this Switch 2 Bigger, stronger, More expensive than the original switch, but Technical Specifications For the new console, at least something worse can be revealed: The Switch 2 has a shorter battery life.
Nintendo says the battery life on the switch 2 depends on the game you play, but the console should be estimated to last about “2 – 6.5 hours”. This is shorter battery life than you get from the current switch or switch OLED, According to the company’s support page. Nintendo estimates that switches starting with the “serial number” that all start with the “XT” should last about 4.5 to 9 hours.” The non-fiber switch console “serial number starting with the “xk”” is expected to last the same time. Even the original switch, whose “serial number starting with the “xa”,” has at least 2.5 hours of battery life. Apparently, the extra features of the Switch 2 come with the price.
Nintendo’s technical specifications confirm some other notable details. Switch 2 supports Wi-Fi 6, which should mean you get faster Internet speeds when the console is not docked and connected over Ethernet. Based on Nintendo guarantees, “supports 120 fps” when the resolution of 1920×1080/2560×1440 is selected, and it seems that the Switch 2 does not support HDMI 2.1.
As far as the controller is concerned, Amiibo’s support is still there, but if you have a special place inside that you can use the Wii-Strice’s motion controls on the original switch, you seem to have bad luck on Switch 2. Neither the left or right Joy-Con 2 controllers have an IR sensor, which is one of the things Nintendo does on WII and Switch and Switch and Switch and Switch and Switch and Switch. This doesn’t mean you can’t use motion controls on Switch 2, it’s just that Nintendo isn’t using IR to get it to work. (at least in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond,,,,, It seems that “mouse control” fills the characters that motion controls in the old game. )
Any of these changes dramatically changed the calculation of whether Play 2 is worth buying? Maybe not, but interestingly, some of the compromises and decisions Nintendo made are offering something that works “switches, but better”.
