What started as a gold rush for indie developers slowly spoiled, and eventually the eShop became overrun with slop. This pushed some developers to the margins, while platform degradation soured the experience as a whole.

The Switch 2 is backwards compatible with Switch games, but it uses emulation to run those older titles, so it isn't playing these games natively. It works for the most part—Nintendo says virtually all first-party Switch 1 games can run on Switch 2 without issue,

The Nintendo Switch 2 will be able to play most original Switch games without any issues when it launches on June 5. According to an update from Nintendo, most big games and all first-party titles (with one tiny exception) will work on Switch 2,