the purple site fuming over this is very funny but honestly this should have happened years ago. the moment the switch revealed itself to be a phenomenon every major pub should have hired a porting house to put all their ps360 catalog on the switch. a jobs program for devs if you will. so instead of going "why is it on switch?" the question should be "why was it not on switch?"Switch gets 3rdP port which skipped past Nintendo platforms: “Already played it years ago”, Spoils Game, “Runs better on PS/XBox (Never PC️
)”, “Will it even run?”, “30FPS”
Switch gets 3rdP port of game those motherfuckers tell us they’ve played AND it doesn’t come to their latest preferred platform: “What is this trash and why isn’t it on PS5/XS!?”
Every announcement, Mate!! I’m especially looking forward to people seeing what high-budget PS360 games actually looked like, without their nostalgia-tinted specs, and walking back past comments that Nintendo hasn’t made anything which surpasses that. But Yeah, It’s so transparent.
RDR2 on Switch 2 is a given. We know Rockstar actually attempted to port that to the original Switch (like fucking maniacs), and I think now that there’s hardware capable of running it they’ll put it on there, especially since their games do well on the platform.
Thats actually the first I heard of that, RDR2 port attempts!
Oh yeah, that one has been flying around since... 2019? 2020? Totilo weighed in on it when GTA Trilogy got announced for Switch:Thats actually the first I heard of that, RDR2 port attempts!
The one I've heard a lot about is their herculean attempts to get GTAV on the platform since like 5 years ago. I've always assumed that one was a no-go not due to hardware power, but rather the relatively dinky storage situation.
Having to either release a 64GB cartridge and/or have "requires extra SD card" on the box feels like an uncrossable line
San Andreas is definitely the mobile version but Vice City is actually closer to the PS2 version than any other version from what I can tell. It’s got the unadjusted takeover requirements and some of the stricter timing in missions that’s only in the original.
Yeah that's what I'm talking about. Etrian Odyssey sold a lot of copies despite its ridiculous price tag of $40. It's literally the same price when it was released on DS. Yet people bought it. Meaning overpricing is not an issue for Switch crowd.
Depends. One thing that could hamper its sales is its size. Bigger size games usually hard time selling on Switch as majority of Switch owners don't have bigger memory cards on their consoles.
see what Dring posted, it's possible
There is more reason to expect this will do well on Switch than not
What about RE4? That came to every platform, every generation… and then Capcom remade it!!
Co-signing this post 100%. I’m pleased it’s here now, but all of these games should’ve been here yesterday. It became very obvious very quickly that the Switch was going to be a huge hit. Funnily enough, it trended stronger than RDR2, which was announced on the same day/week, with the trailer to follow. If developers and publishers were late to the party, then Witcher 3’s success should’ve given them confidence in 2019, and they even had a blueprint for third-party success with late Switch ports.
wut. is your argument that no third party games sell a million on switch or what.
Well, we know it sold over 10m WW, and that's 1 year ago. It's had another 16 months to accumulate sales. And Dring's (admittedly incompete data - since he lacks insight into eshop and Take2 doesn't release digital like Nintendo) gives a rough ordering.
I see this as an absolute win.
If this game wasent coming to switch this thread would probably be with a ton of more angry people I bet cause its a nintendo forum. So pc players are probably mad not coming on there. Also people have the right to compain about the price especially since it doesn't seem to be that much of an upgrade from the 7th gen consoles
Yeah, and there are certain better textures in some assets like the table
Good thing not everything has to hit a million to be successful
But it would be foolish for them to release it at a lower cost. $50 actually sounds reasonable at initial release if it plays well and is nothing like the launch of the GTA Trilogy.
Red Dead Redemption is often claimed to be one of the best games ever made, it's from one of the most prestigious developers in gaming history, it's the first time it's going to be on a Nintendo platform (the most successful one at that), and it's releasing in the slow period before releases start picking up again.
Well, if the collection has sold over 10 million units (per the VGC report from last year) and Switch is a top SKU, it's easy to deduce it's sold very well.
I'm just saying that the bar for a 13 year old game ported to the Switch to be successful isn't very high. I do think this will clear such bar and then some
I'm on the same bought. I'm getting it on Switch, that's for sure.
The thing is, we already had rumors of RDR1 remake getting cancelled in favor of GTA6 development. And when RDR1 got rated this year, it wasn't titled "Remaster" or anything and it only was for consoles. It was obvious that this is a simple port, much like LA Noire. Why people got hyped for a AAA remake, is beyond me.
The digital is the real launch date. I assume the delayed physical is to allow for day 1 patch to be included and maybe timing to make sure both versions launch at the same time. My guess would be waiting for the Switch cartridges to be made.
