When will the Switch 2 be unveiled?

[Cranesbill]

I care far more about if it will play all Switch games at 60fps than it's release date.

It will, it's confirmed

 

[ciro64]

It will, it's confirmed

I know about the backwards compatibility, but will it take advantage of Switch's 2 processing power?

 

[Cranesbill]

I know about the backwards compatibility, but will it take advantage of Switch's 2 processing power?

Yeah!

 

[urherenow]

, and no Zelda (because it's way too soon)

You mean no *NEW* Zelda. INB4 Tears of the Kingdom HD is announced...

Although, if their DLSS-Like AI is to be believed, an upgraded release shouldn't be necessary. Play as is @ 4k, right? Lol...

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

I mean reveals they tend to do towards the start or middle of the week. Realistically if they had a notice of an upcoming announcement they'd post it on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday at the latest. Though I don't expect it this week. I'm thinking we are more likely to get news on Xenoblade X DE

 

[The Real Jdbye]

You mean no *NEW* Zelda. INB4 Tears of the Kingdom HD is announced...

Although, if their DLSS-Like AI is to be believed, an upgraded release shouldn't be necessary. Play as is @ 4k, right? Lol...

I don't think they're going to announce a remaster first thing. It would be a bad look for the new console. Start with some new stuff and wait at least a year before mentioning remasters.
But my hope is the backwards compatibility will be actually good and Switch games will be able to take advantage of the improved specs to run at increased framerate and resolution so there will be no need for remasters. Games are fully capable of at least running at increased resolution without any changes to the games, thanks to dynamic resolution scaling, and a small update to increase the FPS target is all it takes to take full advantage of the improved specs.

 

[ciro64]

If this is true I will do unspeakable things

Phew

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

I know about the backwards compatibility, but will it take advantage of Switch's 2 processing power?

Well chances are legacy applications will be limited to the power of the original switch for the most part by default. But they will be patchable to take advantage of the improved hardware.

 

[anon730]

Nintendo's really the only one of the three that still has room to make a noticeable generational leap, because Switch's hardware is 12+ years old at this point. Certain first-party games play at 540p and 15 FPS in spots, and it can't play third-party AAA games newer than 2020 at all. DLSS on a portable system could be huge, since all others use AMD's FSR.

They no longer need gimmicks to compete because Sony and Microsoft have let them have this space all to themselves, but magnetic joy-cons would admittedly be a cool improvement. Lastly, they need an OS with actual functionality and customizable elements this time around, Switch's interface is the absolute worst.

Yeah,I think Nintendo limited the horizon OS on the switch on purpose. Likely to close off that avenue for hacks. There has been tons of hacks over the years and it's been the web browser or whatever that was the weak link.

 

[impeeza]

I hope this will not be considerate Hate Speech but Who will need a Switch 2 When you will have this:

New Acer Gamming PC 11"

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

I hope this will not be considerate Hate Speech but Who will need a Switch 2 When you will have this:

New Acer Gamming PC 11"
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I heard these blow up

 

[SylverReZ]

I hope this will not be considerate Hate Speech but Who will need a Switch 2 When you will have this:

New Acer Gamming PC 11"
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I would want that over a Switch 2 100%.

 

[perspex]

It'll be released next tuesday at three-fiddy pm

 

[hippy dave]

It'll be released next tuesday at three-fiddy pm

WHICH TIME ZONE?!

 

[CaliousKai]

Im personally not getting the "swiitch" im happy with my current one and my wii u wii gba and 8 3ds systems

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

Yeah,I think Nintendo limited the horizon OS on the switch on purpose. Likely to close off that avenue for hacks. There has been tons of hacks over the years and it's been the web browser or whatever that was the weak link.

I mean a solid 80% of exploits on modern platforms are due to web vulnerabilities.

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Yeah!

This was never once confirmed by Nintendo. However due to the systems using 2 different series of chips backwards compatibility is likely going to rely on legacy software running on a dedicated Tegra X1 chip. Meaning by default everything will basically run identically to the original Switch. However software can very much be patched to take advantage of the new hardware.

 

[BlusterBong]

This was never once confirmed by Nintendo. However due to the systems using 2 different series of chips backwards compatibility is likely going to rely on legacy software running on a dedicated Tegra X1 chip. Meaning by default everything will basically run identically to the original Switch. However software can very much be patched to take advantage of the new hardware.

So you're saying the most likely way would be by directly including a daughterboard that has the Tegra X1 (there certainly would be enough room given the increased size) and not much else not unlike how the original PS3 models had the Emotion Engine alongside the Cell processor?

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

So you're saying the most likely way would be by directly including a daughterboard that has the Tegra X1 (there certainly would be enough room given the increased size) and not much else not unlike how the original PS3 models had the Emotion Engine alongside the Cell processor?

This is by far the most likely method yet. The Ampere series of chip cannot run applications designed for the Tegra X1 without some form of patch or compatibility layer.

 

[Cranesbill]

Tomorrow

 

[Hanafuda]

Everybody go home. It finally happened.
Somebody leaked it.

I was like, "This looks well done. Very professional. It's probably real." Then Peach pushed her stinky pits to the camera. I don't think so lol. That would make Peach a porn ho in Japan.