After spending time with Nintendo’s Switch 2 last week in the practice event in New York, I was a little worried about its weight. Specifically, I am worried that I will be uncomfortable to hold the console in the handheld mode for a long time as I have done it comfortably with the original switch and the OLED switch.
The problem with these practice events is that I have never played a long -term game. Just one game, Mario KartSet to work in a hand -held mode while playing and I was able to play three races before my demo time ended. . But I can definitely feel the difference. Is my arms tired? Are they more tired than usual? Of course, I’m also standing, and not playing while sitting – or lying on my bench, the perfect way to disappear a weekend.
After the practice event, I took the time to see the specifications for Switch 2, the OLED switch, the initial switch and the Steam floor to find out exactly how exactly I felt. Switch 2, with Joy-Con 2 attached, is 534 grams (or 1.18 lbs). My favorite handheld device, OLED switch, is 420 grams (or 14.82 oz, less than one pound). And the Steam floor, which I own but the disgusting type used because I felt it was too heavy, 669 grams (or 1.47 pounds).
This type of control is given to this console feels very personal, and sometimes gender. I also have nearsightedness and hold my hand -held devices closer to many people, so it can increase my arm tension. But Switch 2 is also a device that is aimed at children, especially with games launched as franchising Mario Kart to satisfy the crowd, so the weight is probably a factor for many people who think about playing one time.
Looking at the percentage change, the 2nd switch weighs 27% compared to the conversion OLED and is only 20% lighter than the steam floor. That is not nothing! I was concerned about converting 2 may not be ideal for me because of that increase.
If you are curious about changing weight, this is a table:
Dashboard |
Weight |
Including joy, that makes Switch 2 … |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Switch Original + Joy-Cons (2017) | 398 g (14.03 oz) | Weighing 34.27% compared to the launch switch |
| Lite transfer | 275 g (9.7 oz) | Weighing more than 94.2% (ie nearly 2x) compared to the Lite switch |
| OLED + JOY-CKS conversion | 420 g (14.82 oz) | Weighing 27.1% compared to the OLED switch |
| LCD steam floor | 669 g (23.6 oz / 1.47 lbs) | 20.2% lighter than the steam floor |
| OLED SEAK SOCK | 640 g (22.58 oz / 1.41 lbs) | 16.6% lighter than the Steam floor OLED |
| Transfer 2 + Joy-Con | 534 g (18.84 oz / 1.18 lbs) | N/a |
Of course there are many other things to consider too. Switch 2 is running a CPU faster and has a larger, brighter LCD screen. Obviously there are such heavy reasons. And while I was excited with the rising frame speed and the renewal speed, I also wanted to be able to keep the danger for more than 45 minutes.
I asked the Switch 2 developers in terms of console and how they balance the control panel that people can play and receive all the technical features they want.
Takuhiro Dohta, a senior director of Nintendo’s program management team. “There are plenty of water and repeat. During that time [process]Then there are discussions and elements of the hardware, like, ‘We want to have a bigger screen, so this is the size we want to go with.’ Or consider the feeling of the controller, ‘This is how we want the controller to feel.’
These are the elements of the hardware that we have to maintain and it is in the parameters that we begin to make fine -tuning adjustments.
After that, they rely on Nintendo’s staff to consider.
In Nintendo, there are all different types of people: adults and strong, those who may be smaller and not so powerful, he continues by Dohta. “And then we took it around [the] The company and they hold it and give us their feedback. And that is the way we adjust.
Manufacturer Switch 2 Kouichi Kawamoto added that once the group has solved the size and weight, they have a lot of options to refine the process, because the lighter, the better.
We make different stab in the shape or the shape of the dashboard. And on the dashboard, we have different use of plastic and metal. Therefore, it balance all these different elements and desires, and then balance the capabilities and performance, according to Mr. Kaw Kawamoto.
Perhaps it would not be clear if I found Switch 2 comfortable enough to use until I spend real time with it in a natural scenery: no weight wired, extending on a bench. But for something that may cost a bit, it is worth thinking about before debuting – or raising some weight, I guess.
