The last thing you think of when you think about the Nintendo Switch, is how well God Of War runs on it. Or whether it can run God of War at all. There are a few reasons for this. For one, the Switch is a 6-year old console that, from the beginning, was never developed to run games of that magnitude graphically. There’s also the fact that God Of War never released on the Switch. For a few years it was a PlayStation exclusive. Until it was finally ported to PC.
And that leads us to now. Where a YouTube content creator and modder has managed to get the game running. It’s an interesting achievement. Seeing as the console was never intended to run graphically demanding games like God Of War. More than anything though it serves as a kind of exciting proof of concept for what can be done. Not that you necessarily should do this with your own Switch. But it’s neat to know that the potential is there.
This Nintendo Switch runs God of War, but not well
Using a Nintendo Switch to play demanding PC games sounds like it might be more exciting than it is. But to be fair, it’s only less exciting because the console doesn’t really handle the performance of the game too well. The game never really jumps above 10 frames per second. And more often than not sits between 5 and 9. That’s categorically unplayable in a game where fast reflexes are pretty much a necessity for the action combat.
But at least the graphics look good, even if the gameplay is anything but smooth. It’s pretty much the same story for other games that were tried as well. Including Grand Theft Auto V, Devil May Cry 5, Titanfall 2 and others. Part of that might have to do with the games running on a version of Linux. But for the most part probably has to do with the Switch’s underpowered CPU.
Still, even if the Switch isn’t the beastly handheld some might want it to be, it’s fun to see gamers take it to these kinds of new heights. Even if only to show Nintendo that a Switch console with more powerful performance is definitely something players want. In the meantime, it looks like you’ll need to stick with devices like the Steam Deck and ROG Ally if you want proper PC gaming on a handheld.

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