Nintendo has responded to questions round its determination to go together with an LCD display for the $449.99 Switch 2, slightly than an OLED display, because it used for the OLED model of the OG Switch.
Switch 2 has a 7.9-inch huge coloration gamut LCD display able to outputting at 1080p (1920×1080). In dimension phrases, it is a large improve from Switch 1’s 6.2-inch display, the Switch OLED’s 7-inch display, and the Switch Lite’s 5.5-inch display.
There can be assist for HDR10 and VRR as much as 120 Hz, which suggests video games can soar as much as 120fps in the event that they and your setup permit it.
But it’s the standard of the display itself and the picture gamers see that has sparked dialogue amongst Nintendo followers. During a hardware-focused roundtable Q&A in New York yesterday, attended by IGN, Nintendo representatives have been requested why the corporate went again to an LCD for the Switch 2, which may very well be seen as a “downgrade” from the OLED Switch.
Tetsuya Sasaki, General Manager, Technology Development Division and Senior Director, Technology Development Department at Nintendo, stated the corporate didn’t take the choice evenly.
“Now there’s quite a lot of developments which have been made in LCD expertise throughout growth,” Sasaki defined.
“We took a take a look at the expertise that was out there to us now and after quite a lot of consideration we determined to stay to LCD.”
Sasaki then made the purpose that the Switch 2 helps HDR, which the OLED Switch doesn’t.
“Even with the OLED model of Nintendo Switch, we didn’t fit assist for HDR, however that is one thing we now have the assist for now,” he stated.
We’ve bought a lot extra from the Switch 2 {hardware} Q&A, together with Nintendo’s responses on Joy-Con drift, and what it has to say in regards to the Switch 2’s GPU and graphics tech.
And, in case you missed it, try all the things introduced on the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct.
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