Report: Nintendo Switch 2 Might Not Even Reach 1080p with DLSS [Video]

Digital Foundry has consistently been one of the most reliable sources discussing the Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo’s next-generation console, which could be launching between March and April of next year.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is expected to feature a SoC with an NVIDIA GPU and an ARM CPU. Initial rumors suggested the console would support 1080p resolution in portable mode and 4K in docked mode, leveraging NVIDIA DLSS technology. However, in a recent video, Digital Foundry revised this assessment, indicating that the final resolution may be lower than initially expected.

In handheld mode, it’s now believed that the Nintendo Switch 2 will likely run games at an upscaled 720p resolution through NVIDIA DLSS. If confirmed, the actual game resolution could be as low as 360p, upscaled to 720p, meaning only about 50% of the total pixels in each frame would be rendered natively.

Additionally, the use of 900p resolution in handheld mode …