Industrious Switch fans have started compiling a fan-made list that tracks which Switch 1 games have seen an improvement – or a decline – in performance when running on their new Nintendo Switch 2 consoles.
So far, over 350 games have been submitted and over 150 of them comprehensively categorised, recording what performance changes players have identified, regardless of whether or not there has been a formal patch or update deployed by the publisher.
For instance, players who have played ARMS on their new Switch systems – for which Nintendo has deployed a free update for all players – believe they see an increased consistency in framerate, both docked and undocked, as well as dynamic resolution scaling in terms of resolution. However, they do not notice much difference in terms of loading times.
By comparison, Diablo 3: Eternal Edition also shows increased consistency in framerates and improved loading times, but that hasn’t been formally patched at all.
Post Your Tested Games – Compatibility or Performance on Switch 2
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As the list owner admits, perceptions of what is or isn’t an improvement can often be subjective, of course, and a handful of the hundreds of commenters have chimed in to say their experiences are different from those listed in the spreadsheet. However, the thread “isn’t meant to decide whether a game is worth buying (now) for you”, but is “purely informational”.
If you’d like to join the effort, head on over to Reddit.
Nintendo recently revealed it has sold 3.5m Switch 2 consoles in its first four days on sale, becoming the fastest-selling piece of Nintendo hardware. It also provided a solution to an issue causing the Switch 2’s battery indicator to display incorrectly.
