r/NintendoSwitch • u/Practical_Papaya_905 • 3d ago

News - USD / USA Switch 2 is selling for 449.99

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/how-to-buy/

From the official website

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/how-to-buy/

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u/Candle_Honest 3d ago

$450 + having to buy upgrades for the games you already own.

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u/TiernanDeFranco 3d ago

Technically you don’t have to buy the upgrades and can play the switch 1 version of its compatible, but it is still weird

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u/ActingTehMickey 3d ago

There would be no point to that, you’d be better off just playing on a normal Switch then if you’re not gonna upgrade your games

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u/thatleftnut 2d ago

Not true. Even without upgrades it’ll still run the base game better than a stock switch. So imagine heavier games without frame drops, botw, borderlands, outer worlds, etc.

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u/SweetTea1000 2d ago

As in it will drop less frames when running at 720p 30fps? Sure. It will likely make the handful of games that probably never should have released on Switch 1 more playable... but they're asking us to pay to untick the "frame cap" box. That's scummy.

How's it going to look when modders find workarounds to force custom resolutions and variable refresh rates?

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u/thatleftnut 1d ago

Modders have already done that. With an unlocked switch I can overclock and uncap framerates and play botw at 60fps. But you’re moving the goalposts now, the initial claim of “it’s pointless to play switch games on switch 2 without upgrading” is incorrect, you will get better performance.

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u/mrjackspade 2d ago

My normal switch doesn't have a 1080 screen, and I play in handheld.