Mozza
Member
I was saying the original Switch hardware was weak so it would be tough for the Switch to run games on those original frame rates. It's simply better by default.
Nintendo Switch 2 |OT| Switch 2 Nintendo, because now we're playing with power
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Kacho
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The internal storage should be enough for the first year or so. I'll wait until prices go way down.
Doctor Hades
Member
Is anyone else seeing the HDR option greyed out and non-selectable in Cyberpunk 2077 on Switch 2?
I have the console's HDR set to Compatible Games Only and it works with other games as well as the dashboard which defaults to using HDR on my LG C3 OLED TV but Cyberpunk 2077 loads up with HDR disabled. The fact that there is a setting for HDR in the game obviously means the game supports HDR but I am puzzled as to why I cannot select it.
Does the console's HDR setting have to be forced to HDR for all games? If so, then Cyberpunk 2077 has a bug because if a game supports HDR, which this one evidently does, then HDR should be selectable when the system HDR is set to Compatible Games Only (since Cyberpunk 2077 should be compatible, right?).
I have the console's HDR set to Compatible Games Only and it works with other games as well as the dashboard which defaults to using HDR on my LG C3 OLED TV but Cyberpunk 2077 loads up with HDR disabled. The fact that there is a setting for HDR in the game obviously means the game supports HDR but I am puzzled as to why I cannot select it.
Does the console's HDR setting have to be forced to HDR for all games? If so, then Cyberpunk 2077 has a bug because if a game supports HDR, which this one evidently does, then HDR should be selectable when the system HDR is set to Compatible Games Only (since Cyberpunk 2077 should be compatible, right?).
Doctor Hades
Member
Someone needs to start a thread for the Switch 2 listing Switch games that are enhanced on Switch, whether by a native patch, or by virtue of the more powerful hardware allowing framerates and dynamic resolutions to increase. Would be nice to have some kind of list I can refer to.
I have a large library of Switch games, around 100, mostly first-party, and while I am working my way through some of them on Switch 2, I keep getting distracted by Super Mario Odyssey!!! Took me two days after getting the Switch 2 to try Mario Kart World and four days before I loaded up Cyberpunk 2077.
I have a large library of Switch games, around 100, mostly first-party, and while I am working my way through some of them on Switch 2, I keep getting distracted by Super Mario Odyssey!!! Took me two days after getting the Switch 2 to try Mario Kart World and four days before I loaded up Cyberpunk 2077.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Yeah, but if it was actually emulating the Switch that might have been the case. An accurate emulator runs games just like the original hardware did.
Mozza
Member
I think Digital Foundry said it was using a type of emulation. But again I do not know.
Baemono
Member
I can try to do it later today, I keep watching improvements videos since launch
Deerock71
Very Poor Hoice of Wor
I've got a package arriving Wednesday. I ordered one of those, so I hope that's what's coming.
MSduderino
Banned
Pro controller comes today yay!
Gambit2483
Member
Nintendo on Switch 2 Launch: No one gets left behind!
Pretty freaking cool of Nintendo
Pretty freaking cool of Nintendo
Gambit2483
Member
The ZenGrip2 is dockable and I'm not partial to grips that have swap in and out parts...but that's just my personal preference. How important to you is it it have the system docked with the grip still attached?
Giallo Corsa
Member
Fuck man, don't say that
Thing is, even those that are SUPPOSED to be dockable aren't - thank God for user reviews 'cause otherwise, these CHY-NA cheap shite would keep selling, now at least they'll try to improve on them ?
AliE and Amazon are full of disgruntled buyers that bought these so called dock-compatible skins/covers, I don't get it though, haven't these companies tested their shit before actually going into full production? It boggles the friggin mind man...
Anyway, this is a real problem for me since I NEED one NOW but apparently, such a product doesn't exist - apparently, only some 1-piece ones manage to fit inside the dock...
In other news, I got reminded that whenever someone buys a portable system/device (phones/tablets even), the €/$ keep adding up - 10$ here for some fookin' tempered glass, 7$ there for some friggin' thumbgrips, 10-20$ for a silicone skin, 15-25 for a carrying case, 30-90$ for an extra koypad and the list goes on...
I'll be looking at PS5 Pro prices after everything's said and done ffs...
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jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
After a few days of "regular use" with mine, gotta agree that the battery life is not good. Very reminiscent of the OG Switch in 2017 (before they launched the units with the better battery). It also seems to take FOREVER to charge, like hours. Compared with something like my phone that can charge in about 45 minutes from fully dead, it's pretty much a "put it on the charger at night and in the morning it'll be charged" thing.
I know it'll deteriorate the battery health over time, but I had to turn off the "charge to around 90%" setting, because the word "around" was doing some heavy lifting there. So far it has actually charged overnight to 72%, then 78%, then 75%, and finally this morning it was 82% - so I think that setting is either broken or not correctly calibrated. With as bad as the battery life on this thing is, sacrificing another 20%-25% charge isn't worth the trade-off to me.
Maybe I'll try that setting again after this gets a few firmware updates.
I know it'll deteriorate the battery health over time, but I had to turn off the "charge to around 90%" setting, because the word "around" was doing some heavy lifting there. So far it has actually charged overnight to 72%, then 78%, then 75%, and finally this morning it was 82% - so I think that setting is either broken or not correctly calibrated. With as bad as the battery life on this thing is, sacrificing another 20%-25% charge isn't worth the trade-off to me.
Maybe I'll try that setting again after this gets a few firmware updates.
tkscz
Member
JohnSpartanLee
Member
Doubt you'll enjoy this using the joycons even with a grip.
When SF6 released 2 years ago I bought the Switch version of two PowerA Fusion Wired Fightpads although I had no Switch.
They work perfectly on PC and of course also with the Switch 2.
Ideal controller for all 2D fighters, GB, GBA, NES and SNES games.
Giallo Corsa
Member
You know what's the worst thing in all of this ? that the charging itself (via the Dock) takes more time than the actual play/screen time.
When you have a portable that lasts 2 hours and somethin' max but the charging takes almost triple than that...yeah, we have a problem.
Mind you, when charging it via the USB port (i.e, not via the Dock ) it takes about 3 hours.
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Jacobson
Member
they are both dockable, i'm just not sure how comfortable the zengrip is, i already have a skull&co neogrip for the switch 1
Kacho
Gold Member
How the hell did Nintendo regress on this after 8 years? Insane.
Jacobson
Member
they can't win, when the original switch was announced people were complaining that we don't need handheld mode. now that the console is more powerful people are starting to complain that it gimps handheld mode
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RoadHazard
Gold Member
Larger and higher res screen with 120hz support, plus more power hungry SOC (?). Meanwhile, battery tech hasn't really improved in those 8 years.
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Zathalus
Member
They didn't increase the battery capacity at all over the Switch 1. A 50% larger battery would be about 30g heavier, so I guess they kept it the same for costs.
Baemono
Member
Ironically, it's too high ended compared to the first one
Interfectum
Member
This new pro controller is so fucking good. It just melts in your hand as you play... feels perfect. Love the d-pad too.
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keefged4
Member
Mario Kart World is good and all, but I spent the entire day yesterday playing BOTW with the same feeling of awe when I first played it all those years ago.
I'll openly shit on Nintendo for thier shitty behaviour, however I have to admit I'm absolutely loving the Switch 2. It's such a joy to play.
I'll openly shit on Nintendo for thier shitty behaviour, however I have to admit I'm absolutely loving the Switch 2. It's such a joy to play.
Gambit2483
Member
If its anything like their ZenGrip for the Switch OLED then it feels great! Unfortunately you can only order from their site and it doesn't have any reviews yet. Also, it's a bit more expensive than Skull & Co.
I'm personally going to get the ZenGrip2 since the first one I got felt great. Maybe wait until customer reviews first if you are unsure.
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Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Good thing this screen is not high nits
. Zelda is helped by raised blacks / bit too bright overall picture but even that one has a mixture of areas where brightness of the highlights is higher than the brightness of the rest of the environment. With HDR and the Switch 2 display to drive 450 nits or more (if the screen even could) the backlight would need to be driven as high as possible JUST for the highlights.IF the screen was mini LED based / had lots of small dimming zones yes it would help a lot, but a single backlight / edge lit screen trying to drive high nits HDR content in a very small spots on the screen (Zelda does not have super bright section constantly taking lots of space on the screen) would use peak brightness for the backlight constantly.
Overall, especially considering this is not a machine designed only for those games, OLED would drive a better bargain battery life wise.You are thinking of a perverse version of mega bright neon Tron here.
Holding the bottom (rounded) corner of each joycon in the palm helps. As does resting the middle finger under the ridge below the triggers. But I was thinking pop sockets on the back might make for an ingenious solution. Although would interfere with the dock perhaps.
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FeastYoEyes
Member
Want a Direct please! 
sloppyjoe_gamer
Member
So since Verizon sucks balls and backordered my order from 6/5 even though they took my money and gave me an order number that first day, how is stock today in local stores? I cancelled my Verizon order and will just try to hopefully get one this week locally.
touchfuzzy
Member
I tried Rune Factory: Piczle Cross and can confirm that it runs a lot better and higher res on Switch 2 than Switch 1. There might be like one other person who has played that game, but the info is now out there.
External battery.
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Cyberpunk Switch 2 supports (~any) mouse and keyboard according to Nintendo Prime.
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Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
The more powerful the portable system becomes shorter battery it will have especially for high demanding games.
People demanding more power on portable systems but that's the price.
For me it doesn't matter because I didn't buy system like Switch 2 for it portability.
Mister Wolf
Member
I'm loving my first playthrough of TOTK using that Zelda Notes app. The GPS comes in handy.
Or try this:
Battery tip from Nintendo Prime: Retrain the battery to improve battery life due to the possibility it has been sitting in a warehouse for ~6 months. Turn off the 90% battery limit setting if you have it on. Play until the S2 completely dies. Charge up to 100%. Do that a few more times. And now you should be getting the rated battery hours of the S2.
Baemono
Member
Haven't done this since 2014
Topher
Identifies as young
I gotta try this in Botw
Kilau
Member
Been playing the hell out of the system and haven't been able to replicate the overheat warning/shutdown. Some people said it happened when they were playing and downloading which I was at the time but I thought the Switch paused downloads when playing online connected games, it was MKW but in free roam.
Anyway, it's something to keep an eye on.
Anyway, it's something to keep an eye on.
Topher
Identifies as young
I've had zero problems
Zathalus
Member
ROG Ally: 1h 15m (75 minutes)
Switch 2: 2h 30m (150 minutes)
Switch 2 battery is a beast.
At 2% it just keeps going for about 15 minutes
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50% screen brightness, which is pretty unrealistic in most scenarios. At 80-100% brightness battery life is around ~2 hours.
Rog Ally was/is pretty terrible, the X basically doubled battery life.
They increased the capacity from 4310 mAh to 5220 mAh.
Kilau
Member
Have your noticed the system gets pretty warm? A friend with one was concerned for his when playing the welcome tour because apparently you take it out of the dock while playing that.
Topher
Identifies as young
No, but I have grips on mine so I'm not touching it directly.