With Nintendo Switch 2’s announcement right around the corner, the company and the handheld are being held as the last bastion that can save this generation. With the first Switch reaching nearly 140 million units sold, such an expectation shouldn’t come as a surprise, either.

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The recent leaks surrounding the upcoming console, however, suggest that its performance will be on par with PS4 and Xbox One, which are still a generation behind the other two. Now, whether Nintendo will find success despite this limitation remains to be seen.

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To reiterate, the leaked specifications for the Nintendo Switch 2, the Nvidia custom Soc, the 12Gb Ram, and the 256Gb Ufs 3.1 Storage all indicate performance equal to that of...