Nintendo Switch 2 aspires not only to repeat the success of the current model, but also to surpass it. To achieve this, the big N made it clear that they had to solve the most important shortcomings this console and I also knew I couldn’t make the same mistakes again. In this sense, one of the most important was the launch of this console with hardware specifications that were too limited.

The hardware of the Nintendo Switch made it very difficult to develop cross-platform versions of titles for the console. For example, for the DOOM 2016 port, this game had to be completely redesigned and optimized to adapt to the performance and capabilities of this console. Despite all the work that went into creating this version the performance and graphic quality of the game did not reach an acceptable level.

This reality has resulted in a significant lack of triple-A cross-platform games that have arrived on Xbox One and PS4 without issue, but that They were not versioned for the Nintendo Switch due to the significant technical limitations of this console, despite the fact that it sold at an incredible rate.

The Nintendo Switch 2 will be much better configured

And also more balanced if we compare it to the original. This will make current console generation multi-platform games viable on this console, albeit in that sense We have to emphasize the role that the Xbox Series S playsa console that sets the technical bar for these games and which has forced it to be greatly reduced due to lower graphics power and less unified memory.

In other words, without the Xbox Series S, current-gen gaming would be defined by the hardware of the PS5 and Xbox Series X, and in this scenario, the Nintendo Switch 2 I would have a harder time get decent ports of cross-platform games.

However, would still be viable because at the hardware level it will be much better profiled than the original model, since it will have 12 GB of unified memory and will have an NVIDIA Ampere GPU that will be compatible with DLSS Super Resolution, an intelligent rescaling technology that will significantly improve gaming performance.

According to a recent leak, it will be the first major cross-platform triple-A game coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 Elden Ringone of From Software’s best games and one of the developer’s best-known bestsellers. The game could be available for the console’s launch and will arrive in a “definitive edition” that will also include its DLC.

🔥Leak Express: An ELDEN RING port is in development for SWITCH 2, which will receive the game in a “definitive edition”.

It seems that Virtuos could be responsible for the said port and that it will arrive by the end of 2025.#EldenRing #Switch2 pic.twitter.com/JJ3RDsxOrU

— 💎Nash Weedle (@NWeedle) October 27, 2024