Will the Switch 2 finally be powerful enough and popular enough to get Nintendo all the top games?

[Chrkeller]

Leynos said:

Chrkeller said:

S2 will get a bunch of ps4 ports and some early gen ps5 ports. I do not think it will get many newer games due to weaker hardware.

The ps5 struggles with Black Myth. Rumor has it Wilds will top out at 30 fps on consoles.  

The ps5 has 448 gb/s while the S2 (at most) will be 112 gb/s. Meaning the S2 will not run modern games very well.

DLSS helps, but isn't magic. It doesn't take 540p and make a good image. It doesn't take 20 fps and make a stable 30 fps.

 leak shows S2 at 120GB

You are talking hard-drive.  I'm talking memory bandwidth.  The S2 will be 112 gb/s max.

Edit

For those who care, memory bandwidth is how much data a gpu can load on and off the vram.  We don't play full motion videos, but rather a bunch of still shots.  The more still shots (e.g. fps) the smoother a game looks and the more accurate the controls.

Using easy math, say each still shot is 10 gb.

30 fps x 10 gb each is 300 gb/s

60 fps x 10 gb each is 600 gb/s

120 fps x 10 gb each is 1200 gb/s

The S2 will require downgrades of new games because it will be 112 gb/s docked.  The ps5 is struggling at 60 fps on the newest games because it is 448 gb/s.  A 4090 is 1006 gb/s, thus can push most (not all) games close to 120 fps.

Best way to reduce memory bandwidth is reduce image quality via resolution, textures, lighting, shadows, volumetric, etc.

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 28 August 2024