Just as an aside I've put the Switch 1 OLED and the Switch 2 side by side playing the same games (Mario Odyssey) ... lol there's no fucking chance the Switch OLED version is the better looking version of the game. No chance. Ditto for the Zelda games (BOTW/TOTK).
The resolution difference is immediately evident on the Switch 2 right off the bat. An OLED is not going to perform magic like making a lower resolution image look magically better. The Switch 2 screen doesn't look that far off from the OLED either, it's not like one looks 10x better than the other or some nonsense like that. Swinging the camera around Mario in the same spots the game is fine on both displays, if you're hoping to see like Game Boy style ghosting, lol you are going to be disappointed. I doubt very much a normal person will be able to spot any ghosting.
The Switch 2 display also seems a bit brighter on max brightness for both screens, for example in the opening area of Mario Odyssey with the gray grass/fog, the moon in the background has more noticeable detail on the Switch 2 screen and that's not just a resolution difference I think, it's literally a bit brighter of a display. Not sure if that's correct but Switch 2 seems to have a higher peak brightness than the OLED Switch (450 nits versus about 350 nits for OLED).
Colors are a bit more saturated on the OLED as expected but they're not bad on the Switch 2 LCD, colorful games still pop nicely on the Switch 2 display. The screen size difference is huge, it makes playing more epic style games like Zelda: TOTK or even Mario Odyssey feel well "bigger".
But for people who want to push the "Switch 1 OLED is the best way to play Switch 1 games!" I think even that is clearly wrong. The performance (resolution/frame rate) upgrades the Switch 2 can offer can't be offset by an OLED display and it's immediately noticeable. Then on top of that the difference in screen size is also impossible to ignore, the Switch 2 is much nicer for "big" scale gaming.
Of course Nintendo is going to offer an OLED model, but I honestly am questioning how big of a deal that will be. The Switch 2 panel is better than the Switch 1 OG model, the gap in throwing an OLED on there isn't going to be that dramatic. Like really I would say really consider that if you're planning on missing out on like 2-3 years of gaming for a moderate bump in color saturation and better black levels while paying probably $150 more. It's entirely possible that Nintendo will offer a firmware update that allows the existing panel on the Switch 2 to consume a bit more power and mitigate the so-called ghosting issue, but I don't think most people can even tell as is and will never opt to use that option even if offered.
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