Hello Games Founder Sean Murray Shows Interest In No Man's Sky Switch Port

I need this on the switch. I mean no stay away from the switch! I have a life and would like to keep it.

I would buy it in a heartbeat.

Looking at the base PS4 performance it's better they won't port it to the Switch, the open world aspect makes this a quite heavy game.

It is after all these patches a great game, got it on PC day one and in the end it was worth it.

I always laugh when I remember how PS4 "fans" said this was going to be the best game ever, and how they couldn't find the words to justify this piece of crap when it came out.

I got burned when this game was new. But based on what I have heard of the game since, I would be willing to give it a second chance on the Switch. From the sound of it, it's a lot more fleshed out now.

Lot's of love/hate reviews on this one but it would certainly be a fantastic addition to the Switch library. I mean, can you imagine roaming the universe while you roam around???

Waste of an article. "Shows interest in switch," like yeah, he likes it. Everybody LIKES it. But as usual- no plans at this time aka not gonna happen.

Cannot wait for NMS Beyond next week! Never played the game but starting off here with the fixed up VR version is exciting. I don't think it would be a good fit on Switch anyway. However, two days later I'll also be playing the Grandia Collection on Switch.

This game has been really doing well as of late. Despite the fact I don't yet own it (due to the bad launch), I'm becoming increasingly interested in it especially with Beyond coming out soon. A Switch port would likely be compromised, but still very interesting to think about.

This game runs pretty poorly on my PS4 Pro. I can't imagine a Switch port would be worth it.

Platinumed the launch version years ago. Loved it despite the failed promises from Sean Murray. I would entertain double dipping for a Switch port, but I have doubts about the game's performance on Switch. It would probably run worse than Ark Survival Evolved.

It had an awful launch, I was one of the people badly burned after being hyped for months and it really disillusioned me with the whole ‘hype’ process. It did redeem itself however, give them their due, they did fix a lot of the problems but the lies shouldn’t have been spread in the first place. I do think Switch suits it, being a chill game it would be great to play handheld with headphones in. I’d love to see their optimisation process though, it would be hugely impressive to get it running on Switch as it really isn’t magic, it requires a whole lot of work.

That would be fantastic if they ever do it. I’d buy it again. Just waiting for the VR now.

Having this on the go would be cool, though I wonder what changes would need to be made for a port to happen.

Nope not going to get it on any platform mainly due to the fact they released what was effectively a tech demo as a full game then added to it later that kind of bs shouldn't be supported

Its a game I'll play on my Switch, I do have it for PS4 but Im really shying away from a gaming experience thats tethered to my home.

As polarizing as it is I love No Mans Sky, my relaxation pick.

@aznable Got to get them clicks. Especially on a Saturday when there’s little news to report.

This game got a really bad wrap at launch. But it’s doing much better now. I would be happy to see this game on Switch. It would be the perfect chill game on Switch.

No thanks. We have enough bad games on the Switch.

This game sucks lol

Not for everyone but a great game in my opinion, I enjoyed the original release as it was but I waited for the reviews as obvious this could never live up to the hype.

I spent a lot of time on Reddit before release and people were filling in the blanks and making out this would be the last game they would ever need as it would offer everything... fools. And why preorder if buying digital? It's not like they are going to run out...

The fact reviewers were only given limited play time in controlled environments so close to launch or IGN had Sean playing and demoing screamed to me that this wasn't anywhere near finished.

I bought it cheap a few months later, certainly got my money's worth and I'd love to see it on Switch as a great game to dip in and out of.

Lol quite a few people saying this is a bad game obviously haven't seen the changes and updates the game has had since launch, yes the game was bad at launch but has now been fixed and expanded on in a good way, would be cool if they brought it to the switch with some star fox content

Fantastic game now days. Bless them for sticking with it. Id hate to see load times on Switch tho.

@Roto13 is this a new thing? I played for the PS4 a year or so ago and it ran fine.

I'm not sure the Switch can handle this game, to be honest, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

I have a hard time seeing this on Switch, but I would be happy to be proven wrong. I've enjoyed the Xbox One version, though I think the controls and crafting are more obtuse than they needed to be.

@Edu23XWiiU

The game is light years better than what it was when it shipped. Light years....that doesn't excuse how it shipped but they have reworked the game into something very entertaining.

@traaB
Play it in third person view then lol

Imagine how sad someones life would have to be, to issue threats over a video game

I was disappointed at launch too, glad they stuck at it tho.. might have to revisit the game sometime (not played since launch)

@Edu23XWiiU In its current state, No Man's Sky is pretty awesome. Can't say how it was at launch.

The crazy thing is, I loved No Man’s Sky when it was new and basically stopped playing after the first big update. Maybe I missed out, but it was very much exactly what I wanted at launch.

If its the base game, hell no
If it has the beyond update stuff on the cartridge, I'll consider it. It's gotten a lot better since that disgusting launch state it was in

I brought this game on day one and it was great and I love the free dlcs. great game.

...I thought this game was massively hated or something...>.>

VR is where this game is really going to shine--REALLY REALLY--and I'm looking forward to playing it on my Oculus Rift in a few days time!

If they did port this to the Switch...

It would probably be an older version of the game.

And that would be cool for some, but most people would complain.

"Buht guys it's a great game!! It only took 2 years and universal hate from gamers!!!"

Nah don't think I'll get it tbh.

@impurekind Yep, This is what made me jump on the index. I understand it has full use of knuckles controllers also. I simply can't wait... 3 days and counting

Will definitely double dips. Switch is a actual match of this type of exploration genre.

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@Francema hey we heard you liked roaming around so we put a game in your Switch where you roamed around so you could roam while you roam.

@AlphaElite It sure would be interesting to see if it runs in the current Switch. If a Switch “pro” comes out though...

@Joeynator3000 It was when it released. About a year later they pushed a massive patch (just in time for the XBox release) that finally turned the game into what they promised from the beginning. So now a lot of people love it, but shortly after it's initial release, the whole internet wanted Sean Murray's head.

My personal take is that No Man's Sky was a life lesson about pre-ordering. This tiny developer no one's ever heard of promised a epic game that sounded too good to be true, and people still handed over their money! Not that I'm excusing what the developer did, but people also need to use some common sense.

@TheFox Oh, I haven't kept up with what happened to the game. I heard that they gave it huge updates, but assumed that it was still crap and everyone avoided it like the plague or something.

I guess I'll keep an eye on it now, maybe grab it on Steam while it's on sale first.

I would be interested but at the same time I'd be less trusting than of many other developers.
I.e. if it ran poorly at launch I'd not trust them to patch it.

Keep this garbage away from the switch, it's like if Sega wanted to put sonic boom rise of lyric on switch

There is No Man that wants that Sky on Switch. I don't care how well they fixed the game. It doesn't excuse the unkept promise during launch, and the 3-4 months of silence from the devs. It is such a sh*tty company, that they had like 4 people leave, and they are only a 25 person company!
They did a classic evil company trick----give you an incomplete game, go silent, receive backlash and then add it in later, to make it seem like they are the good guys all along.

A GOOD company would have had it in there to begin with, like they promised

This is a b***s*** article, and nothing more than useless clickbait.
I have NMS on PS4, and performance is not that great so Switch can only run this even worse.
A Switch port of NMS would be similar to the useless Ark Survival port.

As for game content, NMS turned out well with all the big patches. It's nothing like release version.

@Edu23XWiiU ugh, such childish, misplaced schadenfreude. NMS is innovative and ambitious despite its shortcomings at launch. That's more you could say about many games coming out these days. Especially considering this comes from a small studio, their efforts should rather be supported than ridiculued. Look at something like anthem or fallout 76, now those are real failures. And why the condescending "PS4 fans"? Guess you still live in the console war days.

@Joeynator3000 I should admit, I don't actually own No Man's Sky but I've followed it in the news because I think it's an interesting case. You'll still see a lot of people bash the game because they don't want to let the studio for launching an unfinished game, and lying about what it was going to look like. But the people that stuck with it are generally pleased with it. It's telling that the Metacritic user scores are 2.5 for the PS4 version but the XBox One version that hit stores with all the patches in place got a 7.7 average.

@Amrulez They should had release it like that from the beginning.

@tameshiyaku Sony clearly over hyped the game, going to the extend to have the Play Station president playing the game with that Murray guy on a video. When all the criticism started to appear, Sony left the studio alone. Talk about support. And I put "PS4 fans", because the people that used this game to attack other games, like Star Fox Zero for instance, only play FIFA on their consoles, and didn't even got NMS. By the way, Starlink does what NMS tried to achieve, and it does it 100 times better.

@TeslaChippie Like I said to another guy, they should have release it like that from the beginning. Look how much sh*t was dropped on Capcom because of the state of SF V when it launched. The same here, there's no excuse, they just hoped people wouldn't notice.

@Edu23XWiiU Yeah they should have not released the game for five years and paid their employees with all the imaginary money they were making. Sorry for the snark, but game dev takes money. When you run out of money, the game has to come out whether it's good and done or not. At least Hello Games bothered to finish it afterwards, unlike many AAA studios who could have actually afforded to postpone the release.

Switch about as much hope of running No Man's Sky as it can output 4K.

@Morrow stop being stuck in the past.

Small studio, big ambitions, and they've since made good on their ideas.

I know the game did not live up the early hype but I bought it not so long after release on the PS4 for a knocked down price of £10 and made my way center not once but twice. I found it relaxing. I bought it gain last week ready for pc vr release and at this point feel I have already had more than my money worth. Buy boy am I excited to boot up on my shiny new index vr set!!

@TeslaChippie Sony was backing them, they published the game on PS4 right? They had the support, but they thought people wouldn't complain about it.

From what I understand, even the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro chug regularly when attempting to run this poorly optimized game. Not sure why they would bring it to Switch.

@Reignmaker interesting? I know performance mode on X runs perfect 1440p30 locked or 1440p unlocked 40-60fps, that's all with all details pushed out as far as the engine can draw currently. 4K30 with some dips under. If that is bad performance, I honestly don't know. But it may be one step too far for a handheld.

Bring it to Switch! A solid port would make some good money!

@Mr_Muscle next time I roam around with my Switch I'll be thinking about you! 😘 Thanks a lot!!!

@Francema Yay!!

two thing you need in life number one a switch for all the best classic games, number two ps4 for all the cool shooters and fighting game that's hard to play on switch.

@liveswired Stop letting companies walk all over you, and forgiving them. It's -okay- to have big ambitions, but it's not okay to not deliver on those ambitions. You have to be upfront and honest with your community. That's the best way to succeed.
It would have been more forgivable if they told their community they would eventually release it in patches over time, but they didn't tell anything. They just stayed silent. That is not a good tactic for them or their community.

Then they try to damage control by saying the most generic apology ever, after the 3-4 months of silence. Gamers need to learn to never give companies a foot, because they will take a mile. It's okay to screw up. Sh*t happens. However, it's not okay to lie and ignore your community.
That is one of the biggest anti-consumer moves you can make.

EA Games used to be a great company early on, but slowly they made bad mistake after bad mistake and their fans let them get away with it (early on). Now look how it is. One of the worst (if not worst) video game company on the planet. It's an extreme example, but EA isn't the only example.

There are many companies these days (mainly AAA NA devs) that practically spit on their fan bases. That's one reason people love indie games so much. It's because the developers are usually [but not always] amazing and interact with their community VERY openly.

You can't please everyone, but being open and honest is a good start. One that all companies should have. Maybe then we could have better communities, and less bad games.

Never gonna happen! And if they do it anyway, it ain´t gonna be any good!

Just take a look at Ark:Survival Evolved and see how that port turned out on the Nintendo Switch. Completely unplayable!

Now Switch owners get to experience the disappointment!

I feel like this game would work on Nintendo Switch. I know it's a smaller experience but Starlink kind of proved something like this is feasible. The seamless transition from space to planetary exploration is possible with very little load times if and when needed. I'm not saying No Man's Sky wouldn't need optimization for the system but if this guy put his money where his mouth is, it could be possible.

@Morrow Really? Don't let yourself get so wound up over gaming. Just play the games you want to play, and let other gamers do the same. Who cares if the company is EA or a small start up who made a PR mistake.

No Man's Sky is now an amazing, deep experience. So if you like that kinda game, go buy it.

@liveswired There's nothing wrong with taking any hobby serious. Being serious in hobbies is how athletes are born. It's how professional gamers are made. If no one took their hobbies serious, tournaments wouldn't exist. You need to train for tournaments, and if no one trained, everyone would be just average or terrible. What fun would that be to watch?

There's a difference between taking something serious, and thinking it's life or death. There's more people who care about these topics, than gamers like you who don't. We are the consumers, we are the voice. If we don't care, they won't either.
The better companies listen to fan feedback and actually IMPROVE their game. If none of their fans would never give any feedback (aka, also taking it seriously), they would have never improved it in the first place.

You have every right to feel that way, but just know your opinion is toxic for the community. It may not seem like it, but gamers like you who don't care, make it much easier for shitty practices to happen, and thrive.

I'm trying to encourage people to play more games that deserve attention and respect. At the end of the day, if there is an awesome game made by a shitty company? Buy it used. Then they don't get any of the profits. Then everyone wins. You get to play the game from the terrible company, and the terrible company loses money and sales.

Surely if you don't care about this stuff, then buying it cheaper would be more logical for you. Why support them when you don't care either way? If you don't care, buying new games is pointless.

@Morrow It's not toxic. The reason I don't care is because I don't buy their games anyway and if I do it's only during a major sale and I don't invest in loot or whatever is offered now. The companies you hate have fanbases are very vocal and seem to get what they demand in the long run without bandwagon jumpers.

But you seem to be getting worked up over games you are never going to buy in the first place, so you're arguing based on a media frenzy as opposed to first hand experience.

@liveswired I love how you mistake serious for getting worked up. I'm not stressed over it. I don't lose sleep over it. I dont think about it everyday. So no, I'm not worked up about it, lol.

I WAS going to buy this game until it turned out to be trash at launch, with lousy devs behind the wheel. Now I have no interest in it.

Also, it's important to be open about talking about bad busniess practices. Things only change if people speak up and demand change. However it's a lost cause with EA. Unless everyone boycotted them and stopped buying their games, they won't change.

However, even some companies that make constant mistakes can make amazing things, when the fans speak up. Take Ubisoft with Rainbow Six Siege for example.

With NMS, you are right. They did eventually give what they promised. However, not always is this the case with the greedy companies. EA games don't get improved ---or only temporarily. Ex:Star Wars Battlefront 2---people got ticked about how they handled the Loot Boxes. Then after a LONG time, they removed them -Temporairly-. They brought them back again.

Trust me, if you pay attention to EA, you would realize how trash it is.

Look I'm not trying to annoy you. The reason I say your opinion is toxic for the community, is because you don't care about change for the better. Wouldn't it be nice to have all AAA games be actually great, instead of mostly trash?