How Will be Switch 2 Performance Wise?

[Otter]

sc94597 said:

Otter said:

I don't think many people would have bought their current gen TVs around the idea of getting 40fps,  it was simply not a thing in the console space back when PS5/Series X launched. Even by end of 2021 only Insomniac had dabbled in it and its still uncommon today.

People would of got a 120hz TVs for 120fps experiences but that was/is way more niche in appreciation and reserved a lot for competitive games. Comparably I think the average gamer does notice and care about wild fluctuations (40-60fps).

In other words I think there are a lot of people who do care about relative smoothness but don't have 120hz displays.

I disagree. Most TVs that supported VRR in 2021 also supported 120Hz, and VRR was a big selling point for console gamers with the new generation. I purchased my living room TV (a QLED VA panel) that year and specifically aimed for one with VRR (and HDMI 2.1) support. 120Hz was a nice addition on top of that. This has become even more true as half a decade has passed. It is really difficult to find a medium-budget or higher TV these days that only supports 60hz. 

PS5 didn't even support VRR in 2021. I think you're just more clued up then most (and I presume also a PC gamer)

None the less I will just regurgitate the ai answer lol. 

" While 120Hz TVs existed, they were far from the majority of TVs sold to the general public in 2021, making the percentage of TVs supporting a specific 40fps/120Hz mode a small, premium segment of the market at that time."

Now I'd agree it's common (2025/2026), but I think a huge portion of the market haven't actually bought a new TV in the last few years and probably will not. They're intended to be decade long investments and the 4k/Oled wave was at the end of last decade/beginning of this one (2020s)

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