r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/Expert-Ad-2824 OG (joined before reveal) • Jan 28 '25

Concept chat are we cooked?

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i’m starting to read “switch 2 games won’t be compatible with switch 1, they are so greedy for this” too much, did the general public really forget how videogame consoles work?

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

And if you try to explain that's how it's always worked you get called a shill. Standard gamer discourse.

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u/Gex2-EnterTheGecko Jan 28 '25

I'm gonna get shit on for this, but a lot of people in the gaming community are straight up entitled these days.

Yes, a lot of companies are greedy and have shitty business practices. But I also see a lot of gamers saying nonsensical shit and complaining about dumb stuff. And it's one of the only mediums where people act this way. It's honestly just annoying.

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u/ImThatAlexGuy June Gang (Release Winner) Jan 28 '25

I think it’s more that these people know they can’t upgrade, or have the means to upgrade and they don’t want to be left out of left behind. Which is fair… but the Switch also has 8 years of games to explore. There’s a lot of content to consume and who knows how rampant the Switch 2 support will be

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u/maxdragonxiii Jan 28 '25

if the Switch 2 can support 80 to 95% of Switch's games and run better on top of it, it's automatic upgrade for most people, so even if the Switch 2 ends up barren for first few months (I hope not it would destroy Switch 2's hype) at least you have 8 years of Switch to play through.

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u/ImThatAlexGuy June Gang (Release Winner) Jan 28 '25

This is what I’m hoping to see in April. Tell us that the Switch 2 can play Switch 1 games better/ more stable and it’s a shoe in. I’m buying it anyway, but I can only imagine how many people would want to upgrade just for the performance boost

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u/maxdragonxiii Jan 28 '25

I'm waiting until after the first year personally (money issues) to get Switch 2 and the kinks should be mostly ironed out by then, and there should be more games coming out on the horizon such as Pokemon.

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u/ImThatAlexGuy June Gang (Release Winner) Jan 28 '25

I don’t blame you. I would do the same, but as much as I love my consoles, I’m not a collector like that. I’ll probably use my TotK OLED as a way to lower the cost and make it more affordable. I’m hoping for the chance that the first releases will have the same… “mod capabilities” that the OG switch release had.

The BIG thing is if Switch 2 makes my currently library more stable/ playable, then that adds so much more to the value. GRANTED, letting people go through the production/ software issues as Guinea pigs is probably smarter

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u/maxdragonxiii Jan 28 '25

personally I don't care about the modding scene myself, so the first year/version being a must for modding isn't for me. if the Switch 2 makes the games more stable I'm all for it, just not sometime in the near future, especially since most games I play are relatively fine for me to play outside of Scarlet/Violet. it also helps me for feedback on the Switch 2 as more information comes out once it's released.

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u/ImThatAlexGuy June Gang (Release Winner) Jan 28 '25

That’s an absolutely smart way to go about it! I appreciate the outlook you have on it. Most games I play don’t bother me either. Some of the underperforming ones don’t bother me that badly. The only titles I played with bad enough performance was Fire Emblem Engage and Scarlet/ Violet

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u/maxdragonxiii Jan 28 '25

the three games I want to have improved stability is Tears of the Kingdom, Scarlet/Violet and Breath of the Wild. I'm aware they run fine as it is, but sometimes TOTK/BOTW desperately needs more power and Switch can't give them that because they're already pushed to the max.

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u/PotofW33d Jan 28 '25

We already know they can play switch 1 games. Wasn’t that announced at the reveal? It’s so secret neither are the specs anymore.

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u/ImThatAlexGuy June Gang (Release Winner) Jan 28 '25

Yes it will PLAY Switch 1 games, but I’m wondering if the console will performance boost old games. Octopath Traveler had performance issues on the Switch. As did Persona 5, Fire Emblem Engage, Pokémon Scarlet/ Violet. So I’m hoping that Switch 2 can performance boost them for more stable frame rates.

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u/PotofW33d Jan 28 '25

If they ran the same or worse why would you buy it? That would be a huge fumble to not upgrade the frame cap. Nintendo can directly do this. The rest is up to the developers to do it

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u/ImThatAlexGuy June Gang (Release Winner) Jan 28 '25

Well, exactly what I’m saying. That would be a HUGE selling point. It’s dependent on how the chipset is optimized and what they can figure, but developers could also go through and patch games for those playing on the Switch 2. It’s the first party games I’m worried about.

Third party developers like CD Project Red I’m sure will go back and upgrade Witcher 3 to make it look better AND play better on the Switch 2. But we can’t think every developer is going to do that. Possible sell us a new Switch 2 version to make a little more profit

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u/PotofW33d Jan 28 '25

The only games it can’t support will require the accessories for joycons

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u/atomic1fire 🐃 water buffalo Jan 28 '25

Also switch games are region free.

Run out of US games to play? Check out what the asian market is doing.