New Switch 1 Update Finally, At Long Last, Resolves One Of Its Most-Annoying Issues

This article was originally published on link to post

Among the flaws of the original Nintendo Switch, one long-standing issue has been the performance of the eShop. And no, I’m not talking about the lack of music in the vein of the Wii; browsing the store itself was always an exercise in frustration due to awful performance. And now, with the release of a new system update more than nine years after launch, that issue has suddenly been resolved.

The Switch 22.5.0 update patch notes don’t lay out that specific change, instead just vaguely saying it has been “redesigned” and that dark mode–if that’s what your system is set to–will be supported on the store. 

That’s good news for those who don’t want their eyes to get blasted with bright light when shopping, but the key thing is that you can smoothly browse through the store’s offerings. For years, it’s been input lag, images that take a long time to load in, and extended waits if you dared to scroll any distance down a given eShop listing page. Now, while it’s not the most buttery-smooth experience, the updated eShop is a dramatic, night-and-day difference from how slow it used to be.

Troubling as the lag was, it’s a problem that’s