Nintendo is all set to launch the new Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5, 2025. And they have exciting news for their fans. Plenty of games from the original Switch
  • UlrichEnglish
    4•13 days ago

    Interesting. My copy of Half Life from 1998 never got an upgrade for new hardware 😞

      • Akatsuki LeviEnglish
        3•13 days ago

        And its fucking GLORIOUS I can now annoy the scientists on my computer

      • UlrichEnglish
        2•13 days ago

        Oh, which hardware was this upgraded for?

          • UlrichEnglish
            1•13 days ago

            Weird, considering it came out several years after Steam Deck and it works just fine on my desktop PC…

            • @catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
              5•13 days ago

              And the games in the article would have worked just fine on the Switch 2 as well.

              • UlrichEnglish
                1•13 days ago

                I mean that makes sense, considering they’re Nintendo games and it’s a Nintendo console.

        • missingno
          8•13 days ago

          If you try reading those patch notes they’ll tell you exactly what kinds of modern hardware some of these changes are targeted at:

          • Steam Deck optimizations
          • Improved controller support
          • Default gamma reduced since you’re probably not playing on a CRT anymore, and resolution no longer defaults to 640x480
          • Ultrawide FOV support for ultrawide monitors
          • Lowest quality settings removed since no one is running hardware that weak anymore
          • Software renderer fixed on hardware that doesn’t support 16-bit color
        • BombOmOmEnglish
          6•13 days ago

          Works perfectly fine on my machine I bought over two decades after the game came out, looks significantly better than when the game came out too. Not sure how much more upgradability you could possibly want.