Nintendo Switch 2 Tech Performance Discussion

[Chrkeller]

HoloDust said:

Chrkeller said:

The CPU is slower docked than portable.  I still think Nintendo could easily do so much more with the dock and speeds for a larger boost.

They could've - they opted not to, since that would require some ~$10 more in BOM, which would cut into profit if they retained the same console price. At the scales they are selling, that is lot of profit lost over lifetime. That's why, from my POV as a consumer, SW2 is just 7/10, which is good, but not great.

I think both points are quite fair.  $10 seems like nothing, but times 100,000,000 units...  Nintendo was always going to sacrifice performance for pricing, so I am not surprised at all by the underclocking and leaving a lot on the table.  7/10 seems like a really fair score, I am probably around the same.