• @[email protected]
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    51 month ago

    The history of Nintendo is a good read. They have always chosen technology that has been around for a while, they never tried to take any tech lead. Nintendo takes existing tech (affordable) and use it in a new and exciting ways.

    Sad to see that Nintendo this time around takes old tech, but does not use it in any new way and charges premium. 😢

  • @[email protected]
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    71 month ago

    Finally some specs! This being said I have close to no idea what these mean. How does it compare to, let’s say, a PS4?

      • @[email protected]
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        71 month ago

        I mean it’s a portable device that sips less power. That’s a pretty bad faith comparison.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 month ago

          Dock mode shouldn’t be limited by power though. PS4 portable would be impressive, but docked? nah

          • @[email protected]
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            61 month ago

            That’s not how chips work… It would be a miracle if it even scaled linearly but most of the time it doesn’t. Without going into too much detail, there’s a reason why Intel and AMD make different chips for laptops, desktops and servers.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 month ago

              I think DLSS will save it. It could achieve ps4 portable and PS4 pro docked thanks to DLSS. Raw performance not even close.

    • yeehaw
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      21 month ago

      I’m more curious about the steam deck

    • Tamlyn
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      21 month ago

      I often hear people compary pokemon artstyle with gamecube, i’m sure switch 2 has be compared with gamecube. Gamecube bigger, i’m sure gamecube has more power. I would choose a gamecube over a switch 2. Or maybe switch 2 is the second console of it’s serien. Let’s choose the ps2. Ps2 sold 160 180 200mio units. Probably more than switch 2. Well we see, maybe switch 2 sell more and is more powerful. Oh wait ps2 sold 220mio while i wrote this.

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          21 month ago

          That was a joke, sorry about that. I just think you can’t really compare consoles. You could compare games and their version. So final fantasy vii remake for ps4/ps5 and switch 2. But still does it really matter. If you haven’t played ff7R yet, you wait probably for a handheld version.

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          21 month ago

          I thought I was way too high. Holy shit, thank you.

    • J_on_Lemmy
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      151 month ago

      Yes, They’ve shown videos of how to pair them (Exactly the same as you would on Switch 1) on the App they put out.

      You can still use the Pro1 Controller and “Old” Joycons on the Switch2.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 month ago

      They did note a few small things wouldn’t work, like waking the system remotely using the home button on an old JoyCon, but for actual playing, it should work fine.

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    1 month ago

    Let me guess… no Ethernet port.

    EDIT:

    nvm… “In TV mode, Nintendo Switch 2 can be connected using the wired LAN port on the dock.”

  • @[email protected]
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    31 month ago

    12 gigs of ram with 3 of that reserved for OS (probably because of the game chat stuff) seems like a bad move in 2025. Sure, it’s more ram than ps4 had but it’s probably going to be a bottleneck in 5 years from now.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 month ago

      They might allow the game to use the reserved memory, or a part of it, if it doesn’t have voice chat.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 month ago

        You can seemingly voice chat from any game with anyone else, even in different games, through their little streaming friends app thing.

  • @[email protected]
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    91 month ago

    LOL “custom video processor by NVIDIA”

    Don’t want us benchmarking already eh?

    Too bad that guy who bought a leaked motherboard already did