Nintendo Switch 2

[Shifty Geezer]

The Switch 2 will be released on 5th June and cost $449.99/£395.99. Pre-orders will open on 8th April.

The LCD screen is 7.9 inches wide, with double the pixels of the original Switch. It's 1080p and offers up to 120fps and HDR support.

The dock will offer 4K support and HDR support in TV mode. It also has a built-in fan to keep the console cool and performance stable.

Switch 2 release date and price revealed

Nintendo has revealed the release date and price of its forthcoming Switch 2 console, along with pre-order and launch game details.

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Liandry]

As I thought, 1080p 120hz and Mario Kart is open world.
Interesting what graphics will be a lot closer to PS5 than switch was to PS4.
Also I was surprised with Star Wars Outlaws announcement, I think this indicates what almost all games from PS5 can be ported to Switch 2.

 

[DavidGraham]

Metroid Prime 4 will launch with two modes on the Switch 2:

Quality: 1080p60 handheld, 4K60 docked
Performance: 720p120 handheld, 1080p120 docked

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Will Run At 4K@60 FPS on Nintendo Switch 2 in Quality Mode; Display Modes Detailed

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is getting a Nintendo Switch 2 edition which promises to be the best way to experience the new entry in the series

wccftech.com

 

[babybumb]

120fps would be more impressive if Metroid wasnt already 900p/60fps. Looks like this is somewhere around 300% jump on Switch 1. Elden Ring looks rough...

 

[arandomguy]

Interesting that they seem to have preempted concrete details on tariffs. I wonder if the MSRP is set with a hedge on that in mind or not.

Is the display VRR?

This is one advantage of the Switch 2's all in one form factor is that in theory developers can design with 120hz and HDR (and VRR?) in mind. The industry seems to have accepted and standardized 60 fps design targets, now let's move onto 120fps.

120fps would be more impressive if Metroid wasnt already 900p/60fps. Looks like this is somewhere around 300% jump on Switch 1. Elden Ring looks rough...

120 fps can be harder than it seems depending on how the software was architecture and where the performance bottlenecks are. >2x GPU throughput and even CPU throughput is "easy" but >2x performance across the board actually isn't.

 

[Wesker]

Any word if joycon drift been solved?

 

[Cynicalking]

Is the display VRR?

Yes

 

[Lurkmass]

So they are doing software BC (as exhibited in a somewhat extensive initial list of incompatibilities) but it'll take some time to get an idea of how good their 'coverage' (emulation errors & speed) is of the solution since many games are undergoing testing ...

 

[cheapchips]

The

Any word if joycon drift been solved?

It's supposed to be hall effect sticks now, but that's not been confirmed.

 

[Tabris]

From Ask The Developer Vol.16 (Japanese only ATM)
They said BC of Switch 2 is part software, part hardware.
Since pure software emulation requried 100% full power of Switch 2 and drain battery like hell.

 

[wco81]

$450 isn't too high but it is 50% higher than the original Switch.

But inflation and soon tariffs have conditioned consumers to pay much higher prices?

 

[Charlietus]

If this isn't 4nm it's pretty much robbery. 470€? 430€ was the limit. If those are tariffs prices, it's a big mistake to not take a small loss.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

If this isn't 4nm it's pretty much robbery. 470€? 430€ was the limit. If those are tariffs prices, it's a big mistake to not take a small loss.

Do you think it won't sell out? So long as it sells every unit made, the price can't really be argued with from a business POV. Only if units sit on shelves can it be argued they priced too high.

 

[DuckThor Evil]

Nintendo will release a Japan only model for 50k Yen, about $330... That sucks haha.

 

[Charlietus]

Do you think it won't sell out? So long as it sells every unit made, the price can't really be argued with from a business POV. Only if units sit on shelves can it be argued they priced too high.

Yes it will sell out. But I predict that just like PS5 it will struggle to keep up with the Switch, always being around a million units behind. But maybe at some point tariffs go away and prices can come down.

 

[Mariner]

In real terms, after taking inflation since 2017 into account, the price is very similar to the Switch 1 release price. Yes, inflation has been very high over the past 8 years...

 

[wco81]

Any word on battery life and type of storage?

So who's going to hold out for the OLED model and who's going to be ruled by FOMO?

 

[Karamazov]

but where are the TERAFLOPS ? We need the TERAFLOPS !

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Yes it will sell out. But I predict that just like PS5 it will struggle to keep up with the Switch, always being around a million units behind. But maybe at some point tariffs go away and prices can come down.

But if it makes more money, that's not a problem. If dropping the price would result in more sales, but less money, than that'd be a bad business move.

 

[wco81]

So that's a good strategy, just have long cycles between generations, increase pent up demand, then price high when releasing next gen.

Plus, the longer they wait, the cheaper their underpowered performance targets become, so profit!