US EditionHogwarts Legacy, Civilization 7, And More Reveal $10 Switch 2 Upgrade Fees
- Warner Bros. Games is offering a $10 upgrade for owners of Hogwarts Legacy on Nintendo Switch to access a newly built Switch 2 version launching in June 2025.
- This offer follows a practice similar to Sony's paid upgrades for remastered games and reflects the Switch 2's hardware improvements requiring new builds rather than simple patches.
- The original Hogwarts Legacy Switch edition released in November 2023 is discounted 70% in the US, while the Switch 2 version features higher resolution, next-gen assets, faster loading, and new controls like mouse support.
- Warner Bros. States the $10 upgrade includes "1080p resolution in handheld mode," "faster broom flying," "DLSS support," and "mouse controls," enhancing gameplay on the Switch 2.
- This upgrade signals a trend of more publishers charging for next-gen Switch 2 editions while maintaining backwards compatibility for older Switch games, implying layered consumer options.
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Hogwarts Legacy, Civilization 7, And More Reveal $10 Switch 2 Upgrade Fees
“Next-gen” upgrade fees are coming to Switch 2. Ahead of the console’s launch in June, more and more publishers are sharing new details about the Switch 2 versions of games that are already on Switch, and many will require a $10 fee in order to unlock them. But what exactly are you paying for?Read more...
Are you interested in this version of the game? We get more news related to the successful Hogwarts Legacy that keeps giving us news in front of Nintendo Switch 2. After the rumor of a new version on the way, as well as another of a sequel, now there is more information about it. It comes after the rumors of Hogwarts Legacy 2. In the past they confirmed that there is a sequel on the way, as well as that it will include content from HBO's next Ha…
We are a few weeks away from the release of Nintendo Switch 2 and we know more and more details about the console. At this moment, some players have noticed a detail for the Warner Bros title. Games, Hogwarts Legacy. It seems that if you bought the digital version of the video game on Switch, when you access the eShop you will see ready the version of Switch 2 for 10 euros and not 59.99. We have known this detail through VGC, that Warner Bros. h…
Good news for Harry Potter fans: if you own the Switch version of Hogwarts Legacy, there's currently a discount on the Switch 2 version on the Nintendo eShop.
Some users show that Hogwarts Legacy for Switch can be 'updated' to the Switch 2 version for only 10 euros (in Europe), from the eShop.
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