[kyrra]

I bought a switch 2 for one main reason: speed.

Switch 2 is backwards compatible with switch 1.

Switch 2 has better FPS for Switch 1 games. Like BotW stops having terrible FPS drops in certain scenarios.

Switch 2 loads games faster. There are test videos out there, but it's up to twice as fast.

I like the joycon 2 controllers ergonomics more.

[pjmlp]

For some people the speed is worth the money, for others it isn't

I started gaming with Nintendo's Game&Watch handhelds, Timex 2068, PC MS-DOS 3.3, Amiga, and so on, so I do understand something about upgrading hardware for speed, or deal with what one has at home.

[kyrra]

I have been partially wanting one for the new one for a couple of the games, but then all four of my existing joy-cons on my Switch 1 started to have drift or other issues. So that sort of halfway saved me some money towards something I already wanted.

Though I sadly learned afterwards that you could send in controllers with drift and Nintendo would fix it for free.

[someguyiguess]

Yep. They'll do anything but build their controllers with hall effect joysticks.

[bzzzt]

I've played BotW on Switch 1 and the Switch 2 upgraded edition. While some scenes are a bit choppy on Switch 1 it's never in the way of gameplay and even on Switch 1 one of the best video games of the last decade.

Of course Switch 2 is faster and the better console (it should be), but if you're focussing on raw performance you're in the wrong crowd.

Even on PS5 you have load times and performance tradeoffs. There will be a time when we're wondering how we put up with the 'impossibly slow' current generation of consoles like we're doing with the 8-bits machines now.

[bschwindHN]

> but if you're focussing on raw performance you're in the wrong crowd.

I read it as "I enjoy the Switch 1 games, but I want to enjoy them even more with faster load times and better frame rates"

[maccard]

> While some scenes are a bit choppy on Switch 1 it's never in the way of gameplay

BOTW had issues with framerate (30fps was the baseline which isn't good to start with), and often dropped to below that in open world scenarios. TOTK has major performance issues on the Switch 1 though IME.

[bzzzt]

Yeah, and still it's quite an enjoyable experience. I didn't lose a single fight because the rendering couldn't keep up.

I don't subscribe to the opinion games have to run a stable 60fps to be enjoyable.