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Switch 2's reveal: what have we learned about its next-gen potential?


We've seen the Switch 2 reveal - but not much on its games. Can the technology power a truly next-gen Nintendo experience?

Even so, the nature of the track itself was interesting: we see wider terrain with a relatively detail-rich shot panning back to show a considerable draw distance - which may well hint at a different approach for the game itself. I attempted to simulate the GPU by using a downclocked RTX 2050 laptop processor, based on the same Nvidia Ampere architecture and operating with similar memory bandwidth. Perhaps expectations need to be kept in check, but based on the remarkably good Switch ports we saw across its lifecycle, I'm confident we'll continue to be surprised by Nintendo's hybrid console as we shift into the concept's second generation.

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