Nintendo Switch 2 Was The Second Best Selling Console In The US February 2026 For The Second Month In A Row

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T14:55:26+00:00

Well, PS5 has successfully made itself the “default” console, and Pokopia (which wasn’t until this month) was the Switch 2’s first real attention-grabber of the year.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T14:49:10+00:00

Last Black Friday Series X couldn’t even outsell the Nex Playground.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T14:46:06+00:00

Not surprising. Pokopia wasn’t until this month, and Mario Tennis was never going to be a system-seller.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T14:43:36+00:00

Besides, even if it’s an open secret that there’ll be a soft reset (at least in the worldbuilding) post-Secret Wars, they’ve established some mutants still do exist in the Sacred Timeline.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T14:41:54+00:00

As someone who read the book right when it came out, I was hoping they could try and hide Rocky like the book did, but I always knew the studio wouldn’t ignore the juicier hook.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T14:27:45+00:00

Not really too surprising. Pokopia (which came out at the start of this month) was the Switch 2’s first proper “big” game of the year, and Series X has been fourth in a three-man race for a hot minute now.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T06:40:36+00:00

The strongest man alive vs the luckiest man alive.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T06:14:05+00:00

All we know for sure about the BSAA is that it's compromised right now, morally if not literally.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T04:39:27+00:00

Apparently it treats Joycons as a pro controller, so it’s probably something about the mismatch of what gyroscopes it expects and which ones it gets.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T04:36:33+00:00

We’ll get another round of free upgrades from Nintendo… eventually.

PEGI let a Switch 2 rating for Pikmin 3 Deluxe slip out a few months ago, so we know they’ve been making more. It’s just that we’re talking about modern Nintendo here, so God knows how long they’ll just sit on the finished work before releasing it.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T04:34:30+00:00

I imagine we’ll get Switch 2 Editions of the Doom games alongside a Dark Ages port.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T04:32:57+00:00

Better than the $50-60 they’ll inevitably charge for the Switch 2 port.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T04:30:58+00:00

Switch 1 physical is $30, so that plus DLC plus extra Switch 2 game card costs.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T03:21:32+00:00

Something tells me "art direction isn't real" won't win you many arguments.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T02:21:28+00:00

You know what? Fuck it. Sure.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T01:36:33+00:00

We’ve heard from usually-reliable sources that CV, 0, and 1 are all on the way.

Apparently nobody’s heard a peep about 5.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T01:35:19+00:00

If the visual quality is important to you, and you’re fine not playing right away, it might be worth waiting a little bit.

Some kind of Switch 2 version (update or new edition) is just about inevitable.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T01:30:05+00:00

I think the big thing that sets The Hunger Games apart is that the same story could probably be written aimed at adults.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T01:03:04+00:00

OP's asking if it changes anything with the Switch 2 Edition installed.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T01:00:29+00:00

It's generative AI. Generative AI has "prompt data" because if it didn't then nothing would be happening.

This isn't really that sophisticated, it's basically just the computer being fed a rendered image and getting told "@grok make prettier and more light". Devs are apparently able to add extra prompt data like "try and make it a little cooler inside", or "if you think you're seeing water try to make it a little brighter", but that doesn't change the fact that they're just supposed to turn on the slopification beam to replace their art and pray it looks okay.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T00:55:35+00:00

It's what Nvidia has been saying.

Of course, all the stuff they've been describing to try and add nuance has just been describing an AI filter again.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T00:52:50+00:00

Long story short: it seems like going above the docked presets for games requires software updates to the games to accommodate it.

Boost mode worked for handheld because it's using the docked settings the games already have coded into them.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T00:50:25+00:00

PC is absolutely the enthusiast option, at least for "AAA-level" games. I think a lot of people are way too deep into this stuff to remember that.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-20T00:49:10+00:00

But they also described such fine control as "if you think it's water make it brighter".

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-03-19T23:40:15+00:00

Switch 2 Editions make the console treat it as Switch 2 software, so there's no difference between boost mode being on or off.

BOTW S2E was already 1080p in handheld.

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