{"id":135292,"date":"2025-12-19T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-195597"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:15:00","slug":"bethesda-releases-skyrim-switch-2-patch-addressing-input-latency-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2025\/12\/19\/bethesda-releases-skyrim-switch-2-patch-addressing-input-latency-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethesda Releases Skyrim Switch 2 Patch Addressing Input Latency Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/de54008413b2b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/de54008413b2b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"de54008413b2b\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/de54008413b2b\/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/de54008413b2b\/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Bethesda<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Nintendo Switch 2 port of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-anniversary-edition\">The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim<\/a> hasn&#8217;t exactly been well received for a number of reasons, but among the most criticised aspects is the input latency, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/12\/video-digital-foundry-reviews-skyrim-on-switch-2-and-yeah-its-bad\">Digital Foundry tested<\/a> and claimed was worse than most cloud-streamed games. <em>Yikes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Well, Bethesda has managed to squeeze a patch out just before the holidays kick in, which focus on that specific problem.<\/p>\n<p>Available to download now, the details are simple, but <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/help.bethesda.net\/#en\/answer\/73362\">Bethesda says<\/a> &#8220;In an update on December 19, 2025, we have fixed an issue that caused input latency for <em>Skyrim<\/em> players on Switch 2.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/bethesdastudios\/status\/2002041431943495772 @ 2025-12-19T17:14:20+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning we released an update for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition players on Nintendo Switch 2, which addresses input latency.<\/p>\n<p>Please be sure to check for updates to ensure the latest one is downloaded. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FeN39DvTCb\">pic.twitter.com\/FeN39DvTCb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Bethesda Game Studios (@BethesdaStudios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethesdaStudios\/status\/2002041431943495772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>So, here&#8217;s the question \u2014 <em>has<\/em> it actually fixed the problem? We haven&#8217;t had the chance to test it out yet, but the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NintendoSwitch2\/comments\/1pqoj34\/skyrim_switch_2_update\/\">NintendoSwitch2 subreddit<\/a> seems positive on the update.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s apparently not perfect, users report that it&#8217;s &#8220;significantly better&#8221; and that the latency has been &#8220;reduced by what feels like half&#8221;. So that&#8217;s something! Though many are still demanding a 60fps update. Maybe one day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have to see if Digital Foundry go back and revisit the game after the update, but for now, it might be safe to redownload your Switch 2 version of Skyrim.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Let us know if you&#8217;ve tried out Skyrim after today&#8217;s patch in the comments<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:195558,195030 @ 1766193813 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Bethesda The Nintendo Switch 2 port of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim hasn&#8217;t exactly been well received for a number of reasons, but among the most criticised aspects is the input latency, which Digital Foundry tested and claimed was worse than most cloud-streamed games. Yikes. Well, Bethesda has managed to squeeze a patch out [&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-135292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135292","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=135292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}