Nintendo Switch 2 Hands-On: Bigger Screen, Faster Chip Live Up to the Hype

The arrival of Nintendo Co.’s Switch 2 marks the biggest consumer tech product release of 2025 so far, with legions of gamers now unboxing and trying the new $450 gaming console for the first time.

Despite the hype and a $150 increase over the launch price for the original, the second-generation system manages to impress with faster performance, improved graphics, more comfortable ergonomics and enough tweaks throughout to make this feel like a distinctly new machine.