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Nintendo launches Switch 2 compatibility information website for Switch games (www.gematsu.com)

submitted 4 days ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/nintendo@lemmy.world

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Direct link to the Nintendo compatibility site: https://switch-software-compatibility.nintendo.com/en-US

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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

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...

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I recall reading about that. Thanks for sharing!