2025 is the year the Nintendo Switch 2 finally launched, after what felt like an eternity of waiting – and lands itself the honor of being our Gaming Device of the Year at the TechRadar Choice Awards 2025. While it doesn't exactly reinvent the gaming wheel, it's safe to say that it's a feature-packed, fully-realized vision of this handheld hybrid concept Nintendo has been honing since 2012 and the arrival of the Wii U.
The Switch 2 delivers where its direct 2017 predecessor faltered. We jump from 1080p to 4K in docked mode, while the OG Switch's 720p display can't hold a candle to the Switch 2's crisp 1080p, vivid LCD display. HDR support, as well as handheld variable refresh rate support, are wonderful additions, too, as is the usage of microSD Express storage cards for much faster load times across the board. New features like mouse controls have also been quite excellent so far, offering PC-like dimensions of play for games like Civilization 7.
