[STEAM] The Switch 2 is boring — and that’s exactly what Nintendo needs

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Image: The Verge, Nintendo You can always count on Nintendo for a surprise. This is the company that followed the Game Boy with

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and broke out of its GameCube slump with a console focused on motion controls. It’s the company that lost its lead with the Wii U and then gambled on another innovation — the portable hybrid known as the Switch — to

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. All of those were big, risky swings that seemingly exemplified the company’s playful, experimental ethos.

The Switch 2, on the other hand, is…

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. It’s kind of boring. But it’s also exactly the right move from Nintendo. At a time when people expect their games and experiences to carry over between devices, the old console paradigm of starting over with a new generation doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. And since Nintendo hit a home run with the original Switch, it has the runway to be a little bit boring this time.

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didn’t detail a whole lot about the Switch 2 in terms of specs, but there are still some clear improvements over the original, like the ******* display (though we don’t know the exact screen size) and

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