{"id":128540,"date":"2022-10-01T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-138522"},"modified":"2022-10-01T03:55:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T03:55:00","slug":"skyrim-anniversary-switch-players-seem-to-be-experiencing-performance-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/10\/01\/skyrim-anniversary-switch-players-seem-to-be-experiencing-performance-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyrim Anniversary Switch Players Seem To Be Experiencing Performance Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cf614500e319b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cf614500e319b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cf614500e319b\/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cf614500e319b\/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim.900x.jpg\" alt=\"The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Bethesda<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this week, the Switch received the Anniversary Edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/elder_scrolls_v_skyrim\">The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim<\/a>. As amazing as it is to finally have this particular version of the game on Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid system, it seems <em>some<\/em> players are encountering performance issues.<\/p>\n<p>A number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_anniversary_edition\"><strong>Skyrim Anniversary<\/strong><\/a> Switch users are reporting frame rate issues &#8211; including stuttering and frame rate drops. Others are supposedly experiencing crashes more regularly now, with a lot mentioning how they&#8217;ve been playing the game&#8217;s Survival Mode. Here&#8217;s a look at one of the videos blowing up on the Nintendo Switch subreddit at the moment:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-oembed\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NintendoSwitch\/comments\/xsebhw\/dont_buy_skyrim_anniversary_edition_on_switch\/ @ 2022-10-01T04:16:59+01:00 --> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-card\"><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NintendoSwitch\/comments\/xsebhw\/dont_buy_skyrim_anniversary_edition_on_switch\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share\">Don\u2019t buy Skyrim Anniversary Edition on Switch. Frame rate drops terribly.<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NintendoSwitch\/\">NintendoSwitch<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This is seemingly impacting players who have installed the anniversary content, with the base game still &#8220;silky smooth&#8221; according to some users. Some suggestions are to try a fresh install if these performance issues persist. Problems like this can often be resolved or at least improved across a series of patches, so hopefully, Bethesda takes note.<\/p>\n<p>The Anniversary Edition of Skyrim comes packed with the base game, add-ons (Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn), and a load of Club Creation content like quests, dungeons, bosses, weapons and spells. There&#8217;s fishing, too.<\/p>\n<p><em>If we hear any other developments, we&#8217;ll let you know.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Bethesda Earlier this week, the Switch received the Anniversary Edition of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. As amazing as it is to finally have this particular version of the game on Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid system, it seems some players are encountering performance issues. A number of Skyrim Anniversary Switch users are reporting frame rate issues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}