Bethesda Releases Skyrim Switch 2 Patch Addressing Input Latency Issues

Aparently there was latency on the PS5 version too. So I think I know where I'll be pointing my finger profusely! Hehe.

I have a N$2 and 1Tb ex card in it.

I don't have room for a 53Gb update!

We NEED a Home/Heavy version of the N$2 that supports an internal or external high speed hard drive!

Im still waiting on the Anniversary update to go on sale, lol.

Oh wow I can finally play Skyrim on Switch 2 almost as well as I did on Switch 1!

Nah but seriously, this shouldn't have been a thing. At least it looks better so that's a good thing. Hopefully more games get Switch 2 upgrades.

Is 60fps really that hard to ask for from a game that was released a gazillion years ago?

CONGRATS ON DOING THE BARE MINIMUM, BETHESDA!

@Spider-Kev at this point I’d take an affordable 2-3tb micro sd express.

@Spider-Kev bro you aren't playing all those games. Delete a few.

Cool. Now make the language packs optional and up it to 60fps.

@arekdougy
I go back and forth between like 10-15 games
Some long sessions, sometimes just a quick pick up and play.

I also don't have Internet, so they need to stay on the system.

@Spider-Kev since the T239 for the Switch 2 is made exclusively for Nintendo, that could be a possibility. Nvidia has ceased updating their Shield TV boxes too. I think when the Lite gets released, we’d hopefully get a TV box with slightly more RAM as a “Switch TV.”

If this device happens to exist, my hope would be the ability to plug in an external hard drive and you’d be able to drop and add games from local storage. Multiple cartridge slots would be a bonus too.

This is all hypothetical, but Nintendo could nudge their way into the Android TV, Apple TV, Roku and Fire Stick area with streaming apps and games. If Apple and Google decide to leverage their boxes in the future, it would be extremely harmful to Nintendo to fight any of those tech ecosystems.

@N8tiveT3ch
60fps is sometimes too much to ask, yes. Because some of these older games have archaic engines that simply can't support it.

The PS4 and X1 versions also had to cap at 30fps. And Switch 2 is closest in capability to those platforms. Expecting PS5 performance from a PS4 powered handheld is a recipe for disappointment.

Idealists speculate about how the world should be. Realists live in it.

@JaxonH It's 60fps on Steam Deck. Sometimes does dip into the 50's but still, it targets 60 and there's no issues, and that's even with mods from Nexus — not performance or input mods, but mods that add effects and visual details on top. There's also none of the input lag you find on Switch 1 and 2, instead it plays like on PC.

That said the Steam Deck has a significantly stronger CPU than Switch 2 so that might be the reason.

@JaxonH It should've/could've been 60fps on PS4 too.

Is there anything we can do to stop this mentality of release broken, fix later?

@N8tiveT3ch The last time I played Skyrim at 60 FPS it completely broke the physics. Objects would fly everywhere.

@HernandeZzz Hasn't been the case since they ported it to the newer 64 bit engine back with the Special Edition in 2016. It's run perfect at 60 ever since. Also supports more RAM than 2gb which is very useful for modding, again due to the 64 bit engine. The Anniversary Edition uses this engine and is further improved over the years.

Does anyone know if the Switch 2 Anniversary Edition is still free, if you have Switch (1) version? (the Anniversary upgrade from OG Switch (1) version is right now 10 €, so it would the cheapest way to upgrade to the Switch 2 version - if it's still free).

@OmnitronVariant If it's no longer an engine limitation I have no clue why it's capped at 30 then. I assumed that was it.

@HernandeZzz Bugs as a feature but at 60 frames. Sounds like a good time.

@HernandeZzz Potentially due to CPU limits. The engine does a lot of things that strain the CPU more the higher the frame-rate. I would've preferred an option to target 60 and let VRR deal with the dips, but Nintendo's VRR setup seems to be weird in that it requires the game to enable it in its rendering calls, and that might be a lot of work to make work with the engine. But even without VRR I'd take that option; it's great on Steam Deck.

@JaxonH

There's always someone in the comments defending the corporation's cheap/greedy decisions. Without fail.

This one ends w/two sentences that could win awards for condescension, so that's a new one.

@deezcronuts Yeah, the notion that in order to be a "realist" you have to accept a lazy port of an old game that's been re-released several times is hilarious.

@Divide_and_Wander it's on sale on Europe so most likely that sale will be on this side the next week

@Divide_and_Wander It's gone on sale in the Uk and Europe a few days ago so hopefully you won't be waiting too long!

Would be great if the free upgrade showed for me. I have the original switch 1 anniversary upgrade.

At least Assassin's Creed Shadows finally patched to be playable without constant crashes

@shgamer it is still free and I don't think that will change, it's not a limited time offer. If you have the physical card and buy the expansion, not only do you get the switch 2 version for free but you all get a 100% discount on the switch 1 base game, so essentially you are getting the entire game and DLC download for both consoles for the price of the DLC upgrade, no need for the physical card. Not a bad little trick if you can borrow the physical edition from a friend or a library.

@Chrayfish I think you have to access it through the game's main menu by pressing Y. Have a search on reddit, it's a little buggy for some reason but people have explained a workaround.

Lmao no excuse for no 60 FPS on a S2 for an ancient game like this.

@Spider-Kev A lot of that 53 GB isn't them adding to the game's size, it's just rewritten code. I agree it's a huge update and game sizes have gotten pretty nuts, but it's definitely nowhere near an additional 53 GB, it's just 53 GB total including both added and rewritten code

@OmnitronVariant That makes perfect sense. 30 to 60 is very noticeable (to me), but I can deal with it. I just can't deal with input lag.

@N8tiveT3ch I guess it just works... faster.

@Spider-Kev When I had a 1TB card in mine, I probably had like, 100 games. Pretty sure you can knock a few off there if you want Skyrim on there.

@mackers84 Ok, thanks, maybe I'll buy it that way, although I'm more or less done with the game. Are the graphics that much better though, now that it's not 60 fps?

And to think that during the Switch 1 years, people complaining about frame rate were ostracized as nerds and not “real gamers”

@Spider-Kev wow doesn't even support an external drive sad... I think most people would have preferred a home console over a handheld.

@Lucami @Chrayfish - Thats what im hoping! 30 or 60 fps, I love a big open world to explore and get lost in, even though ive played it countless times.

@NolandC And then most people would have chosen a PS5 or an Xbox over a Switch 2 because if you remove the handheld aspect there's no point in buying a less powerful system. Nintendo exclusives are not enough to warrant as many sells.

@JGC1200
Oh, okay, thanks. I'll still hold off on updating though.

@arekdougy
I have Skyrim just not the new update

@Athropos that's the only reason to buy Nintendo is the exclusives... The entire reason its handheld, is for the Asian culture that spends most of their time on transportation, to and from work.

@shgamer I've not tried it yet, somehow it is a game that I have never once played in my life! People are saying that it almost looks as good as the PS5 version if that is anything to go by.

Generally speaking, I am very much content with 30fps but I imagine playing a game at 60fps makes it very hard to go back.

@mackers84 I just bought the upgrade and it works! Now downloading the Switch 2 version for free.