AIBU to feel bad about present choice for DS?

[Topaz89]

I have 3 children aged 2, 4 and 6.
I'm feeling really bad for my 6 year old.
We bought him a Nintendo Switch for Christmas, a couple of toys and some creative stuff, but now I'm regretting it and wish we'd have bought him lots of toys instead of the Nintendo Switch. He said he really wanted one and we didn't want to buy him a load of other things instead just for the sake of it. We wanted to buy him something that he wants, so that's what we did. But..
His brothers got lots of toys and although DS1 said he really wants a Nintendo Switch, he's only 6 and I feel like I've ruined the magic of Christmas because at that age it's all about the pile of presents on Christmas morning at that age. I could see him looking at how much his brothers got and I felt my heart sink a bit. Then during the day he wanted to play with his brother's toys, which his brother was ok with as they played together.
I just feel like we spent way too much on one thing given how little he is.
I feel like I've really fucked up!

I have 3 dc and always get in these pickles. Its only boxing day though so we're at the peak of playing with the plastic toys and gaudy sets. The switch will come into its own over the whole year, don't worry. But lay the ground rules down now for when hes allowed to play it - we have one and its like crack! They want to be on it constantly and are constantly fighting over whose turn it is to play it, so be grateful yours share!

I wouldn’t give this a second thought this year , he’s happy , his siblings are happy just move on . Next year try to balance the number of presents , our dc are 24/18 now , we’ve never spent the same amount on them but we do always try to get the number of presents roughly equal . Obviously this is easier to do if you are not on a tight budget but it is easily doable .

yes we're the same old birdy, learnt that lesson with the eldests PS4 which he got at 11. Younger siblings were too young at the time to play it or be interested, but if course there's contention now the second one is that age as he can never get on it to play with his mates as the oldest is always on it amd claim rights. Actually getting the switch has been a godsend as it has taken pressure off the pS4 I made them all give it to me for my birthday so no one has ownership and they all have to take it in turns!

Don’t feel bad, I bet over the coming couple of weeks he will be thrilled he picked a more grown up present and play with it lots whilst the other more novelty toys will end up in the bottom of the toy box. Understand what you mean though, dd2 (5) asked for a bike and a tee pee (and had a few toys) whilst dd1(8) chose more games and toys for her list. Felt a little bad as dd2 definitely had less toys to properly ‘play’ with on Christmas morning even though they had the same number to open and roughly the same value spent. Luckily dd1 was happy to share and actually enjoyed playing with her toys together.