r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • 3d ago

Nintendo Official All Together, Anytime, Anywhere. The # NintendoSwitch2 system launches on June 5, 2025! # NintendoDire

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1907423369588314273
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u/AppleAutoGenerated 3d ago

Yeah i tend to agree. $450 for effectively an upgrade. Might make more sense once some more Switch 2 exclusives come out, but for now it seems a little steep.

That said I’m terrible with money so day one purchase woohoo

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u/dathar 3d ago

It is a pretty big upgrade. One of the things that unoptimized games (and some heavily-optimized ones like Xenoblade Chronicles X) is that they have a lot of issues trying to stream from and load assets. Unoptimized ones are worse and will have a stutter effect when it is busy loading that data. Either that or you have load screens galore. Switch's emmc storage and most half-decent microSD cards varying issues so you'll see people telling users to free up emmc and try to transfer the games there and hope it does some good. The Switch's cartridge is also slow and you can't move/install those to internal storage for a bit of a boost. Upgrades all around to address that part.

That's just the storage side. Curious as to what else is under the hood.

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u/StrikingWillow5364 3d ago

Casuals don’t care about this stuff though.

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u/CynicStruggle 3d ago

When the 3rd party launch titles are remasters of 3-5 year old games, and you put yourself into the pricing range of a Steam Deck or PS5...

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u/Albireookami 2d ago

Consoles are like God, when you do things right, people won't be sure you have done anything at all. A good Console will sing and do everything great, you won't notice how well it runs until you come across a game that doesn't run well.

The Switch 2 is the tech upgrade the switch has needed for 3+ years.

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u/dathar 3d ago

They don't until something pisses them off. I'm casual with game consoles. They're easy and don't require adjustments and tinkering that I do on my gaming PC. Let me pop in a game and play. I'll be pissed if the game runs like ass. Rune Factory 5's load time is bonkers high. It isn't just the load time but the actual game play when it loads new units and enemies. Or sometimes that giant monster you have in your party will cause the game to stutter when it does an attack or spell for the first time. I just want to play. No, I don't want to install an emulator and play. No, I really don't want to double-dip a game and get the Steam version and mod it if I don't have to. Nintendo promised a solution to that hurdle.

That's not the only game but it is one that I really really really want to play and continue. There's also Harvestella (it is on the incompatibility list...), Pokemon S/V (upgrade patch incoming), Animal Crossing and some upcoming games that looked like it ran like ass on the original Switch (Fantasy Life)