Unpopular opinion: You do not need more than one console

I keep seeing “I’ve finally got all three” or “my lite is for when I’m traveling” posts and I fear we have lost the plot. Maybe we need a bit of de-influencing, but it really is entirely unnecessary for people to have more than one console. I’m not talking about if you have two kids and they each have one or you and your partner both have one, I am referring to people who, for themselves only, have multiple consoles. It’s unnecessary and such a waste.

Responding to the people who have a “home switch” and a lite for traveling, do you guys not understand that that idea was one of the main points of the original switch? That you could both dock it and take it with you? I see people liking the lite because it’s smaller and easier to handle/they do not like playing on the TV, but how do y’all not see how dumb it is to have both? If you want to both dock it and take it on the go, get a regular switch or an OLED.

We are not in the era where these consoles have become collectibles. I can’t tell you what to do with your money, but I will say I think it’s ridiculous and dumb.

Edit:

Hi everyone. I wanted to edit this post to address some of the comments here. I see a few things keep popping up, some my own fault for not making clear and others because I don’t believe everyone is actually reading the post.

For starters, my fault for not being more clear in my title. I assumed that it would be clear I was talking strictly Nintendo switch due to it being specifically in this sub, but I see people arguing that it’s reasonable to have more than just a switch. I myself have a gaming PC in addition to my switch. I don’t think there’s anything wrong that. I’m talking about people who buy multiple switches regardless of type just because.

There are also people in the comments saying “well my partner and I both have one” or “you do not have multiple kids, obviously”. I addressed this in my post already. As a middle child and someone whose partner also has her own switch, I get it. If you’re going to take out the time to write an angry comment, you could at least take the time to actually read what I said.

In my post, I referred to the act of purchasing multiple switches as “ridiculous and dumb”. Some of you have pointed out that this can be perceived as aggressive, and you’re right. Admittedly, that’s not how I intended it. I forget that you have to be specific in your wording when speaking to different groups of people because to me this situation really isn’t as serious as it’s been perceived. I should’ve used the word “unnecessary” instead.

“Looks like someone can’t afford 3 switches”. I would rather put my money towards bills and savings, personally. Plus, I have a full-time job meaning I wouldn’t have the time to play 3 switches even if I wanted to. But if you need to assume I am broke and jealous to make yourself feel better in the face of criticism, that’s your prerogative I guess.

“Why do you care?” Truthfully, I really don’t all that much. It was on my mind so I typed something out on the internet and posted it. Today I woke up, got ready, and went to work. I’m not angrily foaming at the mouth like some of you seem to assume. It’s not that deep. Not everything you talk about on the internet is going to be an obsessive point of your life. On the other hand, some of you are seemingly very upset by it, and to those I say get off the internet and take a breath. You don’t know me and I don’t know you. It is wasn’t a personal attack.

I really should have addressed over consumerism as a factor in my main post. Truly that’s my bad for not touching on it more, as personally that is the biggest motivation for my opinion. I have a hard time believing most people actually play all of their consoles regularly though to justify owning them, and one day they are going to get old and end up in a landfill and those materials will have been wasted. I have very strong opinions on this topic apart from Nintendo, but that’s not for this post. Myself and anyone who agrees with me can’t stop overconsumption from happening, but I’m allowed to say I think it is dumb and you can either argue with me or disagree and move on with your life. That’s really the end of it.

Thanks to everyone who has commented and been respectful. It’s actually interesting to hear people talk about this stuff as I am not deep into this sub, but I definitely will look around here more. :)

edit 1/14: Guys I get it you disagree but to go to the extent to reporting me as having a mental health crisis to Reddit is a little far, don’t you think? It’s about a Nintendo device, it really is not that serious.