▲ 872 ▼ Nintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULA (en.as.com) submitted 1 year ago by kebab@endlesstalk.org to c/games@lemmy.world 135 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Honse@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (2 children) Are there switch 2 emulators yet? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Switch 1 was feasible as its CPU was similar to the ones found on a $200 android tablet from 2018 so even a Chromebook can emulate that. Switch 2 is comparable to a mid range modern gaming PC so we have to wait at least a decade for full speed emulation, if not more permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago Switch 2 GPU is similar in spec to a laptop RTX 2050 with more vram and better DLSS, I wouldn't say that's mid range gaming PC. I'd say something decent will exist by the end of the decade if Nintendo can't stop development of emulators. permalink fedilink source parent [+] M137@lemmy.world -20 points 1 year ago* (3 children) Seriously? It's been out for a few weeks, obviously there aren't any. And since Nintendo spent a lot of time and money to shut down most original Switch emulators I doubt we'll see S2 ones anytime soon. The increased S2 hardware power, also obviously, means you'd need a current or even future top-end PC to be able to handle the emulation. Your comment is on the level of a 5-year-old asking if they can play Switch 2 on their phone or something. The answer is so incredibly obvious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Phineaz@feddit.org 16 points 1 year ago Pleasant. I suppose you never have questions about topics which are not your forte? permalink fedilink source parent [–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago You are right about the processing power part but your comment is a bit too harsh considering the switch 2 has shared the same firmware with switch 1. And possibly very similar hardware I am not a emulator dev. though. But I am speculating it would be easier to develop emulators for switch 2 compared to a brand new console (or compared to generational leaps of other consoles) permalink fedilink source parent [–] DeadMartyr@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago* I get how it can be shocking that someone doesn't know as much as you about something that seems like common knowledge to you, But tbh I'm like pretty certain the firmware is mostly the same, and it can't be that different if Switch 1 games can be upgraded to Switch 2 games. I doubt they went back and ported every single game to a new system if it wasn't easy to do so. So tbh I don't think its going to be that long for emulators to come out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Switch 1 was feasible as its CPU was similar to the ones found on a $200 android tablet from 2018 so even a Chromebook can emulate that. Switch 2 is comparable to a mid range modern gaming PC so we have to wait at least a decade for full speed emulation, if not more permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago Switch 2 GPU is similar in spec to a laptop RTX 2050 with more vram and better DLSS, I wouldn't say that's mid range gaming PC. I'd say something decent will exist by the end of the decade if Nintendo can't stop development of emulators. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago Switch 2 GPU is similar in spec to a laptop RTX 2050 with more vram and better DLSS, I wouldn't say that's mid range gaming PC. I'd say something decent will exist by the end of the decade if Nintendo can't stop development of emulators. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] M137@lemmy.world -20 points 1 year ago* (3 children) Seriously? It's been out for a few weeks, obviously there aren't any. And since Nintendo spent a lot of time and money to shut down most original Switch emulators I doubt we'll see S2 ones anytime soon. The increased S2 hardware power, also obviously, means you'd need a current or even future top-end PC to be able to handle the emulation. Your comment is on the level of a 5-year-old asking if they can play Switch 2 on their phone or something. The answer is so incredibly obvious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Phineaz@feddit.org 16 points 1 year ago Pleasant. I suppose you never have questions about topics which are not your forte? permalink fedilink source parent [–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago You are right about the processing power part but your comment is a bit too harsh considering the switch 2 has shared the same firmware with switch 1. And possibly very similar hardware I am not a emulator dev. though. But I am speculating it would be easier to develop emulators for switch 2 compared to a brand new console (or compared to generational leaps of other consoles) permalink fedilink source parent [–] DeadMartyr@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago* I get how it can be shocking that someone doesn't know as much as you about something that seems like common knowledge to you, But tbh I'm like pretty certain the firmware is mostly the same, and it can't be that different if Switch 1 games can be upgraded to Switch 2 games. I doubt they went back and ported every single game to a new system if it wasn't easy to do so. So tbh I don't think its going to be that long for emulators to come out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Phineaz@feddit.org 16 points 1 year ago Pleasant. I suppose you never have questions about topics which are not your forte? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago You are right about the processing power part but your comment is a bit too harsh considering the switch 2 has shared the same firmware with switch 1. And possibly very similar hardware I am not a emulator dev. though. But I am speculating it would be easier to develop emulators for switch 2 compared to a brand new console (or compared to generational leaps of other consoles) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DeadMartyr@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago* I get how it can be shocking that someone doesn't know as much as you about something that seems like common knowledge to you, But tbh I'm like pretty certain the firmware is mostly the same, and it can't be that different if Switch 1 games can be upgraded to Switch 2 games. I doubt they went back and ported every single game to a new system if it wasn't easy to do so. So tbh I don't think its going to be that long for emulators to come out. permalink fedilink source parent