The Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition on Switch 2 has awful performance, according to the press who played the demo at Gamescom 2025. Players are now pushing for the Nintendo port to get delayed, given how badly its performance reportedly is.

Elden Ring Switch 2 Port Suffers Major Performance Issues

Gamescom 2025 is currently underway, and one of the games being demoed at this year’s event is Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition for the Nintendo Switch 2. However, excitement for the game quickly turned into panic after reports claimed the port had major performance issues. Multiple reports coming out of Gamescom claim Elden Ring runs extremely poorly in Switch 2’s handheld mode.

According to those who demoed the Tarnished Edition, it has consistently low FPS dips. During heavy action, the game’s f

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