Nintendo Decided to Go From the Switch OLED to an LCD Screen for Switch 2 ‘After a Lot of Consideration’

Nintendo has responded to questions astir its determination to spell with an LCD surface for the Switch 2, alternatively than an OLED screen, arsenic it utilized for the OLED mentation of the OG Switch.

Switch 2 has a 7.9-inch wide colour gamut LCD surface susceptible of outputting astatine 1080p (1920x1080). In size terms, this is simply a large upgrade from Switch 1's 6.2-inch screen, the Switch OLED's 7-inch screen, and the Switch Lite's 5.5-inch screen.

There is besides enactment for HDR10 and VRR up to 120 Hz, which means games tin leap up to 120fps if they and your setup let it.

But it’s the prime of the surface itself and the representation players spot that has sparked treatment among Nintendo fans. During a hardware-focused roundtable Q&A successful New York yesterday, attended by IGN, Nintendo representatives were asked wherefore the institution went backmost to an LCD for the Switch 2, which could beryllium seen arsenic a “downgrade” from the OLED Switch.

Tetsuya Sasaki, General Manager, Technology Development Division and Senior Director, Technology Development Department astatine Nintendo, said the institution did not instrumentality the determination lightly.

“Now there's a batch of advancements that person been made successful LCD exertion during development,” Sasaki explained.

“We took a look astatine the exertion that was disposable to america present and aft a batch of information we decided to instrumentality to LCD.”

Sasaki past made the constituent that the Switch 2 supports HDR, which the OLED Switch does not.

“Even with the OLED mentation of Nintendo Switch, we didn’t person compatibility enactment for HDR, but that's thing we person the enactment for now,” helium said.

We’ve got plentifulness much from the Switch 2 hardware Q&A, including Nintendo’s responses connected Joy-Con drift, and what it has to accidental astir the Switch 2's GPU and graphics tech.

And, successful lawsuit you missed it, cheque retired everything announced astatine the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].