Nintendo Switch, the only console today making games which are games

[Drakortha]

How much does the battery last on a used Switch? I'm thinking about getting one to play some jRPG crap that's not on PC and I'm too lazy to emulate or my 10 years old laptop simply can't run. Does the screen feel big enough to be comfortable? I won't be using a TV screen because I don't have one. Also, can you pirate games on this thing? I'm not used to paying for games.

I got a used 2017 model and playing 2d games I'm easily getting 4+ hours on a single charge. I'm yet to actually run out of battery during a play session. But if you're planning to play unoptimized 3d slop your mileage will vary.

I think leaving airplane mode on extends battery further as well.

 

[Tehdagah]

 

[sser]

Pretty sure the hardware is years old by this point, procured probably before Covid kicked off. I think it'll be PS4ish with a lot of advancements made in software to make up ground between. Nintendo values battery life a lot (as they should), so I doubt they'll give it the kind of juice that would only give a few hours playtime. When I look at how the extremely underpowered Switch handles games like Alien Isolation or Luigi's Mansion 3, I don't see much need for some mega-powerful system maxed out on specs; you just need enough gas to fuel it into the next gen and then have competent game devs do the rest.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Pretty sure the hardware is years old by this point, procured probably before Covid kicked off. I think it'll be PS4ish with a lot of advancements made in software to make up ground between. Nintendo values battery life a lot (as they should), so I doubt they'll give it the kind of juice that would only give a few hours playtime. When I look at how the extremely underpowered Switch handles games like Alien Isolation or Luigi's Mansion 3, I don't see much need for some mega-powerful system maxed out on specs; you just need enough gas to fuel it into the next gen and then have competent game devs do the rest.

That and cutting edge graphics chasing has long since reached diminishing returns. Even if it hadn't, good luck telling much difference on a portable screen.

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

We are four years into the PS5 and Xbox Series X at the moment. Those systems are on the back end of their lifecycle now, and the Switch 2 will spend the majority of its lifecycle competing with whatever Sony and Microsoft have next... probably a VR focused system from Sony and some Surface like system to more directly challenge The Switch from Microsoft.


The same graphics as the PS5 and Xbox Series X wouldn’t be crazy for a new system at this point. The Switch is an early 9th Gen system, the Switch 2 is the first of the 10th generation.

 

[Ryzer]

Pretty sure the hardware is years old by this point,

*decade old like every Nintendo hardware since Gamecube.

 

[VonMiskov]

Best hardware on AMD architecure that most handhelds are based right now is still limited by physics, size and thermals. Switch 2 probably will be something on par of the Windows based handhelds a Z1/Z1 Extreme so a 2023, early 2024 tech. While mid 2025 will see a lot of new Steam OS based AMD handhelds.

Still Nintendo will probably sell like fresh cookies, while Steam OS will breath on its neck.