Let me clear it out of the way first: I am not a Nintendo girl. A few decades ago, my parents gave me the choice between N64 or Playstation for my birthday, and I selected the team with the Badass Bandicoot and did not regret it. I would only pick up a switch in 2019 and yet I only put serious miles on it in the summer of last year, 2024. The slim form factor and the enormous play catalog made it a perfect companion for subway travel in NYC, picnic hangs with friends and late night game in bed with a machine that is not as tired as the heavier steam deck. It was the platform on which I enjoyed hell A recently published repetition of Final Fantasy VIIAnd I was all for the Switch 2 when I dreamed of a better screen, more processing performance and cool new modes such as the long -reduced and now confirmed mouse mode.
But you while I had a good time to see The great unveiling of Switch 2 reveals yesterdayI find myself a little back to make room for a purchase of 450 US dollars, whereby the prospect of paying 80 US dollars for some games will pay in the future. When we talk about this type of money, I think it is healthy to be skeptical about what we are sold.
It should have an OLED screen-especially if they are calculated for the last generation upgrades
There is a solid LCD screen. I saw it on the Rog Ally X. And maybe if I see a Switch 2 in action, I'll keep my flap about it. But for the OG switch that has received an OLED upgrade, only his successor in this area was left behind Breath of the wilderness will cost me extra.
Improvements on the two breathtaking Zelda Title and Metroid fear For me personally, the OG switch are amazing. I stayed too deep into these games because I wanted to see that they ran with better frame rats and resolution on Switch 2 ZeldaI wonder if I can wait better to wait for a possible OLED upgrade for the Switch 2 before I invest. And invest the spokesmen …
With some games at $ 80 to 90 you have some nerves that sell these playing cards
If you haven't heard Some change 2 physical games will actually not be physicalHowever, you have to insert a piece of plastic into your machine that tells a server in another place that you have permission to perform the game. This is only gross and wasteful.
I'm not against digital games. Valve has proven that it can work as long as a company is willing to make an effort to maintain a healthy digital shop front.
No, not every game on Switch 2 necessarily costs the higher $ 80 entry price, and not every game uses a playing card. But the fact that this price and distribution method is involved makes me a little sick. If you set up a standard of damn almost $ 100 per game for a 450 dollar machine, this experience is now too much investment for access to this short -lived process, in which a piece of plastic is inserted that is intended for a landfill as soon as these servers have disappeared.
It doesn't matter me to spend a lot of money on high -quality things, especially for hobbies that I really enjoy (and yes, in contrast to what my colleagues think, I like video games … mostly). But what do I get for these expensive games, some of which may have to stick to silly plastic keys?
Cyberpunk 2077 And Borderlands 4 Are cool – but will it only look like DLSS slop?
The Switch 2 packs a 1080p screen with 120 Hz. That could drain the battery more than it should, but I am very happy about the higher image rate– Almost enough to get myself to overlook the LCD technology, but not quite. It will also have Contemporary graphics power plants How Cyberpunk 2077 And Final Fantasy VII remake Together with modern AAA games like Borderlands 4– And the excitement about it is quickly reduced when I think about the fact that the console supports DLS.
For the uninitiated, DLSS is a fairly decent technology AI uses this to reduce the load of your machine to render games at higher resolutions. And I hate it.
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I spoke to some people who don't make it out – in fact they seem to love it. For my eyes, however, DLSS not only seems to serve as an excuse for a game that is not well optimized, but also looks hellishly blurred. Some of me wonder how much of it is “real” and how much of it is in my head – like the people who claim that they cannot hear MP3s or stream audio because it sounds too compressed (hello, I'm one of them and yes, I have a library of flac files for my music). There are some strange psychology with our relationship to the perceived quality. But every time I switch off DLS on a game on the PC, I find a little less muller, can see things more clearly and generally have a better experience. And if this machine also offers the possibility to carry out Ray Tracing, UGH, I have a complete desktop PC for this type and do not need the Switch 2 to try to compete if it may not work well for quality and battery life.
If there is something to do on the steam deck, the industry seems to have a bit of problems with the overload of performance on portable hardware. Final Fantasy VII rebirth is one of the larger youngest sinners here; Sure, it “runs” on the hardware, but it's not great! It may really sound impressive to show that a graphically highly developed game is played on new hardware, but how do we define “run” -especially if you charge $ 80 for a 450 dollar machine?
At least I can use a healthy, almost endless range of original switch titles to enjoy improved hardware, right?
I'm worried about the future of reverse compatibility
Despite an identical port for play cartridges as the original switch, the Switch 2 is not compatible with universal backwards. You could think: “Oh, that's okay. The hits will surely play, right?” At the moment this view is … well, it is difficult enough to lift an eyebrow.
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There are currently More than 120 original Switch games This will run on problems that are carried out on Switch 2. And these are not a random no-name title. Games like Doom forever And Fortnite Will have problems, it seems. Nintendo says it has tested a lot of games, Reporting that many original switch titles are executedBut it is a bit of a shame that we have to check again for every game-it is making a healthy library of your own games or in some classics of the last generation and hidden gemstones on fresh hardware that should not be as seamless as it should be.
I get flashbacks into the backward compatibility of the Xbox 360, and I don't like that.
The Switch 2 will almost certainly sell incredibly well. People will like new games like Donkey Kong Bananza. Mouse mode with Metroid Prime 4 Could really be something special. But the price for games, graphically intensive games that have too much to do for the hardware, and the lack of a damn screen for this price category is enough to hesitate before I can throw money on the screen.
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