misk@sopuli.xyz to GamesEnglish · 26 days agoNintendo Switch 2 doesn't actually run original Switch games nativelywww.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down13
arrow-up1107arrow-down1external-linkNintendo Switch 2 doesn't actually run original Switch games nativelywww.eurogamer.netmisk@sopuli.xyz to GamesEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarezarkanianlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoI don’t know. A lot of games seem to run fine on my PC.
minus-squareSirence@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·25 days agoYou aren’t ‘running’ them per se, you are emulating them, which removes the hardware hurdle.
minus-squarezarkanianlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·25 days agoHow do you run something on other hardware without emulation?
minus-squareSirence@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·25 days agoNatively. This is what this post and the comment you replied to are about. People expected the switch 2 to run switch 1 games natively, just like the wii ran GameCube natively or Gameboy advance ran Gameboy games but instead it’s emulated.
I don’t know. A lot of games seem to run fine on my PC.
You aren’t ‘running’ them per se, you are emulating them, which removes the hardware hurdle.
How do you run something on other hardware without emulation?
Natively. This is what this post and the comment you replied to are about. People expected the switch 2 to run switch 1 games natively, just like the wii ran GameCube natively or Gameboy advance ran Gameboy games but instead it’s emulated.