Capcom has stated during its financial year 2016 Q2 question and answer session that it is currently researching the viability of porting PS4 and Xbox One titles to the Nintendo Switch.
The veteran publisher - which has franchises such as Resident Evil, Street Fighter and Monster Hunter under its considerable belt - seems to be unsure at present regarding the suitability of cross-platform releases on Nintendo's new console, which is due out in March next year:
We are currently carrying out research with regards to multiplatform implementation of software for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One onto the Nintendo Switch.
However, we do feel that there are differences in the desired direction and the play-style of the Nintendo Switch and those of the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. At Capcom, we determine which platform to release a title for after considering the features of both our software and the hardware in question, believing we must bring the enjoyment of our games to their maximum potential.
As a software publisher, we endeavour to develop games that offer enjoyment best suited to each piece of hardware's features and target users. Following first party, in order to introduce our own content we are currently moving forward with internal planning and analysis as a partner company.
Are you keen on seeing ports of big multi-platform Capcom games on Switch, or would you rather have games which are tailored for the unique elements of the system? As ever, we want to know, so why not post a comment to tell the wider world.
[source videogamer.com]
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I want BOTH. ports and new exclusives.
Yeah lets not (Jazzer)
For me both; but if I have to choose it would always be "new games" over remakes.
I'd prefer new games over ports. And not spin-offs either. Exclusives would be great too but let's take one step at a time.
Please keep Monster Hunter on Nintendo! They've treated you so well since your move from Sony !
Also, I don't want to have another system. One is good for me.
I imagine the Switch is going to get at least one Monster Hunter game.
I'd sure like their big multiplatform games to appear on the Switch. However, I'm not going to complain just as long as the Switch has Monster Hunter and Phoenix Wright.
I'm happy with Monster Hunter, but it would be nice to see Street Fighter or Resident Evil on the Switch. Anything else is a bonus, so give us exclusives Capcom!
That's PR speak for not going to happen! In other words our M rated games don't sell enough on Nintendo consoles. Anything under 5 million copies is a failure. 😉
What if retro were working on a eternal darkNess sequel? That might bring an audience over.
As far as Capcom goes these are just excuses. The point of the switch,in my opinion, is to have a home console experience anywhere. Besides differing power levels I don't see how the switch has different goals or whatever they called it.
I don't really care about "Resident Evil" 7, but I do really really hope the Resident Evil 2 remake gets a Switch port... How cool would that be, so many years later for RE2 to get a remake and a port on a console that uses cartridges, just like the original RE2 port on N64. Who would have ever thought a console would be using cartridges this far into the future?
I don't know why people are talking so much about Monster Hunter, as they'd need to first release it on the other systems before porting it to the Switch.
But while I would prefer a specially made game for the Switch, I wouldn't mind ports either... just as long as they're done properly.
Monster hunter with voice chat please, don't care for the rest!
newsflash: 3 year old ports won't sell well.
@jswhitfield8 SFV won't ever be on Switch seeing as Sony helped pay for development.
@crimsontadpoles would rather Phoenix Wright sticks to the 3ds - the dual screen works great with it
@DragonEleven why? Not if they are porting it from the 3ds - like MH 3 was to the wii u
Deja vu?
@Turniplord Because they're talking about the possibility of PS4/XBOne games being ported to the Switch, not games being ported from one Nintendo console to another.
@Jazzer94 That's not necessarily true, Minecraft came to the WiiU well after Microsoft bought out Mojang.
Sony have got all the gains over Microsoft or Nintendo from SFV's exclusivity that they'll ever get. They might as well make a little more money from Nintendo fans & further flip the finger at Microsoft.
SFV SFV SFV SFV SFV DOOOO IT CAPCOM!
Sounds like PR speak for no.
"Target users"
Considering that Revelations didn't sell as good on Wii U as it did on PS3/360, I highly doubt the Switch will get a Resident Evil game. The Switch is more likely to get a Monster Hunter or whatever the "Target User" buys. But RE7? I doubt it. But if the get it surprisingly at launch then I'll buy if it's not butchered or chopped and screwed.
@Spoony_Tech I agree with the "PR speak" aspect, though I don't agree that M rated games wouldn't sell well enough on the Switch. Resident Evil 4 sales on the GC were about on par with the PS2.
The real issue is that Capcom are scared to do anything with their big name brands that might damage them... even release a game. Castlevania or Megaman anyone?
The psp had many many successful ports, the thing is that Sony would only approve if they had 30% of original content. So buying said games to play on the go plus the extra stuff was an easy choice. The thing is with how expensive that would be nowadays, I thing that pubblishers should release more "collections" on the NS, so you get more games for the price of one.. all the Sony collections on the Vita sold pretty well..
@DanteSolablood "Minecraft came to the WiiU well after Microsoft bought out Mojang."
True but by that time Minecraft had already been released on basically every platform out there. In addition Microsoft didnt pay for Minecraft to actually be developed as Sony did with SFV. Sony and Capcom were very VERY clear during the development that SFV was a PS4/PC exclusive forever even going so far to saw as it would never come to the Xbox. Of course plans may change but I wouldnt count on it at all.
@DanteSolablood Well it also didn't hurt that it was exclusive to the GameCube for quite a while. How Nintendo got that deal is beyond me but it helped and to me is still the best game in the series.
So what I got from this was essentially PR talk for "Don't expect anything anytime soon if at all".
@Spoony_Tech Well Gamecube sold 1.6m copies to PS2's 2.3m... but then the Wii sold 2m copies & that was after the exclusivity deal had lapsed as well.
If the Switch sells even close to as well as the 3DS (optimistically) then I don't see why Capcoms more mature games can't do well.
Lets be honest here. If if Capcom were to port over PS4/Xbone titles to Switch, they would 100% flop commercially because the core audience for those games are PS4/Xbone players who already played them.
@redd214 And that's what I meant... SFV wouldn't go to the xBox but the Switch is a possibility. Capcom do have a track record of getting ports to their handhelds & consoles that seem impossible.. I'm sitting on a copy of Super Street Fighter IV on the 3DS right now and that practically needed rebuilding from the ground up.
But yup, I think it would need a pass by Sony... depends if they get a little money from the deal.
@zip this is the case for basically any game any more that isn't a Nintendo developed game. The core audience for pretty much every 3rd party title ever, with the exception of Just Dance, is on non-Nintendo systems.
@chiptoon hmmm wind waker and twilight princess did well.just had to correct you.lets not forget super Mario all stars collection for Wii.which was released in the early 90s for the she's.just sayin
It stinks of "No, we won't port games from XONE/PS4 since they won't sell". They aren't wrong, most people interested already got those in those consoles.
As long as they keep certain key series (PW, MH, and whatever other exclusive they push out), we're good.
Remember the good old days when there were a Street Fighter II game on almost every freaking system (yes even the poverty level system like the Tiger LCD, the old 8-Bit Sega Master System, and that expensive piece of junk that is the 3DO also got one), what ever happen to that Capcom? Cause it seems like nowadays companies kept making excuses for not delivering.
I want to see new games. Tired of ports, remakes, lazy iterations...and that's not a dig at Capcom specifically, just in general. If I'm buying a brand new piece of hardware, I want something new to play on it — not the same stuff I've already played!
@DanteSolablood SFV coming to the Switch is about as likely as Bayonetta 2 coming to the PS4.
@Slim1999 , sure, that's true. Was thinking more of the drone of 3rd party devs saying nothing sells on Wii U, when it was bad ports of Mass Effect or Batman or whatever.
That said - the Zelda examples you use were HD remasters. Definitive editions. So they had value. And Mario All stars is evergreen, although I'm not sure what actual number it sold.
I would just hate for Capcom to release a version of Resi 7 a year and a half late, try to flog it for full price, and then say that nothing sells on Switch.
Why are people talking about SFV? What part of exclusive is so difficult to understand? Capcom has made it clear that it is not coming to any other systems.
As someone who's last non-Nintendo console was the PS1 (great console), I very much want ports, remakes as well as the big new games from third parties. I was hoping the Switch might deliver, but I'm increasingly feeling like it won't. I'm hoping we get the Skyrim remaster at the very least in any case.
I'll see what happens next year, but I think I may have to get a PS4 Pro to sit alongside my Switch. I just can't let these other awesome games pass me by anymore, especially when Nintendo seem to insist on not releasing the games long time Nintendo fans want, like a new F-Zero, Metroid Prime, Metroid 2D, Eternal Darkness sequel etc.
@LeRaposa Love your Kamen Rider Super One avatar. On the main topic... yes, Capcom have said SFV was not going to be on any other console, but again the Switch wasn't announced at the time & Capcom have a long history with Nintendo. I don't think it will ACTUALLY happen, but I also wouldn't say it's impossible.
@chiptoon That's a good point. Looking at actual sales history Resident Evil games on Nintendo machines have sold JUST as well as on any other console historically. The last thing the Switch needs is a lazy port coming far too late to sell many copies. It would do more harm than good.
I certainly don't mind ports depending on the game, but I'd love to see new entries in their popular franchises. I'd love to at least have Street Fighter and Monster Hunter on Switch.
do it!
The Wii U started off with (then-)past-gen ports of games when the PS4 and the Xbox One were kind of already out.
Hearing we're getting still late, but current-gen ports on Switch is very promising, considering the graphical gap between Nintendo's and rivals' home consoles is all Ninty needs to recover from. And considering the "next" consoles in PS4's and X1's respective life cycles are just redesigns with their actual successors still nowhere in sight, it seems Nintendo is getting (literally) back in the game. Here's hoping.
Of course we should all want to see both: ports of current games on Xbox One/PS4 and new games as well.
It's always a mystery to me why companies see the need to tailor games to "fit the specific qualities/traits" of the platform. If it is powerful enough and supports Unreal Engine 4, which it does, just port the damn game AS IS. No additional gimmicks needed.
That almost sounds like the same excuse that Nintendo is using for not bringing back wanted franchises because they don't know what to do with them to bring some innovation to the titles. Just bring the titles and make them look shiny and new is all we want...
"At Capcom, we determine which platform to release a title for after considering the features of both our software and the hardware in question, believing we must bring the enjoyment of our games to their maximum potential."
Monster Hunter confirmed for Switch
If I don't have them I would get them but I don't really care, start talking MH Switch.
@ThanosReXXX You make a good point, my only slight amendment I would make is that some older, bigger name ports probably could do with some additional/exclusive content to make it more compelling. The last thing the Switch needs is a series of big named games under performing because people have a copy already or could pick it up cheaper second hand on another system.
BTW, the cutout on the Base unit's back is a cutout for the vents on the back of the main unit. Thought I'd admit defeat gracefully.
New MH for console! There hasn't been a new console edition since MHTri (not counting "new" Wii U version of Tri). The switch would be awesome for MH. And of course RE. Wouldn't mind getting remastered 1 and 2 editions.
Regardless of if the audience Nintendo is attempting to market towards matches the PS4 and Xbone, I want to know if the Switch's hardware can even viably accept ports from the PS4 and Xbone without a lot of effort or significant graphical downgrades.
Mega Man X Collection w/Zero amiibo plz n' thx
@DanteSolablood Agreed on the older ports. They should be made more interesting by bundling all the DLC and extras and perhaps make some kind of Director's Cut, but the current games can be ported without frills or tassels, and in my opinion companies should feel no obligation to do so just because a platform offers additional or different options.
P.S.
Hats off for being decent enough to come out with that final statement. And that's not a defeat, that's a win on your part, because it makes you a better person, being able to do that. Cheers.
I fully expect Monster Hunter to be on the Switch, possibly starting with a Monster Hunter XX port as a Switch launch title.
The Switch might get Resident EVII. since that game isn't a platform exclusive, but dont expect Street Fighter or Dead Rising on Switch anytime soon, since those two franchises are PlayStation and Xbox console exclusives respectively.
@westman98 The first two Dead Rising games did just come to PS4, so those are a definite possibility.
Really want fallout 4 and deus ex md on my switch!!!!
As for ports, I think it makes more sense to do it for upcoming releases rather than older games (although maybe Resi VII is the exception on that!). But with the current state of the Monster Hunter series I'd be very surprised if future titles weren't on Switch.
And if they did decide to offer exclusive games, let's just hope they keep their promise. Remember the Capcom Five.
Mega Man... seriously, make it happen!
"Viability"...that's actually going to be a question every third party will have to ask themselves after the confusion of the Wii and the debacle known as the Wii U.
The way I see it, CAPCOM should have finished researching one year ago and come out with a title for Nintendo's Switch at launch day.
@Ryu_Niiyama They can't, Sony funded development of the game, hence why its an exclusive to PS4. Exactly the same reason why Bayonetta 2 is a Nintendo exclusive.
Gimme all the Resident Evils Nintendo platforms didn't get yet, please. Revelations 2 not releasing on Nintendo platforms left me especially sour after the excellent first Revelations debuted on 3DS and I wanna get back into the series, darnit.
"However, we do feel that there are differences in the desired direction and the play-style of the Nintendo Switch and those of the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. " - and so it's starts the "we love the console BUT..."
If they bring Resident Evil Remastered to Switch, I'll beat it in a heartbeat.
And as for 7...
If only Rareware where still working for Nintendo. Imagine... Killer instinct, and banjo kazooie back on the Big N. Or Midway (Netherrealm) makingba Mortal kombat game.
What i want to see on the Switch, is for Nintendo to revive big games from the past. Double dragon, castlevania with simon belmont, megaman in his smash bros design. A New Mario 3D big hitter with an awesome storyline. A new Kid icarus.
I want Smashbros to continue with DLC new characters, maps, and maybe a storymode like brawl. Also bring some MMO games to the switch.
I am hyped already for the Nintendo switch.
final fight pls
@retro_player_22 Games cost more to make now a days. It's that simple.
Also no ports, if it's on PC and Switch I'd rather go PC.
mega man lagacey port?
"there are differences in the desired direction and the play-style of the Nintendo Switch and those of the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One"
I have no idea what they're getting at. With a pro controller and the Switch in it's dock it seems like you could port anything over from the PS4 or XB1? Also Street Fighter seems like a perfect fit for the Switch.
Are we talking about ports of old games or the Switch being on par or close to the Xbone and PS4 that allows for a game on the Switch along side the other two? If its the former, then I say don't waste your time. But if the Switch is powerful enough to handle Street Fighter 6 or Resident Evil 8 (hypothetical future titles) without too much compromise, then why not?
Both. Need my resident evil
Resident Evil Revelations is possibly the best looking game on the 3DS. Capcom have experience of getting the most out of hardware they develop for. Hopefully the Switch will get a port of RE Revelations 2.
@AyanamiReign
It's mostly pr speak. Capcom will support the switch if it's successful but they are unlikely to be there day 1.
However, the machines are marketed very differently. The switch is marketing with multiplayer and convenience at the forefront. Ps4/xbone are marketed as high end tv boxes. Technically yes, you can treat the switch like those other boxes but it depends on where Nintendo goes with it. They've always had a pro or standard control, it just hasn't always been used by Nintendo or consumers. If nintendo is pushing multiplayer portability then sf might not come to the swith. A 4 button joycon on its side is far from ideal for sf.
@The-Chosen-one As if Nintendo would actually do that. While I do hope the Switch will bring in those classic games and make new DLC for Smash, I doubt Nintendo will do just that. They have a history of making "new games" that turn out to be atrocities like "AC: Amiibo Festival" and having a "game is popular but 5 DLC packs is plenty" mentality. That being said, I hope I'm wrong and that they'll make masterpieces (and new DLC) for the Switch.
Hopefully would be awesome!!
They could just release CPS System classic collections and I'd be very happy. Their 2D games had so much personality. Being able to play Mercs on the go and turn the screen round to play it in proper vertical screen mode. I think the last Capcom games I bought were Viewtiful Joe and RE4 on the Gamecube.
But will it be able to run them?
Street fighter would be an awesome launch game for the NS!
Two words Capcom.
Viewtiful Joe!
Make it for the Switch, please!
Switch a go go baby!
No reason why capcom couldn't port Street Fighter V over to Switch if they could make a fantastic port of street fighter 4 on 3DS
@Savino That's what it sounds like to me.....
Wow, that was quick. The Switch is not even out yet and CAPCOM is already "...researchingthe viability of... ports on Switch..."!! Well, looks like we'll be having another Nintendo console with little to no third party support because Nintendo refuses to give in to the status quo.
It's too bad because developers fail to see that without Nintendo the industry would be stagnated and maybe even dead.
I just want what the other guys get too. Even if the graphics are a step down, I'll take that.
The fanbase for these 3rd party games is on onther systems.
However, that is why it was so crucial Switch offer something more (that being console games playable portably). Because now people actually have a reason to buy them on Switch vs other consoles, or buy on Switch in addition to other consoles.
It was a very smart play.
If Sony sees profit in releasing SFV on the switch, it could happen...maybe. Really difficult.
Sounds like an excuse to give Switch the experimental spin-off games and leave the 'safe' games in the hands of Sony and Microsoft.
I'm having déjá-vu.
quiero ver una street fighter,Monster Hunter y muchos titulos de capcom como una nueva street fighter alpha en la nintendo switsh
At the very least majority of capcoms old classic games should be ported to the Switch. Hopefully the vc games they have on Wii U will be up on day 1! I hope??
I'm not holding my breath on ports. But does anyone really want a repeat of the Wii U. We got ports of 1-3 year old games with missing content. I mean Mass Effect 3 didn't get the DLC on Wii U even though it was almost a year old when it released.
Capcom is one of the most clueless devs around now, in fact I'm surprised that they haven't gone under already.
Even if they decide not to port any of their games from XBO/PS4 it wouldn't be much of a loss as the only series of theirs that is still any good is Monster Hunter.
@3MonthBeef oh sugar it is isn't it. Man I'm so behind the times lol
@3MonthBeef hows that? lol. Cheers
What great games have been released by Capcom on XB1 and PS4 ?
As far as I know they only released XBLive and PSN titles, most of them being remakes or HD version of old RE games...
I don't get it lol
@3MonthBeef yeah it's me I haven't posted for a while to be fair. Super excited for switch though, one thing I hope for is a really solid interrogated online chat. If they are aiming at older people and not kids. They need to make it happen....
So in other words we get cheap alternatives yet again, just as in the Wii days. We want proper support. We should get all the multiplatform-titles that PS4 and XboxOne are getting (and strong exclusives)!!
Something in the "Capcom Vs. ..." Series would do me, if SFV really is 100% iron-clad Sony exclusive...
Resident Evil 7?
As long as the ports aren't gimped.
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