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Nintendo site says estimated battery life for Nintendo Switch 2 is 2-6.5 hours

The official Nintendo site has detailed the Nintendo Switch 2 which is due to be released on 5th June. One thing mentioned in the technical specifications is the all-important battery life.

mynintendonews.com

The official Nintendo site has detailed the Nintendo Switch 2 which is due to be released on 5th June. One thing mentioned in the technical specifications is the all-important battery life. Players can expect the battery life to be around 2-6 hours depending on the game that is being played. Hopefully the games will be optimised to hit the higher end of that spectrum, but until the Nintendo Switch 2 unit is in reviewers hands we won’t know for sure.

2 hours? That's pretty crazy.

That's half of the estimated battery life of the OG Switch. It was 4.5-9HRs if I remember correctly.

 

[PauloRoberto]

Probably HDR (and online play on handheld mode)

 

[RoadHazard]

Battery tech isn't really evolving much unfortunately, and this is clearly a more power hungry console than the original Switch (evident by things like the dock having a fan).

 

[XXL]

The OG Switch was 4.5-9HRs.

Nintendo Switch 2 battery life confirmed | VGC

Switch 2 has a higher capacity battery than the original Switch…

www.videogameschronicle.com

By comparison, Nintendo’s officially stated battery life for the original Switch is 4.5 to 9 hours, while for the Switch Lite it’s 3 to 7 hours

 

[SegaSnatcher]

Nintendo site says estimated battery life for Nintendo Switch 2 is 2-6.5 hours

The official Nintendo site has detailed the Nintendo Switch 2 which is due to be released on 5th June. One thing mentioned in the technical specifications is the all-important battery life.

mynintendonews.com

2 hours? That's pretty crazy.

That's half of the estimated battery life of the OG Switch. It was 4.5-9HRs if I remember correctly.

Enjoy Game Gear battery life.

But in truth the original Switch model had an estimated battery life of 2.5 - 6.5 hrs. It was the first revision where it was improved to 4.5 - 9hrs.

 

[CrimsonTide]

2 hours? phew

 

[Woopah]

The OG Switch was 4.5-9HRs.

Nintendo Switch 2 battery life confirmed | VGC

Switch 2 has a higher capacity battery than the original Switch…

www.videogameschronicle.com

That's the upgraded model from 2019. The OG was 2.5 to 6.5 hours.

 

[SegaSnatcher]

The OG Switch was 4.5-9HRs.

Nintendo Switch 2 battery life confirmed | VGC

Switch 2 has a higher capacity battery than the original Switch…

www.videogameschronicle.com

That is the revision, not the original model.

 

[GigaBowser]

same as switch 2017

 

[XXL]

Probably HDR (and online play on handheld mode)

Battery tech isn't really evolving much unfortunately, and this is clearly a more power hungry console than the original Switch (evident by things like the dock having a fan).

2HRs is completely unacceptable imo.

I imagine that would be for the hungrier games like Cyberpunk and FF7, but still....that's pretty bad.

 

[Codes 208]

Its minimum is still 4x better than my rog ally

 

[XXL]

That is the revision, not the original model.

Thanks.

 

[Arsic]

Plug in docked to get unlimited battery life.

Simple hack.

 

[SegaSnatcher]

2HRs is completely unacceptable imo.

I imagine that would be for the hungrier games like Cyberpunk and FF7, but still....that's pretty bad.

You can thank Nintendo sticking with 8nm process for that trash battery life.

 

[Kataploom]

IDC, just give me a TV-only version, Nintendo, I really don't want to pay for screen and battery I won't ever use unless forced to (for some config weird UX)

 

[cireza]

IDC, just give me a TV-only version, Nintendo, I really don't want to pay for screen and battery I won't ever use unless forced to (for some config weird UX)

This. Makes a "Switch 2 Box" even more relevant.

 

[K' Dash]

For the original SW it lasted about 2 hours with BOTW. Its fine, I still got the power bank I bought in 2017.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Battery tech isn't really evolving much unfortunately, and this is clearly a more power hungry console than the original Switch (evident by things like the dock having a fan).

Look at GPUs and CPUs, their power requirements have skyrocketed in order to brute force their way into meeting expected performance increases on new models (and still disappointing). Moore's Law has been dead and we are looking at other ways to make up the difference.

 

[Robb]

Same as Switch (1). Was hoping for a bit of an upgrade.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

they should make it so tactile button pushes charge the device

that has to be possible right

 

[Sebastian1295]

Battery tech isn't really evolving much unfortunately, and this is clearly a more power hungry console than the original Switch (evident by things like the dock having a fan).

It's called using an 8nm processor in a 450 dollar console. They're selling garbage tech for a premium price and they could've put a much better processor in it to make the battery life better but chose not too.

 

[Leopold]

2h is fine, the Deck pushes 1h30 in demanding games lol

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Nintendo site says estimated battery life for Nintendo Switch 2 is 2-6.5 hours

The official Nintendo site has detailed the Nintendo Switch 2 which is due to be released on 5th June. One thing mentioned in the technical specifications is the all-important battery life.

mynintendonews.com

2 hours? That's pretty crazy.

That's half of the estimated battery life of the OG Switch. It was 4.5-9HRs if I remember correctly.

Huh? BotW ran for 2 hours on Switch. It’s the same. Not a big deal at all

 

[Shaki12345]

Everyone; just wait for the OLED version instead of the overpriced gimped LCD version with horrible batterylife.

 

[Roman Empire]

Battery life for handhelds is abysmall anyway. 3 hours or something is already huge if you compare to others like the Deck and Rog Ally.

Still trash though.

 

[XXL]

Deck pushes 1h30 in demanding games lol

And that is fucking insane.

Its partially why I don't have interest in the Deck.

I only used the Switch as handheld, I expected a bit better.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Even if I get the Switch 2 eventually, I’m not a fan of handheld anyway so it’ll always be on the monitor unless I have no choice.

 

[Ozriel]

And they were bragging about it being the same thickness as the OG Switch

Could have just made it a bit thicker and fit in a bigger battery

 

[loktaiextatus]

It's called using an 8nm processor in a 450 dollar console. They're selling garbage tech for a premium price and they could've put a much better processor in it to make the battery life better but chose not too.

We (people who knew tech when I say "we") all said the EXACT same thing when Nintendo chose MAXWELL instead of PASCAL for the orig switch AND announced it a price 50 dollars more than anyone expected.

 

[Thief1987]

What you expected? Battery tech is going nowhere, while hardware only become more power hungry despite all of the nodes advantages

 

[Baemono]

That's half of the estimated battery life of the OG Switch. It was 4.5-9HRs if I remember correctly.

You don't, it was 2.5 hours mini, and people were freaking out

 

[FireFly]

It's called using an 8nm processor in a 450 dollar console. They're selling garbage tech for a premium price and they could've put a much better processor in it to make the battery life better but chose not too.

The Steam Deck allocates 15W for the APU alone. It looks like the Switch 2 uses ~10W for the whole system in portable mode (based on a ~20 mWh battery). So that could be just 6/7W for the APU. If the leaked clocks are accurate, then we would expect the Switch 2 to get close to the Steam Deck in portable mode, which would speak to much better power efficiency on a supposedly "garbage" process. (Not that 8nm is even confirmed).

 

[vaibhavpisal]

they should make it so tactile button pushes charge the device

that has to be possible right

They should use potato chips instead of silicon that creates its own power via photosynthesis.

I am betting it will still give graphics better than OG Switch.

 

[Shifty1897]

I bought a cheap battery bank to use my Switch 1 on long flights and it works great, I can play all day with that thing connected.

 

[DR3AM]

April 1st was yesterday

 

[LordCBH]

I wish they’d opted to make the switch 2 thicker so they could put a bigger battery in it.

 

[Cyborg]

A joke… its a portable device

 

[loktaiextatus]

I wish they’d opted to make the switch 2 thicker so they could put a bigger battery in it.

yeah....even just like 20% thicker would probably fit a battery twice the volume given how much of the thickness is the screen, board ,and cooling. But I trust the engineers decided on all this after much consideration.... the new switch is even less pocket sized. Thats the one thing I really miss about older nintendo handhelds.... they want me to take these machines WITH me ... sure on flights, stuff like that but... just OUT and ABOUT? The thing is the size of a tablet with wings on the sides and joysticks interfering in the front. You cant put the OG switch in your pocket like you could ANY previous nintendo handheld (unless you count the virtual boy) and I thought the 3DS LL/XL was big at the time.. but no. Now its even larger so since we're already lugging it with us, ... more battery would be great.

 

[Flabagast]

Really do not understand people willing to buy this trash day one

 

[LordCBH]

yeah....even just like 20% thicker would probably fit a battery twice the volume given how much of the thickness is the screen, board ,and cooling. But I trust the engineers decided on all this after much consideration.... the new switch is even less pocket sized. Thats the one thing I really miss about older nintendo handhelds.... they want me to take these machines WITH me ... sure on flights, stuff like that but... just OUT and ABOUT? The thing is the size of a tablet with wings on the sides and joysticks interfering in the front. You cant put the OG switch in your pocket like you could ANY previous nintendo handheld (unless you count the virtual boy) and I thought the 3DS LL/XL was big at the time.. but no. Now its even larger so since we're already lugging it with us, ... more battery would be great.

To be fair to me and Nintendo, like 80% of my play time with the switch has been docked. But my handheld playtime went up SIGNIFICANTLY when I got that nitrodeck controller thing earlier this year.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Nintendo site says estimated battery life for Nintendo Switch 2 is 2-6.5 hours

The official Nintendo site has detailed the Nintendo Switch 2 which is due to be released on 5th June. One thing mentioned in the technical specifications is the all-important battery life.

mynintendonews.com

2 hours? That's pretty crazy.

That's half of the estimated battery life of the OG Switch. It was 4.5-9HRs if I remember correctly.

You don’t remember correctly

 

[Dacvak]

Seems about right. As long as it supports fast charging, that’s fine with me. Roughly the same as the launch Switch.

 

[SweetTooth]

Cyperbunk = 2 hours
Nintendo slop = 5 hours
Store shovelware = 6.5 hours

 

[Bernoulli]

Battery tech isn't really evolving much unfortunately, and this is clearly a more power hungry console than the original Switch (evident by things like the dock having a fan).

it did evolve with silicon carbon batteries, they have now phone with almost double the capacity for the same size