2 weeks Ago By [email protected] (Lewis White)
Since the true reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 during the recent Nintendo Direct, the new handheld has been blasted online for a number of reasons. Following the reveal of specs, new games and features like GameChat, two things have stood out as negatives for the new machine: game prices and the LCD screen.While exact specifications have not been released, the Nintendo Switch 2 LCD screen does have some marked improvements from the OLED version of the original Switch.
While it won’t have the same inky blacks that’s possible with an OLED, Nintendo argues that the system’s 120Hz display, VRR support and HDR setup mean it isn’t necessarily a downgrade.Nintendo Switch 2 LCD isn’t a downgradeSpeaking to press at a New York Q&A, via IGN, Nintendo’s Tetsuya Sasaki explained that the advancements in LCD technology means that players won’t actually be downgraded from their OLED screen.“Now there's a lot of advancements that have been made in LCD technology during development,” Sasaki told press.
“We took a look at the technology that was available to us now and after a lot of consideration we decided to stick to LCD.”Nintendo argues that features like 120Hz support and true HDR playback means that the LCD is actually an improvement over the OLED version of the original Switch in a number of ways. While the original Switch’s LCD was rough, Nintendo has worked to make the LCD screen worth it for the successor.
One key area of improvement is the console’s support for HDR in handheld mode. While the original OLED model of Switch did have much better image quality than the LCD screen back then, it still didn’t support true HDR playback.“Even with the OLED version of Nintendo Switch, we didn’t have compatibility support for HDR,” Sasaki said.
“But that's something we have the support for now,” he said.https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=9flte56erE8&t=1sWith official DLSS support and support for hardware-accelerated ray-tracing, the Nintendo Switch 2 has a lot of awesome features that Nintendo has yet to explain. Whether or not that means the expensive Switch 2 Edition versions of Switch 1 games are worth their high prices is neither here nor there, but the machine itself is amarked improvement over its 2017 original.For more Nintendo Switch 2 coverage, read about the reason why the new console can't play every Switch 1 game.
Additionally, read about the new Game Key Cards replacing voucher codes in physical stores..
