Digital Foundry: Yes, It's Faster: Switch 2 Back Compat vs Batman Arkham Knight + the Witcher 3
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TL;DW: Switch 1 games that struggled with framerate now run much better on Switch 2 via backwards compatibility. Batman Arkham Knight ran at an abysmal ~20FPS on the original Switch, but now runs at a stable 30.
A console in 2025 "runs at a stable 30" fps and that's good news? Of course this is slightly faster than a mobile chip from 10 years ago, but that's an incredibly low bar to set.
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A console in 2025 "runs at a stable 30" fps and that's good news? Of course this is slightly faster than a mobile chip from 10 years ago, but that's an incredibly low bar to set.
We know it's faster, but allegedly Switch 1 games run through a compatibility layer so there was some worry it wouldn't boost performance on old titles. The video confirms it does.
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TL;DW: Switch 1 games that struggled with framerate now run much better on Switch 2 via backwards compatibility. Batman Arkham Knight ran at an abysmal ~20FPS on the original Switch, but now runs at a stable 30.
That's interesting I'd wonder if totk or botw would run better without the paid switch 2 update then.
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TL;DW: Switch 1 games that struggled with framerate now run much better on Switch 2 via backwards compatibility. Batman Arkham Knight ran at an abysmal ~20FPS on the original Switch, but now runs at a stable 30.
This is great news, I've been holding off playing link's awakening and the other top down Zelda game.. looking forward to the analysis on those
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That's interesting I'd wonder if totk or botw would run better without the paid switch 2 update then.
I bet they wont even let you play it without "upgrading" it first.
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We know it's faster, but allegedly Switch 1 games run through a compatibility layer so there was some worry it wouldn't boost performance on old titles. The video confirms it does.
Curious if someone would then add how well the games on steam deck run in comparison.. Though that's not exactly legal I suppose
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Curious if someone would then add how well the games on steam deck run in comparison.. Though that's not exactly legal I suppose
Both Arkham Knight and Witcher 3 exist on steam so the comparison is possible either way
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Curious if someone would then add how well the games on steam deck run in comparison.. Though that's not exactly legal I suppose
YT performance videos show Witcher 3 running at 60FPS on Steamdeck and Arkham Knight averages around 53-55FPS on Steamdeck. Side by side comparison videos of Witcher 3 show Steamdeck has higher graphical fidelity over Switch 2 as well.
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YT performance videos show Witcher 3 running at 60FPS on Steamdeck and Arkham Knight averages around 53-55FPS on Steamdeck. Side by side comparison videos of Witcher 3 show Steamdeck has higher graphical fidelity over Switch 2 as well.
Switch 2 can probably reach those numbers if the games were updated, currently it's just running the Switch 1 versions of those games which are capped at 30FPS and a lower resolution.
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TL;DW: Switch 1 games that struggled with framerate now run much better on Switch 2 via backwards compatibility. Batman Arkham Knight ran at an abysmal ~20FPS on the original Switch, but now runs at a stable 30.
I bet it's probably still slower than running Switch games on an emulator.