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Elden Ring reportedly runs poorly on Switch 2, but is anyone surprised?


When Elden Ring popped up at Nintendo's Switch 2 reveal, it was a promising sign of third-party games finding their way…

Yet reports from gamescom suggest Elden Ring runs poorly on Switch 2, particularly in handheld mode, citing low framerates in open world environments. Sanchez, meanwhile, was impressed by the graphics despite being not quite on par with current consoles, but in the open world "the framerate just tanks - it's really bad and I understand why they don't want you to see this because wowee zowee it is terrible". Digital Foundry also examined the Elden Ring Switch 2 trailer from its initial reveal, noting its seemingly poor performance, despite its impressive pixel count.

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