Greg Miller

During last month's Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed the Switch 2's game chat functionality, sugared by a press of the C button on the new Joy-Con. Players can watch each other enjoying the game or different titles and, with the help of a camera, even see each other.

During last month's Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed the Switch 2's game chat functionality, sugared by a press of the C button on the new Joy-Con. Players can watch each other enjoying the game or different titles and, with the help of a camera, even see each other.

It's made all the easier by a built-in microphone that is shown to be relatively reliable regardless of the player's gaming environment. The C button's chat menu aims to be an all-in-one multiplayer feature that could result in Nintendo's most successful online push in decades.

It's made all the easier by a built-in microphone that is shown to be relatively reliable regardless of the player's gaming environment. The C button's chat menu aims to be an all-in-one multiplayer feature that could result in Nintendo's most successful online push in decades.

Digital Foundry said Nintendo provides developers with a game chat testing tool that simulates API latency and L3 cache misses that the real world game chat incurs on the system. Okay, are we keeping up? We all in still? We're going in deeper, everybody.

Digital Foundry said Nintendo provides developers with a game chat testing tool that simulates API latency and L3 cache misses that the real world game chat incurs on the system. Okay, are we keeping up? We all in still? We're going in deeper, everybody.

Yeah, me too. I was like, wow. This means developers can run tests without needing active game chat sessions running. DF is now, Digital Foundry, is now left 1001. What the fuck is this? Digital Foundry is now left wondering whether game performance for the end user is impacted by having game chat on or off. If game chat resources are within the system allocation, it shouldn't make any difference.

Yeah, me too. I was like, wow. This means developers can run tests without needing active game chat sessions running. DF is now, Digital Foundry, is now left 1001. What the fuck is this? Digital Foundry is now left wondering whether game performance for the end user is impacted by having game chat on or off. If game chat resources are within the system allocation, it shouldn't make any difference.

However, given Nintendo provides game chat emulation tools, the suggestion is there is a hit of some description the developers need to test for. As Digital Foundry put it, quote, we'll be interested to see how game chat may or may not impact game performance as this does seem to be an area of developer concern, end quote. We won't know for sure until Switch 2 comes out on June 5th.

However, given Nintendo provides game chat emulation tools, the suggestion is there is a hit of some description the developers need to test for. As Digital Foundry put it, quote, we'll be interested to see how game chat may or may not impact game performance as this does seem to be an area of developer concern, end quote. We won't know for sure until Switch 2 comes out on June 5th.

Meanwhile, Digital Foundry revealed the Switch 2's final tech specs. Switch 2 memory system reservation is 3GB, with 9GB available for games. For context, the Switch 2 has 0.8GB memory system reservation and 3.2GB available for games. That's a significant chunk of the Switch 2's resources that games do not get.

Meanwhile, Digital Foundry revealed the Switch 2's final tech specs. Switch 2 memory system reservation is 3GB, with 9GB available for games. For context, the Switch 2 has 0.8GB memory system reservation and 3.2GB available for games. That's a significant chunk of the Switch 2's resources that games do not get.

As with all consoles, Switch 2 developers don't get access to the full GPU resources, with some reserved by the system.

As with all consoles, Switch 2 developers don't get access to the full GPU resources, with some reserved by the system.

We'll have to wait and see. I'm down on game chat, period. Damn. I, you know... Hater. He hates connecting. I hate connecting. I hate bridging gaps in worlds. No, I just think it's a... I get the idea of chasing it. I just hate when I see hardware people chase stuff they don't need to chase. You know what I mean? I go back all the time to when the PlayStation 4 got revealed.

We'll have to wait and see. I'm down on game chat, period. Damn. I, you know... Hater. He hates connecting. I hate connecting. I hate bridging gaps in worlds. No, I just think it's a... I get the idea of chasing it. I just hate when I see hardware people chase stuff they don't need to chase. You know what I mean? I go back all the time to when the PlayStation 4 got revealed.

And two or three weeks before I got interviewed by the New York Times or whatever... I kept saying, I was like, well, this is how I would do it, but they'd never do what I do. And they did everything I would have done. I was like, oh my God, they made a machine about games. They're like not getting caught up in the other bullshit.

And two or three weeks before I got interviewed by the New York Times or whatever... I kept saying, I was like, well, this is how I would do it, but they'd never do what I do. And they did everything I would have done. I was like, oh my God, they made a machine about games. They're like not getting caught up in the other bullshit.

And then you get to PlayStation five, like we introduced game cards in a hint system. Like none of that shit is used. It is not helpful. Why did you waste your time with it? Like cut the fat off of this. And so I can only speak for my own personal thing of, I am never going to use this. Yeah. And I saw somebody in the Twitch chat say, you know, it doesn't affect me.

And then you get to PlayStation five, like we introduced game cards in a hint system. Like none of that shit is used. It is not helpful. Why did you waste your time with it? Like cut the fat off of this. And so I can only speak for my own personal thing of, I am never going to use this. Yeah. And I saw somebody in the Twitch chat say, you know, it doesn't affect me.