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Some Switch 2 Units Are Overheating, According to Reports

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According to several reports, most of which are coming from Japan, some Nintendo Switch 2 units may be overheating. At least, that's what users are assuming when they see sudden freezes and crashes while the console's fans run at max speed in the vain attempt to cool down the hardware. This happens with all kinds of Nintendo Switch 2 games, from the most taxing ones like CD Projekt RED's Cyberpunk 2077 to way less complex titles like Rune Factor…
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According to some users, the Nintendo Switch 2 has technical problems due to too high a temperature. We would like to know if you have had similar experiences with it.

One player reports about his Switch 2, which is overheated when playing Zelda. Others report about hugely warm consoles, which are actually only in the dock.

The Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has published its weekly numbers for the last week and thus gives us an insight into the hardware and software sales in the country of the rising sun. Nintendo was able to run with its Switch 2 and sold 160,000 new consoles, which makes this platform by far, very far the number 1. This is also a slight increase to the previous week and even the first weeks of the new console, where the numbers were between 14…

The switch 2 exactly the format to take it to the balcony in the summer. Apparently the heat of the console also increases.

Nintendo’s new console is literally heated. At least if we credit recent reports coming (especially) from Japan, where Reddit and Facebook users have shared complaints about the overheating of Switch 2 units. And it doesn’t seem to be limited to demanding titles like Cyberpunk 2077; games like Pokémon, Splatoon and Rune Factory are also causing the problem. According to these reports, the console is completely blocked or freezes intermittently a…

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4p.de broke the news in on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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