Digital Foundry Direct Weekly

Switch 2 Unveiled - Games, Hardware, Specs + More - A DF Direct Special


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After an interesting but games-lite reveal, we wanted to see much more from Switch 2 - and Nintendo has delivered, with an hour-long Direct that goes into depth on first and third-party games, hardware, new system level features and much more. Rich, Oliver and John share their notes on the show, the games and the console. And of course, there's a range of pixel counts and performance tests on some of the games we saw. Just don't go looking for any ray tracing...


0:00:00 Introduction

0:01:22 Displays: 120Hz VRR HDR 1080p internal display, 4K60/1440p120 docked display output

0:10:09 Battery and battery life

0:11:55 Controller changes: GameChat, magnetic attachment, mouse control, Pro controller upgrades

0:18:14 Storage: 256 GB internal, MicroSD Express support, Game Cards and Game-Key Cards

0:26:27 Game compatibility: games with support issues, Switch 2 upgrades and Switch 2 Editions, GameCube backwards compatibility

0:38:15 Pricing: Console prices, game prices, and value

0:46:45 First party games: Mario Kart World

0:52:31 Kirby Air Riders

0:53:57 Donkey Kong Bananza

0:57:02 Third party games: The Duskbloods

1:00:39 Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, FF7 Remake, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4

1:08:56 Closing thoughts on the presentation and system

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