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Switch 2 is out! How you classify?

Terribly outdated! 3 5.26%
 
Outdated 1 1.75%
 
Slightly outdated 14 24.56%
 
On point 31 54.39%
 
High tech! 7 12.28%
 
A mixed bag 1 1.75%
 
Total:57

Been playing Star Wars Outlaws on my 13 inch, OLED portable monitor while I am at a hotel and the game looks great. 

Also a nice portable setup with a portable adapter for docked mode. 



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Soundwave said:
Kyuu said:

Series S is technically garbage. You only had to pay an extra $100 (25%) for a console multiple times more powerful in 2020.

Ampere's RT and ML hardware is far superior to RDNA2, giving the Switch 2 a real efficiency advantage. It's been obvious from day 1 that there would be scenarios where the Switch 2 comes close to Series S and even beats it in some aspects. RT per horsepower and RAM capacity favor Switch 2.

We've gone from "I doubt FF7 Remake Integrade is coming to Switch 2! I doubt the Switch 2 can run that"

To "well Switch 2 topping the XBox Series S in some areas in a big ticket 9th gen exclusive is no big deal".

lol, a little 8nm portable that's half the thickness of a Steam Deck and substantially smaller outperforming a 70-80 watt walled, stationary current gen console in a modern gen open world blockbuster game in areas like lighting, reflections, and even frame pacing is BONKERS. Watt for watt this is probably easily the most powerful piece of hardware on the consumer market. 

I said all along architecture matters but even this result, this early in the Switch 2's life too is beyond my expectations. 

Who was doubting FF7 remake? 👀



Soundwave said:

I think honestly GTAVI is doable on Switch 2 now seeing this result and seeing that Rockstar has reiterated many times that the game is coming to XBox Series S and the Series S hardware is no problem for the game. 


Maybe undocked will get you'll have to really tune the game, but docked I think it could be quite doable, the Switch 2 has a good deal of practical power at its disposable, especially docked.

Nintendo should just offer to pay for the port and do it in house and if Rockstar is too busy to do it. Nintendo did buy that port studio, Shiver Entertainment, this is exactly the scenario for it. Let Shiver do the port for Rockstar and even cover the cost of the port or cover half. Let Rockstar publish it. Seems pretty logical to me. 

Anything is doable on Switch 2, but it's not realistic.

First let's see if GTA has a 60fps mode on PS5, let alone Series S.



Otter said:
Soundwave said:

I think honestly GTAVI is doable on Switch 2 now seeing this result and seeing that Rockstar has reiterated many times that the game is coming to XBox Series S and the Series S hardware is no problem for the game. 


Maybe undocked will get you'll have to really tune the game, but docked I think it could be quite doable, the Switch 2 has a good deal of practical power at its disposable, especially docked.

Nintendo should just offer to pay for the port and do it in house and if Rockstar is too busy to do it. Nintendo did buy that port studio, Shiver Entertainment, this is exactly the scenario for it. Let Shiver do the port for Rockstar and even cover the cost of the port or cover half. Let Rockstar publish it. Seems pretty logical to me. 

Anything is doable on Switch 2, but it's not realistic.

First let's see if GTA has a 60fps mode on PS5, let alone Series S.

At this point I'm inclined to think most games that run on XBox Series S can run on the Switch 2. 

If GTA6 can run there it can likely run on Switch 2. It's just up to the effort of the studio porting. 

Nintendo should just agree to handle the port. They bought an entire port studio ... like hello ... that is pretty much the perfect use case for that investment. 



sc94597 said:

Been playing Star Wars Outlaws on my 13 inch, OLED portable monitor while I am at a hotel and the game looks great. 

Also a nice portable setup with a portable adapter for docked mode. 

Third party docks like this are kinda interesting because there's obviously no 2nd fan in there, how warm does the unit get if you go from docked and play for a 

bit and then go straight into playing handheld? 



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Switch 2 actually managing to outperform Series S in terms of framerate (and even in some cases RT) in a game as heavy as Outlaws was NOT on my bingo card, nor was Ubisoft of all devs delivering arguably the most technically accomplished title on the console.

Crazy impressive port, and as DF says a powerful statement on the viability of demanding current gen games on the platform.

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Soundwave said:
sc94597 said:

Been playing Star Wars Outlaws on my 13 inch, OLED portable monitor while I am at a hotel and the game looks great. 

Also a nice portable setup with a portable adapter for docked mode. 

Third party docks like this are kinda interesting because there's obviously no 2nd fan in there, how warm does the unit get if you go from docked and play for a 

bit and then go straight into playing handheld? 

It doesn't get hot at all. Nintendo is pretty over the board with their standards when it comes to keeping things cool and low power consumption. I believe Switch 1 would peak in the mid 60c, which is nothing for a mobile SoC.



sc94597 said:

Been playing Star Wars Outlaws on my 13 inch, OLED portable monitor while I am at a hotel and the game looks great. 

Also a nice portable setup with a portable adapter for docked mode. 

Linus had reported that 3rd party docks didn't work due to Nintendo implementing proprietary tech, are they wrong or did you find a way around it?

https://youtu.be/Lh9gnkF-Imo?si=NpsWPIAE_WXSOOET



Otter said:
Soundwave said:

We've gone from "I doubt FF7 Remake Integrade is coming to Switch 2! I doubt the Switch 2 can run that"

To "well Switch 2 topping the XBox Series S in some areas in a big ticket 9th gen exclusive is no big deal".

lol, a little 8nm portable that's half the thickness of a Steam Deck and substantially smaller outperforming a 70-80 watt walled, stationary current gen console in a modern gen open world blockbuster game in areas like lighting, reflections, and even frame pacing is BONKERS. Watt for watt this is probably easily the most powerful piece of hardware on the consumer market. 

I said all along architecture matters but even this result, this early in the Switch 2's life too is beyond my expectations. 

Who was doubting FF7 remake? 👀

It is Sound exaggerating about what was said. Myself, and a few others, said remake wouldn't be the ps5 version.  Meaning 60 fps at a high resolution.  He is turning that, falsely, into people saying it couldn't be ported.  

In the first 5 or so pages, I went on record that most everything can be ported, just a matter of sacrifices and personal opinion on said sacrifices.   

"Oh yeah, for sure the switch 2 will outclass the steam deck.  No doubt.  And for sure the switch 2 will be able to run modern games, no doubt.  Just not at the fidelity and performance of the ps5.  And most people won't care about the fidelity differences.  So switch 2 will be fine. "

Page 4, direct quote of myself.

Edit

To be fair, I will concede that S2 is keeping up with the S better than I thought it would. Makes me think Sony might actually be able to have a portable ps5 in a couple years.  Mobile tech has come a long way.  It does help when games are modified for the S2, like reduced environments and character models, while the Series S is just getting the identical current gen game.  But that is kudos to Nintendo for having such high market share to warrant developers putting in the effort.

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 06 September 2025

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Soundwave said:

Watt for watt this is probably easily the most powerful piece of hardware on the consumer market. 

T239 is impressive, but let's not get carried away here.