Nintendo wants to improve the battery life of its next Switch console. What sounds good could become a problem: According to rumors, the performance is said to be quite divided. Strong performance in dock mode, weak runtime in handheld mode.
Nintendo Switch 2: handheld mode only limited?
The Nintendo Switch 2 may have one strong performance imbalance between dock and handheld modes to fight. New rumors point to a dramatic performance increase when docked, while handheld mode takes quite a beating.
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The next generation of the popular hybrid console is said to offer impressive performance of up to 4 TFLOPs in docked mode. In handheld mode, however, things look less rosy. Here the clock speed could be “insanely low”. – sometimes even well below 800 MHz (source: Moore's Law Is Dead).
This low performance could result in greatly reduced graphics capabilities down, which is particularly noticeable in demanding games.
Elsewhere, however, Nintendo wants to improve handheld mode. So should worked on a new cooling solution become. A special fan system with low speed could help to effectively cool the hardware even in mobile use.
Regardless of dock and handheld mode, another aspect of the Nintendo Switch 2 could be backwards compatibility. A Nintendo executive has already hinted that the new console will be able to To support games on the current Nintendo Switch.
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Nintendo Switch 2: launch in 2025?
Nintendo has not yet officially announced the new console. Rumor has it it could a reveal will not take place until the end of this year – some sources even assume a market launch in 2025. This coincides with reports of tight component availability from Nintendo.