Overwatch Is Out Now For Switch 2, But It's Got Some Performance Issues

Blizzard is already working on a patch

by Liam Doolan 3 hours ago

Blizzard today launched Overwatch (formerly known as Overwatch 2) for the Switch 2 and it's got off to a bit of a rough start.

Players of the free-to-play title have reported frame rate issues, limiting the game's performance. Blizzard has shared a notice, confirming it's aware of these issues and is already working on a patch to resolve the problem. So, if you have encountered this issue, don't worry!

Blizzard: "We are aware of an issue with the FPS limit on the Nintendo Switch 2 being lower than intended. We are working on a patch to resolve this issue."

As mentioned in the announcement post, the free Switch 2 upgrade is meant to include "improved visuals" and "up to 60fps" in both "handheld and docked modes", which is a huge step up on the Switch version of the title.

This update also rolls out alongside the new season and hero, Sierra, who you can see in action in the trailer above.

When a fix is released, we'll provide an update. Have you tried out the Switch 2 version of Overwatch yet? How are you finding it so far? Tell us in the comments.

[source us.forums.blizzard.com, via gonintendo.com]

Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.

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UpsideDownRowlet
2 hours ago

It's OVER! (watch)

I'll see myself out.

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JR150
2 hours ago

I'm glad they mentioned they're aware of the problems but I'm really confused as to how this even happened. They announced the Switch 2 version back in January 2026 and have likely been working on it for a while so when it finally releases and doesn't offer performance enhancements like they promised, it's confusing.

This console is able to run much larger games like Fortnite and Apex Legends at 60fps with no problem so this is entirely on Blizzard for messing it up. Hope it gets fixed ASAP.

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OrtadragoonX
2 hours ago

Didn't this game kind of die? At least in a mindshare sense.

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BLD
2 hours ago

@OrtadragoonX

Nah, game's larger than it's possibly ever been now.

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OrtadragoonX
2 hours ago

@BLD

Really? I remember everyone throwing fits about it more than anything else.

I never played it. I don't like hero shooters.

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iLikeUrAttitude
2 hours ago

@OrtadragoonX

At launch that was most likely true but thanks to the release of Marvel Rivals, Overwatch made a bunch of major changes that players have been asking for.
It's ironically more balanced than Rivals is currently....

Weird timeline right?

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BLD
1 hour ago

@iLikeUrAttitude

Rivals was never more balanced than Overwatch, I don't even think most fans of Rivals would argue that.

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The-Chosen-one
1 hour ago

Serious.. this is the worst marketing strategy ever. Where are the testers? Release a finished product.

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Max_the_German
1 hour ago

@The-Chosen-one

The developers knew about the problems and mentioned it to the product owner „Overwatch Switch“ over the course of several weeks. But this person has a strict timeline from the product owner „Overwatch“ and said „Our PR team will release a short message, I‘ve spoken to them, they already framed the text“.

That’s at least what it’s be like in the company I work.

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iLikeUrAttitude
1 hour ago

@BLD

Definitely could've made the argument in the first month or so of game's launch.
But the dev team for some reason kept overbuffing the healings and DPS while making the tanks boderline unplayable/miserable for the average player.

People just drifted back to overwatch because healers didn't make you immortal.

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ozwally
28 mins ago

To me it feels like the controls are way off, like some sort of input latency - is that just me or is it related to this, as I don’t normally get affected by this (Skyrim Switch 2 Edition was ok for me with that level of input latency)