Magnetic Joy-Cons and better graphics make the Nintendo Switch 2 feel like an evolution, but its familiar design and a lack of early exclusive games mean you're OK to wait. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 is official, with a big twist. Nintendo teased the console via a YouTube clip a few weeks ago, likely to put an end to the increasing number of leaks that showed the next-gen handheld's design. This was more of a soft launch for the ...

The life of a tech reviewer involves quite a lot of travel – there are a whole heap of launch events, factory tours, confidential briefings and more to be written up in any given year. That means a lot of time on the road, in airports and on planes, which in turn makes for the perfect Switch 2 testing scenario.

Update 5/14/25: Digital Foundry has revealed the full specs of the SoC behind the Nintendo Switch. This has confirmed much of the rumors about the system, down to how many CUDA cores the Tegra T239 has. With this information, we now know quite a lot about ...

While the Nintendo Switch 2 was not formally present at CES 2025 last week, the next-gen handheld console was one of the stars of the show. Third-party accessory makers unaffiliated with Nintendo came to the show with Switch 2 dummy units on hand, as well ...

No matter what you’re doing or what you’re playing at the moment, it feels like we’re all just biding our time until the announcement of the follow-up to the Nintendo Switch. Colloquially known as the Switch 2 around these parts, reporting on the ...

The big questions surrounding leaks are always about where they came from and whether they’re real. The latest big leak in video games concerns the Nintendo Switch 2, and according to trusted tech experts, they’re close to real. Digital Foundry editor ...

Over the last eight years, the Nintendo Switch has become one of the most successful and influential consoles of all time, confidently securing a place in my regular gaming rotation on the couch while simultaneously becoming a handheld staple of my train ...

TL;DR: Nintendo confirms the Switch 2 uses NVIDIA's DLSS technology for 4K and 1080p 120FPS gaming, with ray tracing support. Digital Foundry may not have had any luck spotting proof of DLSS in the Switch 2 Direct, but Nintendo has confirmed the Switch 2 ...

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