Nintendo has launched a website where users can check the compatibility of Switch games when played on Switch 2. The website includes information for both physical and digital versions of Switch so…
Wait, there are switch games that aren’t compatible with the switch 2? That seems extremely weird, backwards compatibility was the switch 2s whole deal. Ugh this platform…
Not many, but there are a few that have issues, it was around 1% or less, IIRC.
As for “why”, I am not a game dev and I don’t know about Xbox, but on Sony side, there are also a few PS4 games that have issue on PS5, and same happens with some games on old version of windows not working on new version, so it’s not a completely unheard of situation.
Wait, there are switch games that aren’t compatible with the switch 2? That seems extremely weird, backwards compatibility was the switch 2s whole deal. Ugh this platform…
Not many, but there are a few that have issues, it was around 1% or less, IIRC.
As for “why”, I am not a game dev and I don’t know about Xbox, but on Sony side, there are also a few PS4 games that have issue on PS5, and same happens with some games on old version of windows not working on new version, so it’s not a completely unheard of situation.
Different hardware. The Switch 2’s CPU and GPU are different to those of the Switch 1, so playing S1 games on S2 requires a compatibility layer. Tetsuya Sasaki says it’s lower-level than WINE, but not quite an emulator
Yeah, I recall reading about that. Thanks for sharing!