5. The Switch easily, quickly fit into my life.

Ben Gilbert / Business Insider

The gimmick of the Switch is simple: You can play it at home on a TV, or you can play it out in the world, wherever you want. When you're home, you slap the tablet-like console into the Switch dock. Just like that, the game is on the TV. When you're ready to leave, you pick it up and continue playing.

That gimmick, unbelievably, works. It's fast and seamless.

Here's an example from my very exciting life:

On a recent Sunday evening, I played a few hours of "Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle" before dinner. I used the Switch Pro controller to play the game from my couch on my TV. Around 7 p.m., I paused the game and put the console into Sleep Mode. I ate dinner with my wife, and fell asleep a few hours later.

On Monday morning, I woke up, showered, and got ready for work. When it was time to leave my apartment, I grabbed my MacBook and Nintendo Switch and threw them in my bag. While waiting for the F train, I took the Switch out of my bag and played a few levels of the game.

The train arrived, and I tapped the power button on the top of the Switch, putting it into Sleep Mode again as I found a seat in the car. The train left the station, and I started playing "Mario + Rabbids" once more. A few levels later, I was at the 14th Street stop and, thus, near Business Insider's office in Manhattan's Flatiron District.

I put the Switch to sleep once more and put it back in my bag. Seamless!