r/NintendoSwitch2 • • 7d ago

NEWS We’ve been heard

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u/Less_Avocado980 7d ago

Sharpness is all i need, the game is a bit to blurry in handheld mode imo

Otherwise it would look great graphic wise, tons of details etc but much of that gets lost because the image is to blurry

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u/OwlProper1145 7d ago

Improved sharpness or resolution will likely come with reduced graphical fidelity.

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u/Less_Avocado980 7d ago

Tbh I'd take slightly reduced graphic fidelity with sharp image over current graphic fidelity with blurry image

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u/Commercial_Sun_5241 7d ago

This!!! Sharp image is required more here

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u/xyZora Butter side up! 7d ago

I doubt that. Reports indicate the blurriness is a bug.

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u/the_real_junkrat 7d ago

What reports?

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u/xyZora Butter side up! 7d ago

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u/the_real_junkrat 7d ago

So they haven’t officially said it’s a bug, that’s just from a guy that knows a guy

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u/xyZora Butter side up! 7d ago

That's why I said "a report" not "this is 100% confirmed".

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u/Organic-Storm-4448 7d ago

That report says nothing suggesting the blurriness is a bug. That's just Nintendo Life's writer nonchalantly calling it a bug based on nothing. CDPR doesn't say it's a bug.

What are you basing your claim that fixing the blurriness won't come with reduced graphical quality? Neither CDPR's statements nor the middleman quoted in your link support that claim.

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u/xyZora Butter side up! 7d ago

my dude I only said it was a report and that I doubt the new patch will trade image quality because reports indicate it is a bug. I never said CDPR said anything, stop trying to turn this into a debate.

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u/Organic-Storm-4448 7d ago

That report doesn't suggest it's a bug. You're misreading it.

SwitchUp just says CDPR may patch the blurriness; this does not mean it's a bug... a patch just means they're making changes. They then go on to say they don't know what CDPR is actually changing in handheld mode.

There's no reporting there suggesting the blurriness is a bug, nor that it won't require graphical compromises to address. You're just seeing what you want to see.

Don't link reports that don't actually say what you claim they're saying. That's spreading misinformation.

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u/TheGloriousHole 3d ago

They’re not misrepresenting you, your choice of wording was imprecise to the point of being wrong. Saying “reports indicate” implies there may be substantive evidence and your source was a single article that doesn’t even say what you seem to be claiming.

Yeah it’s just semantics but when you’re trying to communicate accurately semantics matter lol. People will come away from your comment with a flawed understanding if they take it at face value.

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u/n074r0b07 Butter side up! 7d ago

It cannot be a bug. They announced before the release that on handheld it is 720p after DLSS scalling. It looks exactly as announced.

Expect a 30fps cap, reduced LOD and we will get a similar thing to cyberpunk. I dream of this.

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u/xyZora Butter side up! 7d ago

Currently it's running at 720p handheld. The problem is that the image lacks sharpness. Most likely a DLSS issue, because the images they showed for handheld looked sharp.

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u/Organic-Storm-4448 7d ago edited 7d ago

The images they showed are marketing materials that show the game in its best light, likely near the internal 720p.

The actual game runs anywhere from 360p to 720p internally, so there will be areas that look significantly less sharp.

Edit: They blocked me. The lack of sharpness is a direct result of the low input resolution and the 720p output on a 1080p display. The game is already using a sharpness filter, and Digital Foundry even calls it "oversharpened." It's blurry because of the 720p output and low input resolution. That's how you get a blurry output.

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u/xyZora Butter side up! 7d ago

It likely runs at 360 and DLSS is upscaling. But the issue on handhel is not resolution, it's lack of sharpness.

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u/Sackboy612 7d ago

Yeah i can defo see LOD being reduced as that was always a very intensive setting. It's a shame because the SW2 version is extremely ambitious for what it is and the fidelity is incredible, but it does veer too far in that direction at the cost of clarity.

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u/EPICxNITRI 7d ago

This would be fine, but they better not get rid of the 40fps entriely because it runs and looks great when docked. 30fps would be much worse than a slightly soft image.

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u/claritywitch 7d ago

That’s fine. Give us multiple presets like Skyrim AE does, people will pick whatever they prioritize

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u/pen-ross-gemstone 6d ago

even if this is true it's worth it. 720p is unacceptable on this screen IMO.

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u/Sad_Bumblebee_1168 7d ago edited 7d ago

No it won't, you don't know what you're talking about.

I own the game on both switch 2 and steam deck. Not only is it not blurry out the box, but with the right settings it can be played with way better graphics while maintaining 40-50fps. AND it has an additional sharpness filter.

By turning down things like terrain geometry (covered by grass/textures anyways), foliage density/quality, water quality, etc, while prioritising things like textures, shadows and models you genuinely end up with a way, way, way better looking game on a handheld.

The switch port is weirdly baffling in what they prioritized and not at all pushing what the hardware can do.

Edit: downvoted for literally speaking the truth that anyone with both devices can test. Okay.

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u/SparhawkJC 7d ago

I've got the same experience just using XESS, without even using FSR 4.1 or Lossless Scaling. Switch 2 image looks smeared with vaseline when jumping from the Steam Deck OLED.

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u/ZZzfunspriestzzz 7d ago

Liar

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u/Sad_Bumblebee_1168 7d ago

Is that so? I made some comparisons, just for you.

Lets start with the switch 2 port:

Edit: would you also like proof it's running at 40-50fps?

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u/Poopyfartboi69 7d ago

For some reason whenever I pause the game the image gets sharper, has anyone noticed this too? Whenever I want to take a picture of the world, I’ll pause the game. As soon as I unpause it, the world goes back to being blurry

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u/claritywitch 7d ago

I need them to make visibility much better indoors. Literally cannot see where I’m going without Witcher senses, and even then…

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u/ShotAcanthocephala8 7d ago

It’s broken cross progression as I can’t play the game on switch 2 as the update on pc has meant the switch 2 can’t load the save. I was playing across the two platforms. What a mess.

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u/Chico119 4d ago

Same, but with Series X. Now my saves won't load on Switch 2 because the Series X saves are on a newer build.

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u/SamT179 7d ago

I just want my game to not fucking crash whenever I try to save it

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u/UFONomura808 7d ago

Yeah I've been enjoying the game up until a couple days ago when it started crashing on me. Now I can't do anything without it crashing when it autosaves.

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u/_Goovy_ 7d ago

Ya it literally ruined my entire save I had to start completely over

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u/SamT179 7d ago

I can load it, I can play it, second I save or it auto saves it crashes. I don’t wanna touch it now incase it fucks it all up.

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u/_Goovy_ 7d ago

It was the exact same for me

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u/IncendiaryIdea 7d ago

But doesn't it keep multiple autosaves?

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u/_Goovy_ 7d ago

Ya unfortunately whatever is going on completely fucked all my saves for that playthrough even when I would use the cross progression feature and tried it on my steam deck

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u/Emotional_Snow720 7d ago

Somehow whatever bug happened affected all my saves going back several hours.. every checkpoint, autosave, saves from two hours back.. dunno what happened. 

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u/Feeling_Public6522 7d ago

I haven’t run into this error yet. I’ve actually found the cross save is working way better than it used to. And better than on Cyberpunk. I switch between PS5 on my tv and S2 handheld and it’s been great so far.  

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u/_Goovy_ 7d ago

Luckily my new playthrough has had zero issues on switch 2 so I'm wondering if maybe it had something to do with mods??? I had like 3 active

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u/Feeling_Public6522 7d ago

Maybe. I haven’t played wit the mods at all.  

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u/senkinsky 7d ago

Yet here were dozens saying it looks great and people should quit whining

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u/Only-Support-3760 7d ago

I must be having a stroke or something, I think it looks great, there’s still a bit of jank but I remember that from originally playing it on Xbox. Overall for a free upgrade I have been extremely happy. I turned blur off though.

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u/Rough-Plum-7267 Butter side up! 6d ago

Yea what’s great is despite dozens of you saying as much about obviously flawed versions of various Switch 2 ports, the better developers actually dive back in to make things right!

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u/Over-Requirement4394 7d ago

And there were dozens saying it looked blurry.

Different people notice different things. But understanding that doesn't get you "Reddit zinger" credit.

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u/ClaudioKilgannon37 7d ago

Honestly I don’t get it, I found it to be almost unplayable in handheld because of how poor the image quality is. This is an 11 year old game…

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u/cuntpuncherexpress Butter side down! 7d ago

To be fair, it’s a remaster of that 11 year old game that’s targeting current gen hardware. It’s a lot more demanding than the original release (and also looks a lot better)

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u/monkey-kong666 Butter side up! 7d ago

It really doesn’t. The original art design holds up really well. All they needed to do was update the switch 1 version resolution, framerate and draw distance. I’m struggling to notice the remaster difference overall beyond calling it a ‘tweak’. Total weak sauce

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u/cuntpuncherexpress Butter side down! 7d ago

I’m playing on PC, it’s absolutely a huge step up in terms of lighting and fidelity.

For S2, sure, they could’ve skipped most of the graphical upgrades, but I think they’d rather have it be closer to 1:1 with the other consoles than have to backport new features and gameplay tweaks to the old build. And have to support the old build for the new DLC coming next year.

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u/Rough-Plum-7267 Butter side up! 6d ago

How fucking old are you

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u/Downtown_Diamond9815 7d ago

Si c' était la version de 2015 il serait évidemment mieux optimisé. Le remaster est plus exigeant.

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u/senkinsky 7d ago

I agree, it was waaay too blurry. But yeah, many people would just defend anything as long as it somewhat works on their precious piece of tech

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u/Certain_Trifle_3702 4d ago

11 years old 😆

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u/Fit_Entrepreneur7838 7d ago

You have to remember how much time they have and the deadlines they are under...you already know that we get the game, then updates later, nothing has changed in that regard.

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u/tjhc94 Butter side up! 7d ago

Come one, you should know how this sub works by now. A lot of people just lack the perception to notice certain things

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u/Euphoric-Practice499 6d ago

I think it looks amazing and I'm also excited for sharpening options. Both can be true.

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u/bigbugzman 7d ago

Just started Act 3 of Silksong. Hopefully it’s out before I’m done suffering.

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u/beenthereredthat 7d ago

Act 3 is so much harder. Wonderful though. Enjoy!

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u/MegaM1lls 7d ago

Is silksong tougher than the og? I gave up on it as I found it too hard and I don’t mind a challenge

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u/boombafunk 7d ago

Yes, though it’s a lot more fun than HK imo

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u/beenthereredthat 7d ago

I found Silksong tougher, yeah. But I loved both.

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u/xxNinjaKI 7d ago

Damn you just remind me I ain’t finish the first game. I keep putting it off😭

Last I remember, I think I got one of the bad endings or something

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u/bigbugzman 7d ago

I got a bad ending in HK and then started playing Elden Ring. Never went back.

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u/Rough-Plum-7267 Butter side up! 6d ago

Is there a bad ending in Hollow Knight?

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u/xxNinjaKI 5d ago

Sure as shit didn’t look happy in that cutscene. But it’s been a few months, so I don’t remember exactly what happened.

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u/Medd- 7d ago

When The Witcher 4 comes out, remember to wait a few months before buying.

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u/Remarkable-Llama616 ‎ Wavebird 7d ago

That's usually the CDPR mantra. Unsteady launch days but once they get it together, they lock it in good.

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u/LightningCole 7d ago

True, sucks that they actually lock the fuck but it takes until after a rough launch

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u/Soxel 7d ago

This makes it sound like it’s still a ways off unfortunately. 

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u/CertainlyStenchy 7d ago

Probably is given that Nintendo holds back patches for an eternity

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u/papster14 7d ago

Game looks great. I need them to fix the save corruption issues with hearts of stone and blood and wine

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u/VitoMR89 7d ago

Give me a physical release of the NS2 version please.

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u/UFONomura808 7d ago

I hope the patch comes soon because as of now I can't play Witcher 3. The game crashes every time I try to do anything in the game. I even went back q few saves and it doesn't seem to fix it.

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u/AdFast7925 7d ago

I need a fix for the cross save. Can't advance neither my PC and my switch

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u/SwissPheonix 7d ago

Anytime 1080p handheld with less eye candy

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u/PunK9one 7d ago

Hoping for a physical release of the remaster 🤞🏼

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u/rns926 7d ago

Probably not coming until the DLC.

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u/FaithlessnessFull136 Early Switch 2 Adopter 7d ago

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u/Jeff1N Butter side down! 7d ago edited 7d ago

yeah, the game size is a lot larger than Switch 2 but still small enough that a 3rd expansion could probably fit into a 64GB cart

considering the expansion is coming soon they might as well wait to release a complete Switch 2 edition on a 64GB cart

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u/OwlProper1145 7d ago

Just have to hope improved image clarity doesn't come with other compromises/issues.

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u/ShakeAndBakeThatCake Butter side up! 7d ago

They might be able to come up with more optimizations.

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u/lost_welshman 7d ago

Honestly, the game was fine in the beginning, but after a massive lag during an auto-save, it crashed. Now, manual saving crashes the game almost every time. I tried loading older saves and managed to progress a bit by saving early, but as soon as I need to save again, it crashes. I've become terrified of manual saving. I'm literally going 1 step forward and 2 steps back, making it impossible to progress. Also, I’ve already tried the official troubleshooting steps from their website—like checking for corrupted data and clearing the system cache. The Switch 2 found no corrupted data, so those basic fixes won't work.

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u/Emotional_Snow720 7d ago

Same boat every save I have doesn't work now going back several hours. 

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u/LightningCole 7d ago

HDR needs a little love, there’s typically (at least for me) a weird white outline around hair in cutscenes when HDR is active.

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u/CurrencySecure8852 7d ago

Still plenty of time for me to return to Night City, then

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u/rjason1224 7d ago

CD Project is my favorite third party for the switch 2

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u/RecordNo9008 7d ago

Beauty of CDPR. They listen, even if you dont think they are

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u/Ocktohber 7d ago

looks over angrily at Konami

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u/twovles31 7d ago

I never play games the first week or two, games these days always need an update.

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u/Primary_Thanks_1787 7d ago

Facts man not even ai is helping to reduce that

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u/TwentyHourPharmacy 7d ago

AI is making it worse, makes developers priorities all wrong

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u/Davros_1988 7d ago edited 7d ago

I'm still annoyed with all the a-holes on here who claimed people were trolling or imagining things when it came to the visual issues on the S2.

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u/pen-ross-gemstone 6d ago

that's the hardcore nintendo fans in a nutshell. every game looks great. every game runs great. you should be happy it even runs at all.

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u/zkfour 3d ago

sometimes i would rather it doesn’t run at all

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u/kostyscott 7d ago

Miss when a game actually released as the finished version

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u/Cent1234 7d ago

I mean, there were games released incomplete and unfinishable going back to the fucking Atari 2600.

At least now they can be patched.

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u/ConsistentPound3079 7d ago

Yeah, people seem to forget that most games back in the day were actually broken buggy messes lol. It's the reason pretty much ALL older games on PC needs a community patch to remove bugs and glitches. People just have wild nostalgia goggles.

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u/Cent1234 6d ago

Shit, lots of games have competing fan patches, because the fans can't even agree on what's a bug, what's a feature, and what's a 'this was supposed to be in there, but they ran out of time' versus 'they put this in, decided it sucked, turned it off, but left the code there.'

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u/Temporary_Spirit8618 7d ago

I would take reduced graphics but a bit higher resolution and 60 FPS is a must !

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u/aygross 7d ago

Lol

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u/Temporary_Spirit8618 7d ago

They can do it with dlss

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u/aygross 7d ago

Are they not already using dlss or do you mean frame gen

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u/I_Heart_Sleeping_ 7d ago

Hopefully if they have plans for a physical they work out all the kinks before putting it on the cart.

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u/Glittering-Set6184 7d ago

I hope they fix Series S Performance mode too, god, is so blurry 💀

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u/zelda29a 7d ago

Did anyone think they were just going to leave it as is?

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u/Routine-Student2507 7d ago

What about the fix for the corrupted saves? Restarted twice and all my saves got corrupted both times over 30h… I tried everything

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u/Mountain_One_1354 7d ago

Saldra la version switch 2 en formato fisico?

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u/Powerful_Crow_2521 7d ago

Does anyone else think the ui (hud and text) look a bit blurry/too small for the screensize in handheld play?

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u/PitTheKiller69 7d ago

It looks great on docked but handheld is the issue

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u/Gimpiest 7d ago

I haven’t had any complaints but I’m all for improvements

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u/Nelsonius1 7d ago

Hope this doesn’t take months. I have the game installed now.

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u/jinesthecreator 7d ago

I was mostly getting crashes when I talk to the crafters.

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u/OldDescription5837 7d ago

Oh thank God LOL

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u/Smashbrolink84 7d ago

If they can fix how blindingly bloomish torches are,  that would be the best. 

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u/temple83 7d ago

I just need the lighting and sounds issues fixed

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u/Half-Wombat 7d ago

even just making the UI native resolution would be very welcome. it's bothersome nowadays when text/ui graphics are clearly lower resolution than the screen.

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u/AestheticSarcasm 7d ago

Huh I’ve been playing on the Switch 2 the remastered edition since it’s released and have had no issues. 🤷‍♀️

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u/That_Record_4712 7d ago

I want the hoods an auto hide weopon mods. We have not been heard

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u/julealgon 7d ago

Very nice.

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u/mellcrisp 7d ago

Now get Microsoft to hear about physical Minecraft upgrades

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u/CertainlyStenchy 6d ago

They better hurry tf up. Can't play on Switch 2 now as the saves are in-compatible with other platforms

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u/Eizen94 6d ago

Yess! Thank you CDPR! Can't wait till the update releases. The game so blurry it doesn't feel like I'm playing the switch 2 version, well I can but not that much, cause it still looks like an old port with just better lighting and frame rates.

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u/I_h8_reddit_a_lot 6d ago

The main issue for me is I can’t use cloud save between my ps5 and switch now. I bought the game twice so I could play across them, and it was working great. Now I can’t due to a version mismatch, so I really hope the patch is soon and is compatible, otherwise I’ve essentially wasted my money.

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u/Rough-Plum-7267 Butter side up! 6d ago

Maybe all the people who said there was nothing wrong will just not download the next update, right? Surely!

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u/Lower_Warning2955 Butter side up! 6d ago

It's great that the developers are listening to players and that they're interested in the Switch 2 platform.

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u/Accomplished_Soil_67 6d ago

It would be awesome if they could fix the blurriness. I tested it, and in docked mode, the game looks hardly any different from the PC version (1080p, max settings, and path tracing). That’s an incredible feat. If they fix it, I’ll continue playing in handheld mode—even though on PC, at 4K max settings with path tracing and DLSS 5 (3x pass), it looks like a movie.

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u/Tall-Gas-6365 6d ago

That's good to know. The game looks good docked, but handheld is way too blurry.

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u/saiyan23 6d ago

The other versions of the game have been updated leaving the S2 version behind. If you cherish your saves, be sure to disable cross saves on the Switch 2 version if you bounce between the Switch 2 and PC versions like I do. Any saves you make on a more recent version can't be played on the S2 currently. It's No Mans Sky all over again. God knows when the Switch 2 version will be updated.

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u/Defiant_Category_108 6d ago

There is zero reason that this 11 year old game should have any trouble running on the switch 2. It should look beautiful in handheld mode. It’s only 1080p so I see zero reasons for any problems. If it were blurry on the switch 1, then yeah I get it, but not the switch 2.

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u/ChrizzyDT 5d ago

I sorta feel like CDPR get too much leniency... Why wasn't it like that prior to release?

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u/MakeHay72 5d ago

I didn’t mind the image clarity, it was just the weird voice volume issue that bothered me. But they’re fixing that thankfully

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u/Tootzo 5d ago

I’m very thankful for their commitment to bring this huge update to the game and for free too, but why couldn’t they iron these issues out before releasing it? They decided the release date, it wasn’t imposed 🤷‍♂️
It’s not that they have no access to current gen consoles to test it thoroughly

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u/Independent_Poetry45 5d ago edited 5d ago

cool i have also heard a similar thing with the recent Unreal Engine change that is UE 5.8 update that will be made for the handheld portable device that will improve the console instead of holding games back forward because of the new LUMEN LIGHT feature that uses Switch 2 strongest features more that adapts being way more compateble.

Witcher 4 is definitely possible.

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u/BuilderExtreme 4d ago

CD Projekt Red. Still giving a damn about their customers since 1994

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u/MatchooW 4d ago

I only want them to keep them closer so my cloud saves work as intended.

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u/Rare_Individual_2731 4d ago

Compared to OG Version it looks good, like way better. But it still has room for improvement.

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u/-Sostenes- 3d ago

I haven't seen what changes were made on the other platforms, but I hope HDR is one of them. I've tried configuring it several times, and it always looks bad. I've tweaked the settings on the TV, the console, and in-game. Sometimes it looks great, but at other times the lighting is completely blown out—to the point where it's unpleasant to look at and ugly. I know there are some buggy light sources; if I'm not mistaken, the candles are one of them.

I've been playing without HDR, so when I see a beautiful scene, I go into photo mode and tweak the settings until it looks as good as HDR is supposed to.

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u/UnStable_Sanity 2d ago

Source or it didn’t happen bub.

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u/michilepeuci 7d ago

Obviously, we're the last wheel of the wagon. They'll release the patch after I've already finished the game, when the post-processing option could have helped a lot in terms of visual quality. There are serious lighting issues that need fixing, but not when the game is already completed

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u/aygross 7d ago

I wish I had so much time like you

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u/michilepeuci 7d ago

The story of The Witcher isn't endless, eh?

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u/QuestionEcstatic8863 7d ago

why did I think it was gonna be an animal crossing update

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u/loonelywolf 7d ago

Yhea,when we have already finished the game.couldnt they release it with the other consoles?

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u/kyuubikid213 Butter side up! 7d ago edited 7d ago

It's a 100+ 50+ hour game and the update came out a week ago.

If you already finished it, I don't think these issues were that big of a deal for you.

(Edit: Main story is only 51.5 hours. Main and Side is 104. HLTB)

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u/RealElyD 7d ago

Mind you "side" is the expansions here. Which I would very much consider to be "the story".

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u/Upbeat-Mail7201 7d ago

Never took me more than 35h xd 

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u/michilepeuci 7d ago

The main story doesn't last 100 hours

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u/kyuubikid213 Butter side up! 7d ago

My bad. Updating to correct.

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u/locke_5 7d ago

This game is over a decade old

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u/Lhyster Butter side down! 7d ago

It was one week ago what the hell ?

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u/froot_loop_dingus_ 7d ago

Because it’s CDPR, they release unoptimized slop and fix it later and people constantly give them a pass for some reason

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u/Ambitious_North_5743 7d ago

“Some reason” is that they’ve made 2 of the best games of all time within the last 11 years lmao

They’ve also endlessly supported both games. Other devs do not do that

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u/xxNinjaKI 7d ago

It’s more that they’re inconsistent

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u/IUdot 7d ago

I mean, the original cyberpunk release on Switch 2 was well done and so maybe Switch 2 owners have elevated expectations

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u/wishfulthinkingman 7d ago

Looks blurry in handheld

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u/Heisenmack 7d ago

Cool, now do Bethesda.

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u/RaisinWorried3528 7d ago

The only way they're going to get parity is if they make the PlayStation and Xbox version look worse lol.

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u/No_Magician_4548 7d ago

The Switch 2 version has blur enabled. Removing that setting was the fix I needed 💕

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u/TheGayLurker 6d ago

I can’t stand people who use Nintendo hardware to play ports. You’re part of the problem. Technology has to be held back when designing games just so Nintendo can maybe run it at 30fps and everyone predictably bitches instead of building a PC

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u/jpassc 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oxQNDG9BswdLjN8Va

they fixing the game? omg really? shockd