>[!QUOTE] [@NintyPrime](https://x.com/NintyPrime/status/1908000532901273869) > No, the Nintendo Switch 2 is not as powerful as a PS5. Even with all the DLSS trickery. That's not really the point of having the conversation. Switch 2 was never going to match PS5, as literally the mobile technology for that form factor doesn't even exist to do so. > > The world's most expensive and high end handheld PC's cannot match the PS5 performance. The idea and why people are excited, was that it just needed to be able to play the same games a PS5 can, at fidelity and frame rates that were "close enough", for most consumers to not really care or notice the differences between a PS5 and Switch 2 version of game, without having it directly side by side. > > This is because this has been a very rough generation for many consumers, as PS5 has struggled at times to stand out from the PS4 - with so many of the biggest games still launching on the former generation platform and the possibility of hitting a wall with how much visuals can really impress. > > The benefit for Nintendo, is their visuals were still stuck at something on Switch that was below the PS4. This makes a leap to PS4 Pro or Xbox Series S levels seem much more substantial, and then even more so when so many of the games shown so far, are running at 4k. > > We all know it's not true native 4k, but for onlookers it doesn't matter how they did it, it only matters that it looks good. If you pay CLOSE attention as an example, you can see in the new DK game a few signs that it's clearly running at 4k thanks to DLSS. > > But it takes a fairly trained eye to notice and most consumers never will spot it, let alone care. > > While there is a ways to go to feel confident this system can get major AAA support for the next 8 years, it's off to a promising start. The previews are absolutely glowing from people who actually got to play it, and not just the first party stuff. You will see graphic comparisons run around yeah, Switch 2 won't look as good as PS5 or Xbox Series X. > > It's not supposed to. It's just supposed to look good enough for most not to care. > > In that, I think Nintendo has accomplished that feat. We'll tell truly of course, when many of us get the system on day 1. To be honest I don't really know the difference in power between the Series S and X.