The battery life of the switch 2 is broader than the current switch
Thehe Switch 2 is greater, more powerful and More expensive than the original switch but Technical specifications For the new console, it reveals at least one key way that it is worse: the life of the Switch 2 battery is brighter.
Nintendo says the Switch 2 battery life varies depending on the game you play in, but that it evaluates that the console should last approximately “2 – 6.5 hours”. This is especially shorter than battery life you will exit the current switch or switch OLD, Based on the company’s maintenance pageS Nintendo estimates that the OLED switch with a serial number, which starts with “XT”, should continue around “4.5 to 9 hours”. It is expected that the switch console consoles that have not left, “with a serial number that starts with” XK “, will continue the same time. Even the original switch, which has a “serial number that starts with the” XA “receives a minimum of 2.5 hours of battery life. Obviously, the extra power of Switch 2 comes with a price.
Nintendo’s technical specifications confirm several other remarkable details. Switch 2 supports Wi-Fi 6, which should mean that you will get faster Internet speeds when the console is not moored and connected over Ethernet. Based on the Nintendo warranty that the console “supports 120 FPS when resolutions of 1920×1080/2560×1440” are selected, it seems that the switch 2 will not support HDMI 2.1.
As for the controllers, the AMIIBO maintenance remains, but if you have a special place in your heart for the Wii-Esvi movement controls that you could use on the original switch, you seem to be lucky on the switch 2. Neither the left nor the right controllers of the JOY-Con 2 have an IR sensor. This does not mean that you cannot use Switch 2 movement controls, but Nintendo does not use IR to make them work. (At least in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond., It seems that “mouse control” fills the role of movement controls used for the older games.)
Does any of these changes dramatically change the calculus whether the Switch 2 is worth buying? It may not, but it’s interesting to see some of the compromises and solutions that Nintendo has made to offer what is effective “switch, but better”.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/the- Switch-2s-battery-life-is-short-the-current- Switch-21175302.
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