsofts platforms.

I was all set to buy WWE 2K18 until the reviews came in, and then I backed off.  Still would have bought it if they ever bothered to fix it, but they never put the effort in to make that game playable.  NBA 2K18 is a much better example of what a multiplat on Switch can and should look like.  One of my co-workers and I are co-operatively playing a franchise in the game.  We get together and play with another friend of ours on weekends on the tv in my house, and my co-worker and I can also knock games out during lunch break at work.  If I had bought the game on any other system, we wouldn't be able to do that. 

I don't ever play Switch in handheld at home when I have a 55" TV to console game on.  It would be like reading a book on my phone when I have a copy of the actual book in my house. I don't need access to wifi to continue my offline 2K franchise or any of the other Switch games I play at home.  And, I don't need to leave a system turned on at home to tether it to either.  I can take the Switch with me when my wife and I go to the park with our dog and continue whatever game I am playing at the time.  For me, that's way more than a couple of dozen times a year.  That's six times a week.  Between that hour in the park each day plus 1/2 hour lunch breaks, I've gained almost 9 hours a week that can I put into my console gaming.  Time that was previously spent messing around with cheap mobile games on my phone.  And that's not counting the hours I pick-up from everywhere I else I take it.  The Switch has been a massive boon to me, as I'm completing games (Nintendo and 3rd Party) at a much faster rate than I used to.