Nintendo Switch 2 specs revealed, available June 5

02 April 2025
Features faster processor, 1080p 120Hz VRR display, increased storage, and Joy-Con 2.

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  • Anonymous
  • YYX
  • 03 Apr 2025

Day-one buy for me!

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    • Anonymous
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    • 03 Apr 2025

    xPandamon, 03 Apr 20251080p120, nice joke Nintendo! Many first party games on the... moreThe Nintendo Switch 2 is almost 8 times as powerful as the Nintendo Switch. I'm not sure what emulators you refer to. If you mean Yuzu, the developer got caught that he supported piracy. You can look it up. He isn't a fantastic person. He's a disgusting person.

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      • Kx4
      • 03 Apr 2025

      Reality check, 02 Apr 2025The updated model is fully rebuilt from the ground up and i... moreThey will release the OLED model 4 years from now (or maybe less), just like what they did with Switch 1.

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        • Osiris
        • JhV
        • 03 Apr 2025

        Nintendo killing and taking names

          My mind is stuck at the same age when Mario was introduced in 1985 and I experienced it. I don't understand these new Mario games. Although our world is improving every day, that era was different. If I was interested in this console, I wouldn't look at its price. I would definitely experience it, but I don't like it. Respect to you and dear Switch fans

            Anonymous, 03 Apr 2025Metroid Prime 4 Beyond Nintendo Switch 2 Edition runs in 4K... moreHeavily upscaled I would assume and not a smooth 60, either. We are after all talking about first party Nintendo games.

              1080p120, nice joke Nintendo! Many first party games on the old Switch were upscaled and didn't even bit the 60 fps limit. I doubt that it will be different this time. Then we have the pricing, pretty expensive for the Switch 2 itself, but the game prices, yikes, those are on another level. Thank you to all of the fantastic people that enable us to use emulation. At this point it is no longer just a way to replay old classics, but also needed to show Nintendo we don't take their ego without some resilience, especially since they attack emulation so heavily, despite often not having a proper case against the ones they attack.

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                • Anonymous
                • vaS
                • 03 Apr 2025

                FF7, 03 Apr 2025Nintendo’s New GOAT Regardless how I feel about Nintendo ... moreYou are comparing two different markets. One of which has an audience that doesn't care about specs and/or upgrades every two years.

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 03 Apr 2025

                  FF7, 03 Apr 2025Nintendo’s New GOAT Regardless how I feel about Nintendo ... moreDid you know that Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie talks?

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 03 Apr 2025

                    FF7, 03 Apr 2025$450? Ouch. Double ouch paying $79.99 for a Mario Kart gam... moreIn terms of power, the Steam Deck is much inferior to the Nintendo Switch 2. The GPU performance of the Steam Deck is 1.6 TFLOP. The GPU performance of the Nintendo Switch 2 is about 3.09 TFLOP in TV mode. The Nintendo Switch 2 also supports DLSS which is superior to FSR. In handheld mode, the Steam Deck may have a chance against the Nintendo Switch 2, but in TV mode, the Nintendo Switch 2 will blow the Steam Deck out of the water.

                      • FF7
                      • 4BT
                      • 03 Apr 2025

                      Nintendo’s New GOAT
                      Regardless how I feel about Nintendo as a company or the price of the Switch 2, I do like several things about it. A much better design. Love the rounded corners. Looks like a sleeker console. Not the kiddie look of the OG. Makes it a lot more comfortable to hold. Backwards compatibility is always a plus. Mouse control is cool. Improved screens, Joy-Cons, audio, and kickstand. While Nintendo first-party exclusives will always be the biggest sell.

                      If you thought the Switch 1 was the GOAT, then the Switch 2 is simply a bigger, faster, stronger, and better version of that GOAT. And this might be the first time since the SNES that Nintendo will be heavily supported by third-party developers. They lost them with the N64 sticking to cartridges which took out huge royalties out of developers since cartridges are expensive to manufacture. People forget the N64 only had 388 games in their entire library. Then all the jackass, monopolistic behavior Nintendo did to third-party developers during the NES days and betraying Sony in the 1991 CES.

                      I do like the Switch 2 very much. Would I buy it right away? No. Again, I’m really not into Nintendo IPs like the rest of you. First year for any console always has an anemic library. You buy it just to show off and say you have it but you will barely use it. I actually enjoy more games from Sega. I find Sega IPs to have more range in tone and themes. I believe Sega was the more creative company in the 90s. Sonic has always been a more interesting character than Mario even though Sonic has a lot more bad games he’s in. Not all of Sega’s characters are like Hello Kitty cardboard cutouts to appeal to little children. I still wonder how a live-action Legend of Zelda movie will work when Link doesn’t talk?

                      My reluctance in getting a Switch 2 is I’m not willing to platinum the same games again. I feel Steam is my preferred choice when it comes to trying to 100% a game. I don’t want multiple online accounts for my trophies. I want it kept all in one account. I don’t want to buy the same games twice. Deck will always have the emulation scene. I have hundreds of Nintendo retro games on my Deck. It still acts like a PC and with far better multimedia capabilities. It still has a strong online community. Who doesn’t want to see Tifa or Scarlet nude by using mods? PC will always get third-party AAA games first before Nintendo gets it.

                      Then we will have concerns on how badly the Switch 2 will age? The Deck was already surpassed by the Ally (with Z1 Extreme) almost two years ago. My Deck feels antiquated already and it only came out three years ago. By 2027, wouldn’t the third-party AAA ports look the worst on the Switch 2? You can only use Xbone/PS4 graphics for so long before it starts to look very dated. But I will wait for the $350 Switch 2 Lite by 2027 which should arrive around the same time as a PlayStation 6. Switch 2 would be two generations behind by then.

                      We are living in different times. The handheld market is far more competitive and crowded now than it was from 2017-2021 when the Switch was the only show in town. Then add how much more powerful smartphones gets year after year. In a few years, Android flagships and iPhones will be surpassing the power of a PS5. What’s the point lugging around another device when you can play games on your phone that’s always with you? Nintendo took so long to release a Switch successor, we will finish two generations of a PlayStation and a third cycle is ready to start again in another two years.

                      2013: PS4
                      2017: Switch
                      2020: PS5
                      2022: Steam Deck
                      2025: Switch 2
                      2027: PS6?

                      I believe the Switch 2 will be a good console. Nintendo rarely misses when it comes to their gaming libraries for each console whether they undersold (GameCube) or not. But I also don’t believe I *need* it. My *want* for it is lukewarm. If I never get it, I wouldn’t lose sleep over it. It’s not like Nintendo is a company we should always support. They’re like Apple. They hate us. I’m in my mid 40s. I will probably stop gaming in my 50s. It’s not something I’m salivating for.

                      When I first bought the Switch Lite back in Oct 2022, it was my first Nintendo product I bought in 15 years. My last Nintendo product was a white DS Lite I got in June 2007. I’ve owned 4 different Switch Lites, three of them turquoise. But ever since I got my Deck, I rarely play my Switch. It’s in a drawer and hasn’t been touched since last Nov. Nintendo has never been a company I needed in my life. Well, not since the 80s and 90s. While I’ve probably spent more time playing Steam Deck than my previous handhelds combined.

                      I’m not planning to make any Nintendo richer from their price gouging with their games to us. F Nintendo, the greedy, selfish company they’ve always been since the 80s. They’re going to set a bad trend that will ruin the industry. A part of me wants the Switch 2 to flop harder than the Wii U. But it probably won’t and similar to Apple, Nintendo will always get away with their price gouging because it’s.. “Nintendo!” Woo-hoo!!”

                      “Eight-year-olds, Dude.”

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                        • 4BT
                        • 03 Apr 2025

                        $450?
                        Ouch. Double ouch paying $79.99 for a Mario Kart game. Is this going to be the new standard for Nintendo games? Tears of the Kingdom started around $70. I know you could get the Mario Kart World bundle for $500 but that price still stings. You can get a second-hand ROG Ally with Z1 Extreme for $400 or less nowadays.

                        I’m good with my second-hand LCD Steam Deck for $200 less. The Steam Deck is not that much inferior to the hardware of the Switch 2. I probably spent another $250 for 12-15 Steam games. Now you’re paying $500 for a Switch 2 with only one new game bundled with it. And Switch 2 will get outclassed by a Steam Deck 2 in two years. It’s already getting outclassed by the Ally X and Legion Go and it hasn’t been released yet.

                        Not trying to trash the Switch 2 here. I’m not one of those who’s into console war fanboy talk. I owned the Genesis in 1992 and got a Super NES in 1994. I owned PS1, N64, and Saturn and then Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox, and GameCube. I’m platform agnostic. I think fanboy loyalty limits the gamer from experiencing everything the industry has to offer. But that price for basically the same experience but with prettier graphics and better hardware? That’s tough to swallow.

                        Every Nintendo handheld prior to the Switch went for $150 or less. Switch 2 has hardware that’s not considered the best in the handheld market or home console market as of today and where the PS5 is sold for nearly the same. And PS6 may just be right around the corner. Maybe by 2027, same 7-year gap as PS3 to PS4 to PS5. Switch 2 would be two generations behind in hardware once the PS6 comes out. My Steam Deck is struggling playing FF7 Rebirth. Now wait when it comes out for the Switch 2. The power of a PS4 is looking very dated after nearly 12 years.

                        I’m not willing to spend $80 for Nintendo games that rarely drops in price. And if the regular Switch 2 is $450, would the OLED model go for $550? Will the Lite model go for $350? All the Switch 1 models never dropped in price. The regular Switch still sells for $300 after 8 years. And I’m that much of a Nintendo diehard to spend that much when most games I enjoy are from third-party developers.

                        A lot of the Switch sold was due to double-dipping. They get multiple versions of the same hardware. That’s Nintendo. They’re trying to make you buy the same hardware twice. We’ve had multiple versions of the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, DS, 3DS, and the first Switch. We’ve had multiple designs of the NES and SNES. I once owned both the Switch Lite and OLED at the same time. But why pay for a $450 Switch 2 when you know a better model will come for it? Switch 2 that’s out in June could have the worst battery life like the 2017s did.

                        Not to diss Nintendo loyalists as I’ve owned most Nintendo systems minus the Wii U and Virtual Boy and I’m from the NES generation, but don’t you think Nintendo is catering to 8-year-olds and grown ass people who can’t let go of their childhood nostalgia? Nintendo does make great games but their range in tone isn’t quite as wide. Most of their characters lacks any emotional depth. Nintendo would never make a game with the same mature themes and tone as Red Dead 2 and The Witcher III. It’s always cutesy characters catered to children.

                        To quote Walter from The Big Lebowski: “Eight-year-olds, Dude.” I’m not implying that Nintendo is a pederast. But they’ve banked on your childhood nostalgia for decades. It’s like Nintendo fanboys are this blind cult. Whatever pulls your nostalgia strings, you’re there on Day 1. They have as blind of a loyalty as the sheeple are to Apple. As long as it’s from Nintendo, you buy it. Because they bring you back to your childhood. While haters view their products as toys. Nintendo is the Fisher Price / Disney of gaming.

                        The same people who show blind loyalty towards Nintendo are the same people who still watches wrestling or is into Star Wars or anything with a superhero. People who never want to grow out of it. Aren’t you tired of the same old shit already? Some of these people are in their 40s and still playing Pokémon. Disney has been pissing on the SW IP for a decade, but some SW fans still wants more content. People become like Peter Pan. They never want to grow up. They still want to be 8. I might be using an FF7 photo, but it’s a lot more mature than the kiddie crap Nintendo puts out.

                        With that price, I don’t believe the Switch 2 will outsell the Switch 1 similarly to the 3DS selling only half than the DS. A $450 console is a not a family-friendly price. Nintendo is milking their fandom for everything they’re worth. But I do believe it will still sell well. Around the 80M-110M range. Switch 2 should outsell Steam Deck’s entire units sold in a matter of days, if not, by Day 1 or from simply pre-orders. SD and other PC handhelds are still a niche market. Same with the retro handheld market. They’re no threat to Nintendo’s rule.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • uSV
                          • 03 Apr 2025

                          They gonna start charging $90-100 per game.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 03 Apr 2025

                            ua82, 02 Apr 2025Given they're claiming QHD120 / 4K60 when docked the c... moreMetroid Prime 4 Beyond Nintendo Switch 2 Edition runs in 4K at 60 fps.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • vaS
                              • 03 Apr 2025

                              ua82, 02 Apr 2025Yeah that's not all due to inflation greedy f##ks than... moreAre you aware that Steam games already cost that much for many years now? Some even reach as much as $100, esp on preorders. Only reason Steam is worshipped is that majority of their users buy when the game is 80% off.

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                                • Enzo
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                                • 03 Apr 2025

                                That's it, i'm buying the Switch 1 Oled. Probably will buy Switch 2 when the Oled ver come out

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • jsQ
                                  • 03 Apr 2025

                                  But.. but but... Can it play agar.io?

                                    It's good to have both- LCD and amoled version.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 03 Apr 2025

                                      Tom Rolland, 02 Apr 2025Except it's not all th specs, no details on flss, SOC ... more8-core Cortex-A78C CPU, 1,536 CUDA cores Ampere GPU, 128-bit 12 GB LPDDR5 RAM, and 256 GB UFS 3.1 storage.

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 03 Apr 2025

                                        Anonymous, 02 Apr 2025Nintendo will sell it to Japanese people for 49,980 yen (ab... moreYen is very weak. Games on the Japanese Nintendo eShop is much cheaper than games on the American Nintendo eShop. Now Nintendo no longer allows using a credit card issued outside Japan to buy games on the Japanese Nintendo eShop. From the Japanese people's perspective, things aren't cheap, by the way.

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