He put the Switch in Sleep Mode. Downloads continue there, faster and more efficiently than with the screen on.

It was a Tuesday evening, and Leo had just traded in three older games at the local shop for a fresh Nintendo eShop card. He rushed home, flopped onto the couch, and slid his Nintendo Switch out of its dock. The game he wanted—a sprawling fantasy RPG—wasn’t on a tiny cartridge. It lived in the cloud, waiting to be downloaded.

Leo opened the game. No cartridge to insert, no manual to flip. Just the roar of the title screen. He played for an hour, saved, and turned off the console. The game stayed on his Home screen, ready for any adventure.

And in the silence of the living room, the Switch hummed softly, full of a world Leo could now explore without ever leaving his seat.