Show restraint when it comes to the Switch 2, Nintendo. Please.
Video Gamer is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Prices subject to change.The Nintendo Switch is a brilliant bit of kit. It’s small, can be made even more compact, and feels ergonomic in your hands. I love the Steam Deck too, but for different reasons. Where Nintendo’s handheld struggles for power and fidelity, it pulls the wool over Valve’s eyes in terms of simplicity and charm.
There are no handhelds sporting DLSS or native FSR at the moment. You can hack open-source FSR 3 onto your ASUS ROG Ally; a device already beyond the constraints of reasonable performance in relation to the battery-life, comfort, and the ergonomic experience it can provide, but there’s a reason it’s not natively offered. For one, the chips needed to run FSR and DLSS are expensive, even the mobile versions of them.
Forgive me if I disappear on a tangent here. I see Nintendo as a very similar entity to LEGO. Simplicity and a focus on a streamlined experience are sentiments echoed across both brands. In fact LEGO’s inventor, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, developed a set of rules called, essentially a doctrine enforcing that the fundamental design of the building brick toy can never change. It’s partly why it is the only profit-turning toy brand in the world now.
I am well aware of the – sometimes stupid – gimmicks that make Nintendo’s consoles a bit nutty: dual screens, nunchucks, 3D, dual screens again, and removable controllers. However, the Switch and Switch Lite suggest that Nintendo has realised that subtle gimmicks are the way forward, and I anticipate that the Switch successor will actually be as gimmick-free as possible.
Nintendo’s games are going to sell the Switch 2. It has what the Steam Deck and ASUS ROG Ally could never offer – a curated ecosystem. 2017’s Nintendo might not be able to keep up in terms of frames and resolution, but the next Zelda game is probably going to wedge itself among the best games of this year, and it’s going to do it on an seven year old hunk of mediocre hardware.
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