Nintendo Switch 2: One Year Later

Nos ultimos dias, o assunto vem ganhando atencao. One year ago today, Nintendo released the Switch 2.

Importante mencionar que The successor to the original Switch boasts a larger screen, magnetic Joy-Con controllers, a new C for "Chat" button for its social hooks, and most importantly, more powerful internal hardware. The Switch 2 is still the place to play Nintendo first-party games--and more and more of them are becoming exclusive to the new hardware, forgoing the Switch 1. But the increased horsepower means the Switch 2 is a viable platform for big third-party games such as Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth, Capcom's Pragmata and Resident Evil Requiem, and CDPR's Cyberpunk 2077.  We're marking the occasion by looking back at the last year on the platform--our favorite games, our biggest surprises, and our disappointments.

Some of the shine has come off the new hardware, even as we reveled in new experiences. Here's what we think about the first year of the Switch 2.  Switch 2 Hasn't Been The Steam Deck Replacement I Expected Even with a good gaming PC, recent years have seen me spend more and more of my gaming time curled up with a Steam Deck. I always loved my Nintendo Switch and was extremely excited at the prospect of Switch 2, expecting it would become my console of choice for anything multiplatform that didn't heavily benefit from higher-end hardware. And while that initially did prove to be the case, Switch 2 has transitioned into more of an exclusives-only machine than I anticipated. Fique de olho nas proximas publicacoes.