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Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed

Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th For $449.99 / €469.99; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed

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4mo ago

Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed

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No, no price mentioned yet. Before anyone asks.
edit: found some prices on the official stores
$449 (499 w/ MKW)
£395 (430 w/ MKW)
€470 (510 w/ MKW)
- Welp, this prices me out on principle alone. £75 for physical games in absolutely bonkers. Then they want you to pay extra so that BTOW/TOTK can take advantage of the new hardware. Not to mention their tech demo isn't exactly free either.
  Aside from all that, £395 for the console seemed pretty fair to me. I expected it to be a little higher honestly. Just everything else on the side is asking for too much.
- Not sure about elsewhere but there’s a price on the UK official store: £395.99 for the system. £429.99 including digital copy of MKW.
  Preorders open on 8th April.
  Edit: Physical copy of Mario Kart on its own is £74.99. Woof.
  
  I added the prices based on the official stores
- The price floating around seems to be $449 for the system. Not officially announced though.
  
  Yikes. I think I’m going to pass for now at that price. Honestly the only game that interested me in that entire showcase was the Donkey Kong platformer where you go around smashing the fuck out of shit, but I’m not about to drop half a grand to play it.
  I feel even less excited about the idea of buying this system than I did the Wii U. The scalpers can have at this one. I’ll consider it down the line when there’s more software that looks worthwhile.
- Remember when they said it would be out within 12 months back in 2022?
  Only 39 months later we are getting that timeline again.
- 100% real btw, they showed new footage and confirmed 2025
that 4K is gonna rely heavily on upscaling right? Or did nintendo finally make a powerful console?
- Probably. Even Switch 1 uses naive upscaling a lot of the time. I don't think Nvidia makes any chip that don't support DLSS at this point.
  I just hope we get decent frame rates in general. I don't want to deal with 30fps fake-4K.
  
  I’d rather 100FPS+ 720p than 30FPS 4K any day.
  
  Im just hoping the emulator comes out quick and supports 60+ fps in all games haha
So as someone who is basically half blind (so resolution doesn't matter) and knows about the existence of SD cards, there's basically nothing exciting about it. Cool.
- It plays games?
  
  So does my current switch
lol, this won't run 4k. Or it'll just be smeary 4k up-scaling. And I really doubt games will run 1080p 60 fps.
That or this is just using a lot of "AI" bullshit. Render at 720p 30fps and then upscale it and then use frame gen to fill in the gaps.
- I don't think any game runs at 1080 fps 🤔
  
  Dang it. Good catch there.
- I think with Nintendo's art style 4k is possible. It won't have photo realistic 4k
- It’s a nivida chip, so it’s going to be 4k with DLSS. Unsure if it’s the latest transformer model or not, but either way it’ll look better than Nintendos previous upscalers
  
  Previous upscaler was Nvidia as well.
  It's probably an Orin. It matches the die size that kopite7kimi mentioned. It's also ampere based, which makes the most sense as it would either be based on 20 or 30 series. But regardless, it's going to be cut down like they did for the switch, since battery life is the most important thing.
  But no hardware in this planet can make Pokemon environments look good

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