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Switch 1 still has more games than I have time to play, plenty of them around to get.
by pjmlp 6mo ago
Switch 1 still has more games than I have time to play, plenty of them around to get.
- kyrra 6mo agoI bought a switch 2 for one main reason: speed. Switch 2 is backwards compatible with switch 1. Switch 2 has better FPS for Switch 1 games. Like BotW stops having terrible FPS drops in certain scenarios. Switch 2 loads games faster. There are test videos out there, but it's up to twice as fast. I like the joycon 2 controllers ergonomics more.
- pjmlp 6mo agoFor some people the speed is worth the money, for others it isn't I started gaming with Nintendo's Game&Watch handhelds, Timex 2068, PC MS-DOS 3.3, Amiga, and so on, so I do understand something about upgrading hardware for speed, or deal with what one has at home.
- kyrra 6mo agoI have been partially wanting one for the new one for a couple of the games, but then all four of my existing joy-cons on my Switch 1 started to have drift or other issues. So that sort of halfway saved me some money towards something I already wanted. Though I sadly learned afterwards that you could send in controllers with drift and Nintendo would fix it for free.
- someguyiguess 6mo agoYep. They'll do anything but build their controllers with hall effect joysticks.
- bzzzt 6mo agoI've played BotW on Switch 1 and the Switch 2 upgraded edition. While some scenes are a bit choppy on Switch 1 it's never in the way of gameplay and even on Switch 1 one of the best video games of the last decade. Of course Switch 2 is faster and the better console (it should be), but if you're focussing on raw performance you're in the wrong crowd. Even on PS5 you have load times and performance tradeoffs. There will be a time when we're wondering how we put up with the 'impossibly slow' current generation of consoles like we're doing with the 8-bits machines now.
- bschwindHN 6mo ago> but if you're focussing on raw performance you're in the wrong crowd. I read it as "I enjoy the Switch 1 games, but I want to enjoy them even more with faster load times and better frame rates"
- maccard 6mo ago> While some scenes are a bit choppy on Switch 1 it's never in the way of gameplay BOTW had issues with framerate (30fps was the baseline which isn't good to start with), and often dropped to below that in open world scenarios. TOTK has major performance issues on the Switch 1 though IME.
- bzzzt 6mo agoYeah, and still it's quite an enjoyable experience. I didn't lose a single fight because the rendering couldn't keep up. I don't subscribe to the opinion games have to run a stable 60fps to be enjoyable.
- Rob_Polding 6mo agoif you mainly play Switch 1 games, it's not worth the upgrade. I've got both and Switch 1 games are not dramatically better. The screen is certainly not as good as the Switch OLED, so if you have that and aren't interested in Switch 2 games you've made a good choice!
- harimau777 6mo agoFWIW, a significant part of the enjoyment in gaming for me is the community aspects of talking about the latest popular game. Unfortunately, that means that while games on the previous cycle's console are often still good, they innately lack one of the biggest parts of gaming as a hobby for me.
- Fricken 6mo agoI'm with you, but The Switch2 has so far mostly been dropping remakes of classic games, and games already released years ago on other platforms.
- deckerswitch 6mo agoDK Bananza, Mario Kart World, Pokopia have all been big hits here. And the DLC for various other first party games (Kirby, etc) is quite popular with the kiddo.
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- Fricken 6mo agoYour reply is completely ancillary to the point of my comment and the one above it.
- pjmlp 6mo agoI grew up in a time when we got one or two games a year, if we wanted more games, piracy with double deck tapes, or programming our own games, were the only options available. Thus it is hard to feel the need to be talking about the latest popular game.
- Larrikin 6mo agoDid you also walk fifteen miles up hill both ways to school? Times change, but even back in the Nintendo Power days people would definitely flock to the home of whoever got Super Mario World 2 or Super Smash Bros first because there was no way to play those online and everyone would then talk about the games.
- SwtCyber 6mo agoThat's probably the strongest argument against rushing into Switch 2
- nothercastle 6mo agoAt some point they will upgrade hardware and improve battery life. That’s the biggest argument for waiting. All first Gen Nintendo handhelds had terrible battery life
- pjmlp 6mo agoIf you want terrible battery life, try out Game Gear.
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- musicale 6mo ago> All first Gen Nintendo handhelds had terrible battery life An exception being the original Game Boy (almost 50 hours on alkaline batteries.) https://jonthysell.com/2023/06/09/nintendo-game-boy-battery-tests/ https://jonthysell.com/2023/06/09/nintendo-game-boy-battery-...
- archargelod 6mo ago90% of my playtime on Switch 1 is roguelites and deck-building games. And even many of the Nintendo games I play are highly replayable or almost endless (both Zeldas). I’ve "finished" maybe 3–4 games in the last few years.