{"id":136852,"date":"2026-04-15T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-199884"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:55:00","slug":"overwatch-is-out-now-for-switch-2-but-its-got-some-performance-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/15\/overwatch-is-out-now-for-switch-2-but-its-got-some-performance-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch Is Out Now For Switch 2, But It&#8217;s Got Some Performance Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1e072344c161b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1e072344c161b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1e072344c161b\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"JdDMmzjh6vo\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JdDMmzjh6vo?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Blizzard today launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/overwatch\">Overwatch<\/a> (formerly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/overwatch\">Overwatch 2<\/a>) for the Switch 2 and it&#8217;s got off to a bit of a rough start.<\/p>\n<p>Players of the free-to-play title have <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/old.reddit.com\/r\/NintendoSwitch2\/comments\/1slidwv\/overwatch_switch_2\/\">reported frame rate issues<\/a>, limiting the game&#8217;s performance. Blizzard has shared a notice, confirming it&#8217;s aware of these issues and is already working on a patch to resolve the problem. So, if you have encountered this issue, don&#8217;t worry!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Blizzard:<\/strong> &#8220;We are aware of an issue with the FPS limit on the Nintendo Switch 2 being lower than intended. We are working on a patch to resolve this issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>As mentioned in the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/overwatch.blizzard.com\/en-us\/news\/24266793\/reach-heroic-heights-in-reign-of-talon-season-2-summit\/\">announcement post<\/a>, the free Switch 2 upgrade is meant to include &#8220;improved visuals&#8221; and &#8220;up to 60fps&#8221; in both &#8220;handheld and docked modes&#8221;, which is a huge step up on the Switch version of the title.<\/p>\n<p>This update also rolls out alongside the new season and hero, Sierra, who you can see in action in the trailer above.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:199826,197053,198594,199729 @ 1776270945 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>When a fix is released, we&#8217;ll provide an update. Have you tried out the Switch 2 version of Overwatch yet? How are you finding it so far? <em>Tell us in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Blizzard today launched Overwatch (formerly known as Overwatch 2) for the Switch 2 and it&#8217;s got off to a bit of a rough start. Players of the free-to-play title have reported frame rate issues, limiting the game&#8217;s performance. Blizzard has shared a notice, confirming it&#8217;s aware of these issues and is already working [&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-136852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136852","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=136852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}