Overwatch For Nintendo Switch Is Feasible, According to Blizzard Senior Producer

I’d buy it if it’s a good port

So basically, “We’ll do it if we feel like it.”

Big things can come from a Nintendo and Blizzard partnership. Glad it finally came to fruition, and we'll see what happens.

@Deku-Scrub

I think your icon should come with one of those seizure warnings on movies and games. lol

@Kang81 I mean, you’re not wrong

With God, all things are feasible

Let it be so

I want Rock and Roll Racing.

If Overwatch came to the switch, I would seriously consider selling my ps4, as it would then be rendered useless

Let’s see how Diablo sells.

This is code for "if Diablo 3 does well, we will bring this"...

It's actually that simple. I want Overwatch so i will be buying Diablo 3... In fact i want Blizzard games in general and that starts with Diablo 3. Also after watching some videos i defo wanna try Diablo 3 too... That optional online is really awesome too.

Here's to hoping for more Blizzard support. I'll be buying Diablo III to both enjoy and let Blizzard know I want their games on my Switch. 💪

I've no interest in playing the game myself, but I think it would be great for Switch and Nintendo in general if Overwatch shows up. I know the game is quite popular. Seems Nintendo is making great moves and getting the right kind of attention these days.

Can't wait to play D3 on the go.

It runs at 60fps on my potato of a laptop with no dedicated GPU, don't see why it wouldn't run on Switch.

I hear so much about Fortnite, that I kinda forgot all about Overwatch. I have a few friends on Xbox One and they really enjoyed Overwatch.

Good answer from Blizzard. It shows they're taking the Switch seriously as a viable platform for their products. That can only mean good things for the future of the best console on the market.

If a Switch version revs up, they should, idk, have an account transfer feature for some reason I suppose...

COUGHSONYIWILLSELLMYPS4IFYOULOCKMYOVERWATCHACCOUNTONPS4COUGH

@subpopz i hope you are right.

Obviously.

StarCraft Remastered PLEASE. What I would give. Oh, what I would give. Cough I have two children cough!

I. NEED. IT.

As a PC OW player, please no. because then comes the relentless smash fanbase begging for trace or something. besides that, the game is at its greatest with a mouse and keyboard, like every other shooter.

@boop22 I mean, mouse + keyboard is the best, but gyro aiming is still really solid and would be a very nice way of playing Overwatch on a console/handheld. I'd prefer that over PS4/Xbox, even if the Switch version was 30fps.

@boop22 and heeere we go...

All we need is valve to bring the orange box with all of the TF2 updates and we are good on the switch until the next console cycle

...Well I say I'd try it out if it ever came to the Switch, kinda like with Fortnite. Hopefully it won't bore me to death like that game did, though...

I think this would be great, but at the same time, Switch's strength lies in its hybrid capability, which means portability, which means offline play.

The reason Diablo III is going to sell just as well as Skyrim on Switch, is because they added offline play for single player, offline play with 4 player co-op on one system or 4 separate systems, in addition to online.

Overwatch is strictly online. And while I do think it would do well, just like how Fortnite and Paladins are the first two listings in the best sellers list and have been since their launch (gotta check the full list under the search bar to see free games and demos in the ranking), I think offline games will see more success.

But, the game is so crazy popular it would probably still outsell most other 3rd party games, so...there's that.

Umm. Yeah sure, more heroes are good.

I'd buy it.

@Tasuki I know, just wish it would transfer progression, skins, golden weapons, etc. Crossplay would be fine and dandy, but would be harder to implement for various reasons, so with a way to transfer progression at least, would make getting another version much easier to get. If they ever do that and Sony decides to lock my account to PS4 like Fortnite, would be an unhappy camper.

Also, biggest reason I want that is because I have this skin ( ͡ಥ ͜ʖ ͡ಥ)

Eh. Not really interested in it.

Make it happen! After seeing how well Paladins plays there, I'd happily consider Overwatch if it works well on the Switch.

Hearthstone seems like a no brainer if they can't bring others.

@WreckItRyan Maybe we can finally get a version of StarCraft Ghost... made by Platinum.

I need to lie down.

Overwatch and Hearthstone on Switch, I'd be getting them both right on day 1. Absolutely! (unless for some crazy reason our card collection in Hearthstone didn't carry over from other platforms)

Why did they have the need to tell us this again? We get it. The port will take work, work that you don't want to do.

@Heavyarms55 Heroes of The Storm could potentially be possible as well. I could see that working similarly to the Diablo III console ports.

@Deku-Scrub "We'll do it if Diablo 3 sells well"

And yeah, I'm perfectly okay with that. Remember, they haven't released a game on a Nintendo system since the GBA.

Overwatch Ultimate on Switch will have all the Smash Bros characters. It will make Splatoon obsolete.

I've never played Overwatch, but I've had a lot of fun playing Paladins on Switch so I'd definitely be interested in Overwatch if it comes to Switch.

Beats the hell out of that last statement. "Overwatch is on PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4. Those are the consoles it's currently on". That was worse than nothing. Personally I've pretty much abandoned the PS4 for most games, I'd love to give Overwatch a second chance, provided it doesn't launch again for the full eighty bucks (CAD).

The Switch could always use more heroes!

I think it will happen, if they’re not working on it already.

Don't even bother if I can't use my existing PS4 progress

I adore Overwatch. Burned close to a thousand hours on PC and I'm ready burn that same amount on the go.

Seeing they said the same thing last year, that they were not working on a Diablo 3 port, when they infact were.

It's pretty much a given they already started on the Overwatch port. It's far superior to Paladins and is pretty much a guaranteed hit on the Switch console.
In fact, Overwatch will almost certainly do better than Diablo 3 in sales, since it's a far more popular genre now.

@Liam_Doolan Eh, why not, we already have fortnite and paladins.

/s Nevermind Starcraft, how about WoW on the switch ? /s

Too little, too late methinks... That would have been great a year ago, when the game was still mostly at the height of its popularity but now? I can't see anyone choosing to pick it up on Switch. If they do release it, it would only sell bad and then they'd stop making games for Switch without realising why it didn't sell: too late.

@Tasuki “StarCraft 2”. The first one would be all I’d ever need, remastered or not.

I feel like Blizz has been taking note of the success of Paladins and Fortnite on switch.

Maybe some Nintendo themed skins could spark a little bit more interest? I can see Tracer Link, DK Winston, Samus D.va and Captain Falcon Lucio being things.

Yes please!! I have not had a chance to play it this would be great!

I haven't played Overwatch for like a year and half but if it came to Switch, ran well, I could transfer my progress from XB1 and have crossplay with XB1 I'd consider getting it.

There's no doubt if that happened, there would be another Fortnite controversy regarding Sony too. The more 3rd parties that put pressure on Sony the better.

ah OW...i remember having fun with that in closed beta. had it since day 1 on PC, wouldn't mind it if it came to switch.

to the people listing taking their progress to another system, don't even count on it. That just isn't going to happen.

Crossplay with xbox would be the highest chance but that likely wouldn't happen either. Would need their own party system and I don't see that happening.

I'd get it. It's really THE Blizzard game I want on Switch!

Not interested in Overwatch, or hero shooters in general. But at least we're getting Diablo 3 out of this. Hope we can get the Spyro trilogy in a timely manner as well.... On cart.

So the free to play that isn't free to play. They would be foolish not to do it with how well Fortnite and Paladins are doing.

Being online only will hurt the game's appeal on Switch (unless Overwatch goes the F2P route like Fortnite/Paladins but that's highly unlikely), but at least Blizzard confirmed the obvious - that a game which can run on a potato of a PC can also run on the Switch.