Summary
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Nintendo Switch 2 compared to the Xbox series S in Power by a game developer, closer to series S.
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Switch 2 Sales Breaking Records, sold 3.5 million units in the first week, potential to surpass predecessors.
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Switch 2 offers 10x graphic power for original, comparable to the Xbox series S in Raw Power, has unique features.
The Nintendo Switch 2 has been compared to the Xbox series in terms of power and capacity by a game developer. This corresponds to other claims about the capacity of Nintendo Switch 2, but has now been further cemented through this statement from someone who actually worked to bring a game to the system.
Nintendo Switch 2 is on its way to a huge start and breaks a Nintendo record within a few days after it was released. With 3.5 million units sold in less than a week, Switch 2 has the potential to increase to the same levels of success as its predecessor, if not beyond that.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Sales Number is reportedly breaking Historical Poster
Nintendo Switch 2 is reportedly breaking sales records on just the first days of its life, at least according to industry -page.
Now, a developer behind Koei Tecmo's Wild hearts s For Switch 2 has sat down with Wccftech to discuss the game, as is the new Nintendo system. When he spoke to producer Takuto Edagawa, Dev was asked what he thought about the unit's raw computing power. When he got the options to compare it with Playstation 4 or the Xbox series, Edagawa stated that “it is difficult to generalize”, but that he felt that Switch 2 was closer to the power of the Xbox series S.
Compare Switch 2 with Xbox Series S and the original Switch
Fans who have got their hands on Switch 2 may not already be surprised by this statement, as it has been proven that it is much more powerful than the original. Nintendo Switch 2 has been alleged 10 times graphics performance for the original switch. However, hearing “Raw Power” is in pairs for the Xbox series from a developer is helpful, as it is a little more difficult to compare the exact specifications. The Xbox Series S has a much faster CPU, almost an extra TFLOP and a slightly faster GPU clock speed at 1565 MHz versus Switch 2's 1007 MHz. Switch 2, however, has 2 GB more frame, a higher resolution when docked and newer Wi-Fi capacity.
At this time, the Nintendo fan base has become accustomed to Nintendo home consoles that are lagging behind pure processing and graphic capacities. While Gamecube was more powerful than the extremely successful Playstation 2, since then, Wii, Wii U and Switch have not had the pure power as their same generation competitors from Microsoft and Sony. Nintendo, however, has compensated for most of its systems with new ideas such as motion recognition Wii Nunchuk and remote, or Nintendo Switch's portable nature. Although it is not the most powerful among them, fans may be happy to know that Nintendo can resist a current Microsoft gene console.
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Nintendo
- Original release date
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June 5, 2025
- Original MSRP (USD)
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$ 449.99
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Ownership
- Resolution
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1080p (handheld) / 4K (docked)
- HDR support
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Yes
