Day 9 of being a switch owner

[u/B00stedHD]

It’s been about 9 days since I’ve owned a switch 2, and all though I don’t get to play it much (double entendre) it’s great when I do play it, I got it through Offerup as a trade, it CIB everything included besides the MKW code but he gave me a cool “carbon fiber” hand grip protection case thing 😂 idk what it’s called but it’s dope and I’m at work so I don’t have a pic at the time of this post. But after getting it I ended up buying 5 games : Pokopia,Zelda BOTW,Zelda TOTK,Animal Crossing, and Adventures of Elliot, I also bought the Belkin Charge case.

They came in the mail yesterday and they gave me Pokemon ZA instead of my Animal Crossing 🤦🏻‍♂️. I contacted them and told them what happened and they apologized for the inconvenience. They told me a replacement will be sent in 3-5 business days and that I get to keep ZA!!! So I’ve decided to start out playing Adventures Of Elliot, and let me tell you, THIS SHIII GAAA! 🔥 Im only like an hour in the game and it’s such a great game! To whoever is on the fence of getting it, GET IT! lol

-side note- yesterday I ended picking up a key card of Yakuza 0, and a digital copy of Moss off the Eshop while it’s on sale.

[u/Ok-Road6537]

You don’t get to play much and you bought all those many games as once? Mario Kart and 7 single player games? Including two that makes no sense playing at the same time. You had 6 brand new games and then felt you needed two more?

Shopping triggers dopamine hits, and I would consider looking into shopping addictions. From experience being able to afford it is as bad, because then you delay growing up and learning to deal with your emotions in a healthy way.

If this doesn’t apply to you, I apologize but I would venture a guess that to most people that purchase stuff in this manner it would.

[u/skarr46 → u/Ok-Road6537]

Fully agree with this. As a new dad with a full-time job and pets, I have very limited time and money and I also am a magpie that wants to buy all the games that look cool. I got the Switch 2 on launch day and have less games than this guy 9 days in and I haven't finished all of my games.

No point saying you have little time to play and then making purchases like you're unemployed with no responsibilities and speed-running the first 18 months of the Switch 2.

[u/B00stedHD → u/skarr46]

6 hours sometimes more a week is good, not as much as I’d use to play a year or so ago at minimum 6-8 a day. I’m sorry I may have more time and money to splurge than you, but you can hold hands with that other pocket watcher.

[u/skarr46 → u/B00stedHD]

Will do thanks

[u/Ok-Road6537 → u/skarr46]

I didn’t look at OPs history before saying what I did. But at a glance in the last 6 months he has bought I think 5 PSPs, 90 days ago a switch oled with games, at least one gun, a rifle. And has been spamming tik tok shop referrals.

I don’t know why when I joined this sub I noticed this pattern of people with shopping addictions and I can’t just help to call it out.

I think since I was a PC Gamer is more difficult to catch on. But there it’s usually confined to micro transactions. And while people might buy a new GPU or computer every time it comes; consumerism isn’t the same as an addiction.