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I wonder if part of this is that the Switch 1 was hurt by Unity/etc slop and lazy AAA ports, so Nintendo wants to manage that better for the Switch 2. The Switc

I wonder if part of this is that the Switch 1 was hurt by Unity/etc slop and lazy AAA ports, so Nintendo wants to manage that better for the Switch 2. The Switch 2 doesn't have many games but it is also refreshingly free of hentai match-three games. Likewise Cyberpunk on the Switch 2 is dazzling, but even the trailer for Star Wars Outlaws seems to have performance issues. It would make sense that Nintendo wants to limit the number of unflattering comparisons between AAA games on the Switch 2 vs the Steam Deck. I don't think Nintendo is going to go "Seal of Quality" but it would be nice if the Switch 2-filtered eShop was not full of cynical trash. The ease of publishing for the Switch 1 was new for Nintendo, and it was welcomed at the time, but in retrospect they went too far.

kjkjadksj 1y ago
From what I gather switch 2 is already subject to lazy unperformant AAA ports.
- cdmckay 1y ago
  Really? Which titles?
  - kjkjadksj 1y ago
    Elden Ring from what I see on reddit.
- AIPedant 1y ago
  Is there something specific you are referring to? I haven't played any of the non-Nintendo Switch 2 ports, but the reviews haven't suggested widespread performance problems. What is true is that (for example) Split Fiction and Tony Hawk 3/4 are quite a bit less fancy than the PS5 or XBox versions, which is unflattering.
  - kjkjadksj 1y ago
    People have been saying the Elden Ring port is looking to be a dog.
    - AIPedant 1y ago
      I have read that too (particularly in handheld mode) but Elden Ring is a bit of a dog on PC and PS5, this might not be the best example. The engine has way too much cruft to ever run smoothly.