60fps for RDR2 is surprising. Steam Deck (which has a much better CPU) averages around 35-40fps unless you use frame generation. 

Is this not Red Dead Redemption 1? Thats what was just announced... Like the 3rd time it's being remastered lol

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It's Red Dead 1, not 2, that's why it's 60fps.

RDR2 at 60 would probably not be viable as it has trouble holding 30 on PS4/XBO in demanding areas, and while Switch 2 is a bit stronger than those systems, it's not twice as strong, at least not CPU wise.

It feels like 15 years ago I was playing Red Dead 1 on Xbox 360 at 720p and 30fps and remember being a very decent game back then. I realise this game may be new to some and worthwhile but for older gamers I can't see much point. I think its also available on android soon and before that people were playing it on android devices using the winlater pc emulator with decent frame rates at low detail settings. It's a very old game and really with the Switch 2 upscaling from a very low resolution it should be capable of running this at 60fps no problem. The android version I think is free to netflix subscribers but needs a mid-range to high end android chipset to run well. These sort of conversions to Nintendo hardware don't typically sell well so I don't think its an important release. It's a very old title.

With Mario Kart World, DK Bananza, and now Kirby Air Riders, it seems Nintendo has finally (re)embraced anti-aliasing; all three games make use of it.

This is a change from their last few consoles, where almost all EPD games ran with no AA, despite systems like Wii U and Switch being fully capable of a range of AA methods.

Honestly now looking at the PS5 gen only ports to Switch 2. The Switch 2 ports look like the exact same games just with small resolution differences and maybe frame rate. You could argue the same for Switch 1 ports of PS4 games too but imo the gap definitely feels alot smaller for PS5 to Switch 2 compared to PS4 to Switch 1.

For example, the gap to Capcom seemed big enough between Switch 1 and PS4 to the point where they didnt even bother porting the native RE games to Switch 1. Now RE9 is coming to Switch 2 and looks pretty much like the exact same game outside of frame rate.

Even when you compare somewhat similar current gen open world games like Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin's Creed Shadows to the Switch 1 equivalent open world port Witcher 3, Assassin's Creed Shadows holds up way better compared to PS5 then the Switch 1 Witcher 3 did compared to PS4 where the drawbacks were definitely quite big for Witcher 3 on Switch 1, and even if you want to use a smaller scale game like Apex Legends, the difference was still much bigger than what we're seeing on Switch 2.

So all in all, Im more than happy with the Switch 2's hardware and its looking like it'll hold up much better this time around than Switch 1 did.

Yeah if you compare PS4 ports to Switch 1 with PS5 ports to Switch 2, the difference is night and day.

Anybody try out the 120 fps mode for Prime 4? I ask because I still find the difference between 60 fps and 120 fps to be mind blowing. I was switching between the modes and the difference still astonishes me, I fully understand not everyone sees/agrees with the benefit of 120 fps, so looking for what people think.

Nintendo's holiday commercials this year are pushing Madden NFL on Switch 2 with GameChat, these are Nintendo commercials to be clear too with paid for NFL stars, not EA commercials. Saw this on TV several times during the hockey and basketball games this week. 

As I've said many times ... this is definitely a different era Nintendo, this wouldn't happen during the Wii era. That extends to hardware too, people should understand most/all of the staff that pushed for cheap/bargain basement hardware 20 some odd years ago are basically retired from the company.