Skyrim releasing on every hardware imaginable is a never-ending gaming meme, so no one was surprised when Bethesda announced that the classic RPG was in development. ported to Switch 2. People who decided they absolutely needed to hear “You're finally awake” for the millionth time quickly discovered that there was something deeply wrong with the latest news. Skyrim version – and it fuels the debate about how Bethesda approaches its constant re-releases.
The most obvious problem with the Switch 2 version Skyrim is input lag: the game takes about a quarter of a second to interpret players' button presses. While this discrepancy may seem minor, this kind of lag makes a big difference in an action-oriented game like Skyrim where players expect smooth and responsive combat. It's bad enough that fans are calling Skyrim on switch 2 “borderline unplayable” and vowed not to play it until it was fixed. “It’s terrible how delayed this movement is,” one Reddit user commented on a video showing the delay.
Discussions about Skyrim the Switch 2 is a disappointment overall. Fans have caught on to Bethesda's tactic of periodically porting or re-releasing its popular games, even on platforms where the game is already playable, as was the case with Skyrim: Anniversary Edition. Typically, developers try to entice fans to repurchase the game by adding extra bells and whistles, such as new features or improved performance. Technically Switch version 2 Skyrim lives up to that expectation by offering DLC, Creation Club mods, and exclusive Legend of Zelda items. It also helps that Bethesda is making the Switch 2 port free for anyone who already owns the Anniversary Edition on Switch. As fans may remember, this re-release also added new things like fishing.
But the more Bethesda dives back into its Skyrim well, the more fans expect. Specifically on Switch 2 first class ports such as Cyberpunk 2077 And Star Wars: Outlaws have received positive attention, meaning the major ports stand out even more. The disappointment also stems from the realization that Bethesda's games are notoriously buggy from the start, so every re-release that fails to fix long-standing problems begins to seem egregious. To some extent, what players expect is considered standard practice for good ports. Players can't help but fixate on the 2025 version. Skyrim it still runs at 30fps, especially considering the Switch 2's main selling point is its increased power.
“I'm not even going to talk about 30 frames per second for a 2011 game in 2025 on a console capable of running Cyberpunk at 40 [FPS]”,” Another thread on Reddit called “Skyrim Switch 2 is terrible” suggested. “I’ll just say that the pace of the footage isn’t even consistent.”
Bethesda is hardly alone in providing basic ports that don't solve non-critical problems. But the famed role-playing game maker has also become embroiled in a series of scandals that have eroded fan loyalty. Star field didn't live up to even a fraction of the hype behind the game. And just recently Bethesda published a controversial Anniversary edition Fallout 4. Like Skyrim new version on Switch 2 Fallout 4 comes with all extensions and add-ons such as Creation Club. But the PC version Fallout 4 the port also made the game unavailable to people who downloaded mods—presumably a large portion of PC users. Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition also reportedly suffered from performance issues more generally, such as crashes and texture glitches. Even worse, some fans are reporting that the bells and whistles that make Anniversary edition unique didn't even work on startup. The latest version has fixed some problems with Fallout 4for example, the problem with VAT, which was has been in the game for a decade. But fans were left baffled by glitches in the new Fallout after seeing Bethesda successfully updated the game to new hardware without breaking the whole thing.
In an era of updates and live service, it's entirely possible that Bethesda will fix the technical incompetence of its Switch 2 port. And despite all the jokes, the new version Fallout 4 this is a smart step after Popular Amazon TV show. With a muted reaction to Star field And Elder Scrolls 6 still in early development stagethe company may also need more sources of income. However, the company cannot correct the negative reputation it has earned after repeatedly reselling versions of the game that few people ask for in states that may not justify the price.
“I remember when they were internet darlings for a while who didn't do anything wrong,” writes one commenter on the aforementioned negative Reddit thread. “Completely burned out all consumer preferences.”
