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Conina on 18 May 2025
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sc94597 said:
Conina said:

Since when does Nintendo what other console platforms do?

the original Switch had a special mode that freed up 350MB (iirc) that were previously allocated for the OS when disabling video recording.

The video recording feature is still there on Switch 1, they didn't remove it from the Switch OS (just hold the capture button for a second if you want to check it).

I also can't find an option in the hardware settings where users can deactivate that feature to save some RAM.

As far as I know there are only 5 third party games and zero Nintendo first party games on Switch where DEVELOPERS deactivated video capture for their games:


Video capture is no longer supported

  • Dead by Daylight - 5.1.0 Update (Video capture is no longer supported as of August 2021)
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Video capture is no longer supported as of September 2022)
  • Fortnite (Video capture is no longer supported as of September 2018)
  • Paladins: Champions of the Realm (Video capture is no longer supported as of January 2019)
  • Lego City Undercover (Video capture is no longer supported as of version 1.0.2)