It’s been more than a month.
Blizzard, at this point we are begging for some attention.
You guys told us to contact Nintendo . We did. Nintendo told us to contact you . So here we are again.
We’ve been literally flooding the Bug Reporter with Switch topics, but none of them have been answered. We don’t even know if you guys have acknowledged the issue.
This framerate drops are simply not acceptable, especially when the game worked great before the rebase. Docked runs better but the problem is still noticeable. Handheld on the other hand… is simply a mess.
A single Mei wall or a barrier can ruin the framerate. That’s not normal and wasn’t like that before Pachimari. Something went wrong with that rebase on the Switch.
Maybe you need to check the assets or something. Some users have noticed some abilities look more detailed than ever and that might be compromising performance. Whatever it is, it’s out of control.
To give you some background (these are only a few of them, there are tons):
Ever since the pachimari event update, the game has been getting insane frame drops, both on handheld and docked, although handheld has it the worst. my frames drop to like 20 fps when i’m in the spawn waiting for the match to start, and when i’m in a big teamfight the frames drop to like 10, making the game borderline unplayable. certain characters and abilities have even worse frame drops (mei, moira, symmetra and a few others especially) making those character unplayable for me. this has been…
The archives update has fixed the sound issues which i’m very grateful for, but the fps drops are still here. it has been like this ever since the pachimari update, which was a rebase of the game. to the people saying “the fps was always bad on switch” yes it was always capped at 30fps and it had some small frame drops here and there when there was a big teamfight going on but ever since the pachimari update i’m literally getting 20fps in the spawn room in lijiang. this never used to happen befo…
at this point I can honestly say I’m mad and I don’t care if I get banned from the forums
today, some PC players complained about low fps and the official blizzard support account on twitter acknowledged it
whereas switch players have been posting about FPS drops and sound issues for over a month, yet only one (sound issues) got acknowledged and there’s still not a fix for that
and then you have the nerve to put overwatch on sale in the eshop? what a joke.
The recent update fixed the sound issues. And that’s it. The massive fps drops still remain. It’s been already posted a lot of times but since there is no response from the developers I guess I’ll keep doing it.
We wouldn’t have paid for a clunky mess dropping to 15 fps every single time something happens on the screen. It was advertised as a solid 30 fps experience. And that’s what we got, and I am (was) thankful for it.
A solid 30 fps experience is what we got indeed. Until the PachiMari upd…
Today i’ve played a few rounds after updating the game yesterday and instantly noticed how much the performance suffered.
Usually in crowded areas the game runs mostly fine with maybe some very minor drops, while the only big lag happened if both teams used all their Ults.
Now after the update, the performance dips to like 7fps with only 6 players on screen. It feels really random when these drops even happen.
I have almost 700 hours on the Switch version and it never struggled that much befo…
I don’t know what it is with the latest update but the switch is a mess. Please fix, it’s never been this bad
I know there are a lot of Switch posts here but i still wanna talk about it.
Since the Pachimari Update the game runs sooo bad, especially when:
Mei use her ult or her ice wall
Widowmaker use her ult
Symetra use her ult
I also noticed that nearly all highlight intros had big fps issues but they fixed that with the last patch.
I play overwatch on switch since October 2020 and was really surprised that it runs perfect on 30 FPS but now it’s not fun anymore.
Also i don’t understand that they …
It’s been a month since the game became a mess. I think we’ve been patient enough and we should be given an explanation regarding the poor state of the game specially in handheld mode.
I don’t know if the issue is somehow bigger than we think. It might be, we don’t really know anything about it because they went radio silent.
It would be nice to hear some news from the devs. And if it’s going to take a little longer it’s ok, take your time! I know these things can be tricky.
But please guys s…
If you are still experiencing the same sound and fps issues since the PatchiMarchi event, please post here! We need to make ourselves known and heard! Hopefully Blizzard will hear our cries and respond with updates and fixes. Thank you for your time.
Reddit users are also aware of the issue
https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/mohxvn/overwatch_nintendo_switch_really_laggy_after/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OverwatchSwitch/comments/mmyc3k/these_fps_drops_are_getting_out_of_hand/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OverwatchSwitch/comments/mlj91h/ok_the_fps_drops_actually_need_to_be_fixed/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OverwatchSwitch/comments/mj6ua8/new_player_here_having_a_lot_of_fps_drops/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OverwatchSwitch/comments/mbo4un/handheld_mode_performance_issues_are_not_fixed/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OverwatchSwitch/comments/m9t3e2/handheld_mode_unplayable/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OverwatchSwitch/comments/m9in95/ow_on_switch_lite/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OverwatchSwitch/comments/m3gvjj/new_update_problems/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OverwatchSwitch/comments/m33pjt/fps_drops/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OverwatchSwitch/comments/m1ysw3/significant_fps_drop_after_newest_update/
If all those threads are not enough for you guys to realize there is a problem I don’t know what else we should do.