Nintendo Switch 2: Patent hints at upscaling tech for 4K games
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Fri, Jan 3, 2025
After a torrent of Nintendo Switch 2 leaks to close out last year, 2025 kicked off with even more potential details about the upcoming console. On January 1, gaming industry consultant Laura Kate Dale spotted a patent from Nintendo published on New Year’s Eve. The patent appears to describe how Nintendo plans to use AI upscaling to improve the output resolution of its games, which might be a hint at how the Switch 2 will reach 4K resolution. Nintendo will very likely never compete with the raw power of the latest PlayStation or Xbox, but these are the innovations that will be necessary to provide a true next-generation experience on the Switch 2, no matter how much more powerful it is than its predecessor.
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