Following the major event Nintendo Switch 2 showcase Additionally, more information has been revealed regarding the console, including its battery duration and enhanced controllers.
While yesterday’s Nintendo The Switch 2 showcase revealed a significant amount of details about the forthcoming console, including its release date and price ,, a handful of specifics remained unclear.
Time was devoted to discussing the Switch 2’s specs, like its capability to run specific games at over 120 frames per second. However, Nintendo remained silent about the new console’s battery life.
A more comprehensive breakdown of the Switch 2’s technical specs has been posted on Nintendo’s site, showing how long its battery lasts when not docked... and it remains virtually unchanged from before. original Switch model.
Over on The Japanese version of the Nintendo Switch 2 website A part of the console specifications mentions that it includes a 5220mAh lithium-ion battery. To put it simply, this indicates that the battery has a larger capacity compared to those found in the initial Switch and its various versions.
Therefore, does this imply that gameplay sessions using Switch 2 in both handheld and desktop modes will be significantly extended? Sadly not. The battery has improved, yet the device consumes more energy, resulting in overall durations being nearly identical to what they were previously.
Based on Nintendo’s own projections, the battery life of the Switch 2 ranges from about two hours up to six and a half hours, similar to the original Switch model.
As detailed on Nintendo’s support website the Switch can have a battery life ranging from 2.5 hours to 6.5 hours. Newer models, including the OLED model , improved this approximation to four and half hours to nine hours.
The portable-only Switch Lite Additionally, it boasts an excellent battery life, lasting between three to seven hours.
This is, of course, entirely dependent on what games you happen to be playing. Something more graphically intensive, like the Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077 Ports, will cause the battery to deplete faster compared to a game with less complex graphics.
The games designed specifically for Switch 2 require additional processing power compared to those made for the original Switch, which contributes to this situation. Hopefully, this will imply that titles from the firstSwitchwill run less resource-intensive on Switch 2 via backward compatibility.
Moreover, charging the Switch 2 takes about three hours when the console is docked and in sleep mode, which is the same for both the Switch 1 and Switch 2.
Even though the battery issue has returned to square one, the Switch 2 should not experience any Joy-Con drift problems. The firstSwitch faced this as a commonissue tothe pointthatNintendo hadto addressit. offering free repairs , particularly during the initial year or so.
It was thought that Joy-Con drift might become an issue of the past due to the The updated Joy-Con controllers for Switch 2 In a recent panel discussion, design lead Tetsuya Sasaki emphasized that the improved wireless connectivity between the Switch 2 and its controllers sets it apart from the firstSwitch.
'The new Joy-Con 2 controllers for the Nintendo Switch 2 have been completely redesigned, from scratch, to offer larger range of motion and more fluid movements,' clarified Sasaki.
He likewise proposed that the Switch 2 features larger wireless antennas, noting, 'Larger antennas generally lead to better connections. Since we have managed to incorporate these, I believe you will notice an improvement in connectivity.'
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