I was just wondering..
Since Switch 1 game carts do not have the faster transfer speed of Switch 2 carts, if we are playing the upgrade off the SW1 cartridge on SW2.. how do you get the benefit of the much faster loading times?
@Quantumz00 Presumably, there will be no noticeably benefit from higher data transfers. On steam deck, when Witcher 3 runs from microSD card (90MB/s) it loads in about the same time as from m.2 ssd. it is acces time which really makes difference. On Switch 2, the main benefit will be greater computation power which will shorten "loading" (aka processing) times...
I wonder how fast these new cartridges will really be...
Depends on where the bottleneck is. If you have compressed assets and a slow CPU the limitation will be on the CPU. Which is where most Switch games seem to hit a wall. But if you have uncompressed assets or a fast CPU or hardware acceleration for file decode then the storage speed becomes the limit. Which is where the improved performance of Switch 2's storage subsystem will come into play
With the BotW/TotK Switch 2 editions? I would assume it's a bit of both. The game just by itself should load faster because of the better processing power. Which might mean the slower Switch card might now be the bottleneck.... but maybe not, the game has new assets for the Switch 2 edition. These won't be on the original Switch card, the performance of the original Switch card might not even come into play
@VoidofLight I mean in the sense that if he connects it to the internet and tries updating days before release, Nintendo could track its serial number down…
@MrCarlos46 Ehh, I doubt they'll go after him. The other switch 2 cases were people who either stole a console, or who bought from a vendor who stole/got from a friend who sold them stock illegally days earlier than the console was meant to come out.
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I just read that the Switch 2 does NOT need the day one patch to play Switch 2 exclusive games which is awesome. Apparently, the day 1 patch is for Switch 1 backwards compatibility and additional features.
And day 1 patch will be needed to access eShop as well, because any version below 20.0.0 version would ask update console to latest version aka to at least 20.0.0 version when you will try use eShop cause it's now minimal required version for it, at least that how it works on NS1 now. And Pre-Order and first days/weeks NS2 will come out with 19.0.0 version, so!
Just 3 days left, if non of things in my Pre-Order gets delayed aka delays send out to me from the shop I Pre-Ordered, till I upgrade from Mew to Mega Mewtwo Y! xD
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The Nintendo Today app this morning outlining backwards compatibility and specifically calling out improved performance and load times. Not just of games with updates but more broadly as part of backwards compatibility
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I loaded up every game I own to record the playtime in case it gets lost and wow, I forgot how bad the loading time is for some of them. I look forward to comparing with Switch 2.
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Amusingly I've also gone slightly more "keep the Switch OLED going" in the last few days. I had planned to unplug my Switch dock entirely and just keep it on-hand if I happened to want to use it. Maybe put the dock in the other room or something or just having it sit in its case on the shelf
But I did a bit of furniture moving which turned into network gear restructure. And after moving my wireless access point I found myself with a spare ethernet socket behind the TV. Made me pause for a second, seems like a waste to not use that now spare socket doesn't it? So I ran a ethernet and HDMI cables to a space I cleared in my cabinet next to my Switch OLED dock..... which will stay.... with the Switch 2 living beside it.....
So close now! Tom pettys the waiting is playing in my head right now! Can't wait to get that first wiff of new game system smell! Might just pull an all nighter on launch night. 😊
I don't think GAME customer service knows what's happening with Switch 2's. They said I'd receive an email once it's dispatched and I'll get it on launch day, but I'm not so sure. Since I pre-ordered it in April its status has been "ready to ship". Surely they would of started sending Switch 2's out by now. I just have a bad feeling I'm not going to get it on Thursday and I'm going to have issues.
Push Square reported that there’s a State of Play happening tomorrow (2pm pacific, 5pm eastern, 10pm UK). As the Switch 2 would be out in some territories already (e.g. Japan, Australia, some of Europe), we may see some 3rd party Switch 2 announcements.
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