Nintendo Switch 2 specs – Nintendo’s new console is extra highly effective than you suppose

Sep 12, 2023 at 12:34 AM
Nintendo Switch 2 specs – Nintendo’s new console is extra highly effective than you suppose

New particulars have emerged about Nintendo’s subsequent console. With rumours that the Nintendo Switch 2 could have a 2024 launch date, info has began to leak thick and quick. Indeed, after Nintendo showcased the machine throughout a behind-closed-doors occasion at Gamescom, the most recent report sheds some mild on the console’s specs, particularly the way it compares to the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. 

According to the editor of Brazilian web site Universo Nintendo, the brand new console will launch with a formidable 12GB of RAM.

While it is lower than the 16GB of RAM used within the PS5 and Xbox Series X, it is greater than the 10GB of RAM discovered within the Xbox Series S.

In addition to a souped up model of Breath of the Wild, Nintendo allegedly demonstrated the facility of the Nintendo Switch 2 by working the Matrix Awakens on the machine.

The Nintendo Switch 2 model of the Matrix Awakens demo – which initially launched to indicate off Unreal Engine 5 – is claimed to have been working on DLSS 3.1, as an alternative of DLSS 3.5 on the PS5 and Xbox Series X.

It’s additionally believed that the Nintendo Switch 2 will help Ray-tracing know-how for superior lighting and shadows.

According to a earlier report by Chinese web site MoneyDJ, an organization referred to as Hongzhun is manufacturing metallic circumstances for a Nintendo Switch successor.

The console will reportedly price $399 at launch, which is $100 greater than the worth of the unique Switch when it launched in 2017.

The Nintendo Switch 2 may even have an LCD show, as an alternative of a superior OLED display screen. The choice to make use of an LCD display screen is seen as a cost-cutting measure for Nintendo.

Finally, Microsoft courtroom paperwork speculate that the Nintendo Switch 2 could have a 2024 launch date.