Captured Screenshots or Video Appear Blurry or Low Quality
Nintendo Switch 2
Helpful information if you find that screenshots or videos you captured during gameplay seem lower resolution than expected.
Information
When playing software using GameShare or in a GameChat room, captured screenshots or videos may be lower quality than playing the software on its own.
While in a GameChat room
- The screen layout you choose in the GameChat settings can affect the image quality for screenshots and videos. Full Screen will retain the highest quality of these options.
- Screenshots and videos taken in a GameChat room only reflect your own gameplay screen, and do not include video or audio from other players in the room or your own microphone.
While playing software using GameShare
- The quality of the game image is reduced when it's transferred using streaming technology, but the feature is developed to maintain a high-quality image as much as possible. A guest user who joined the GameShare session will only be able to take screenshots and video of the gameplay streamed to their system, so the quality may be lower than the host's side, and will also depend on the connection quality between the systems. The GameShare interface at the top of the screen will be included in captures on a guest's system, but not on the host's system.
- Using GameShare with participants in a GameChat room, the image quality is affected by both the host's and participants' screen layout.
- The ability to capture screenshots or videos while using GameShare depends on the software specifications. Some games may allow it while others may not.
- Regardless of which game is being played, it's not possible to capture videos on a Nintendo Switch console while using GameShare.
Additional information
Screenshots and videos are captured at the following image dimensions:
- Nintendo Switch 2: 1920x1080 pixels
- Nintendo Switch: 1280x720 pixels