{"id":2673,"date":"2025-07-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=2673"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:14:26","slug":"the-biggest-problem-with-the-nintendo-switch-2-is-that-its-too-big-readers-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/the-biggest-problem-with-the-nintendo-switch-2-is-that-its-too-big-readers-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"The biggest problem with the Nintendo Switch 2 is that it\u2019s too big \u2013 Reader\u2019s Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A reader is happy with the games on the Switch 2<\/a> but wishes that it, and other modern portables like the PlayStation Portal<\/a>, were a bit smaller.<\/p>\n

The first console I ever got was the Game Boy Color, in about 1998. Even then it was obvious to me that it was old tech, but the games were great, so it didn\u2019t matter and there started a life of loving video games<\/a>. I like to think I\u2019m not too biased in terms of companies and formats, but I have to admit I have a soft spot for Nintendo<\/a> and portables so, as you can imagine, I\u2019ve loved the Switch and immediately got a Switch 2.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve not played a lot of Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a> so far, but I like what I have played and Mario Kart World<\/a> is great. I certainly wouldn\u2019t have complained if there were more game announcements at this point, but I think, knowing games take longer nowadays, it\u2019s a good launch.<\/p>\n

I also don\u2019t regret getting the Switch 2 but I do have a big problem with it, and it\u2019s something I knew was going to be an issue before I got it: it\u2019s too big.<\/p>\n

The Switch 2 has a 7.9 inch screen and is 27.2 cm \u00d7 11.6 cm. That is, in short, massive. The smallest portable I own is the Game Boy Micro, which is 10.1 cm by 5 cm. That\u2019s one extreme to another but even the clunky big original DS was only 14.9 cm x 8.5 cm when it was closed. These are actual portable consoles that you can put in your pocket and carry around with you.<\/p>\n

There is no way that I can comfortably put a Switch 2 in the pocket of any coat or trousers I own. I tried to talk my girlfriend into putting it in her handbag, but it didn\u2019t fit. Especially as you have to put it in its own carry case first or risk getting it bashed up and scratched.<\/p>\n

I get the Switch 2 is very powerful and the screen is huge and all that. It\u2019s definitely a decision, not a mistake, but I don\u2019t like it. I especially don\u2019t like it because it\u2019s part of the modern trend where all portables are not actually portable.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve got a PlayStation 5 and a PlayStation Portal, and while the Portal is useful its size is really awkward, even though you only use it in the house. I don\u2019t own a PC portable or an Xbox but that Xbox Ally<\/a> looks massive and clunky too.<\/p>\n

I think we\u2019ve really lost sight of the benefits of what a portable console should be. The ability to, you know\u2026 port it around to you. If I want to take the Switch 2 with me anywhere I basically have to take a bag with me, whether I was going to or not.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s bigger than the Switch 1 but not by that much, so this isn\u2019t a new problem, but I would like to see a proper alternative. The Switch Lite was smaller but it was still pretty massive compared to any previous handheld console.<\/p>\n

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