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curl-6 on 11 January 2026
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Soundwave said:
curl-6 said:

I feel like we're splitting hairs here.

Yes, the Switch 2 can handle PS5 ports, in a more intact state than past handheld ports of console titles.

Yes, they also still require settings tweaks just to account for the fact that it's physically impossible for a small device running off a battery to compete with a big box plugged into the mains.

These two things can both be true and aren't mutually exclusive.

It's the first mainstream portable gaming device that can handle modern 3D games of its era ... that's becoming basically a fact and it's a significant moment in the evolution of game consoles, previous "high end" portables like the PSP and Vita could not do that and generally speaking even devices like high end Android and Apple tablets north of the $1000 still don't get a lot of modern console games as the Switch 2 will. 

The system also performs better in some cases than more expensive PC devices (like PC handhelds) ... that certainly was not the case with things like the Wii, Wii U, DS, or 3DS. That is a *significant* difference and much more in line with previous Nintendo consoles like the NES (for its time), the Super NES (for its time), the N64, GameCube. 

And that's also significant, nothing wrong with admitting that now. 

And the reason it's fair to fucking point that out is because every damn Switch 2 thread on this forum for about 3 years was a nightmare here of the same group of naysaying posters downplaying the Switch 2 non-stop at every turn. Now I think deep down they realize they fucked up, they'll never admit it out loud of course because they basically wasted everyone's time for months on end in multiple threads. But they know it too, when Digital Foundry praised Star Wars Outlaws massively it was a massive kick in the junk to those kinds of posters who had invested hard in the opposite narrative ("those" types of games with "those" types of graphics setting are only for Playstation/XBox/PC players, not for Nintendo gamers ... that's essentially the status quo they were hardcore invested in for whatever dumb reason). 

So with Switch 3 or Switch 2 Pro threads, watch, there will be a lot more humilty not things like "Nintendo shows off Switch 2 dev hardware with Matrix demo running" followed by non-stop posting of "ahahahahah faaaaaake. No way that's true" type crap. Provided this board even makes it to Switch 2 Pro/Switch 3 discussion of course.

Switch 1 was capable of running PS4/XBO titles. The gap in technical quality was bigger then that it is now with Switch 2, but stuff like Witcher 3, Doom 2016/Eternal, Hellblade, Sniper Elite 4, Ace Combat 7, etc ran on Switch just fine.

There was indeed a lot of downplaying of Switch 2's capabilities prior to release and early in its life, but I think you need to let that go and move on at this point. Time proved them wrong, there's no need to hold a grudge.