EA Has No Plans To Release Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order On The Switch

Needed an article to know this?

It's looking more and more like a cross-gen game so yeah, I wouldn't have thought it would launch on Switch.

Is this a promise?

I hope EA never make a profit from the Star Wars licence.
Bring back Factor 5

Why do people keep asking for ports which clearly aren't going to happen?

Also if you really want those games that much then buy that console

You just know they'll screw it up anyway

EA “amazing as the switch is we don’t like making any effort. So we will all but ignore a huge market”

Rehash of Fifa every year is about all they are capable of it seems.

Panic button doing what EA can’t manage. Port big titles on to switch.

@carlos82 They can happen. PSP had some amazing EA sports titles that were great fun. Why can’t a switch have a NFL, NHL title??

Fifa and NBA 2k both run fine

Ahh well, I could live without EA Star Wars

They will destroy this game anyway so no biggi

Honestly it is a shame Switch isn't getting this game. I'm more excited for this specific game than the usual EA Star Wars fare. Respawn is probably the last remaining good in house dev team at EA, and the game itself seems interesting in concept. I am slightly annoyed that this still takes place between RotS and ANH. This time period is getting pretty fatiguing to explore after Solo, Rogue One and Rebels

Because they know nintendo don't like micro transaction's or loot boxes. Because unlike EA Nintendo has a soul.

Nintendolife,
EA has 3 games (2 indies) on the Switch right now. PLEASE only post about EA games if they DO release a Switch game. Otherwise it's just a clickbait.

@Stocksy this is about Star Wars, I'll agree they have no excuse for sports games but I'm referring to these big story driven games

@bones this game has neither

Same case with The Sims 4 on consoles. 😒
EA said they have no plans for The Sims 4 on Switch.

Simple put 99% of EA games run on their trash (because that's what it is, see Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem) Frostbite Engine. EA has NO intent to EVER port that engine to the Switch. That's why Fifa Switch is still an old PS3 port and those indies use different engines.

Nobody wants this on Switch. Until it’s announced, then it’s a Day 1 buy.

Please celebrate what we get, not mourn what we don't.

It makes for a much more happier website.

@Anti-Matter really? But the sims will probably sale in amazing numbers on switch, it is a very switch game

@sanderev they just ported it lately
But it is a lousy engine

So what now we become? Depressed? Sorry NL, gaming is a small part of my life. Who cares about EA and their Loot Box business.

@Tantani They finally made a downgraded version of it. Yeah, that's just for Fifa 2020.

If they were smart and actually cared about games / gamers, they would've hired Panic Button to make an actual good port of the engine. Panic Button does great work with the Creation Engine (Bethesda) and I think they could make a really good Frostbite port for the Switch as well. One that's un par with the PS4 and XBOX ONE.

Good. Horrible company. The protagonist and game look generic AF.

@GrailUK Here here!

@carlos82 I have an XB1. I’d still MUCH rather play this game on Switch. Every game, really.

@GrailUK Yeah hate it when NL has one of these episodes. One min they're happy writing about what everyone is playing and, and... then this!

I would by this on my Xbox One X anyway to get it in 4K + HDR, but i don't really need to buy it as i have EA Access.

Shouldn't it be a given now that EA doesnt support Nintendo? We always get awful support from the few dregs thrown our way. Such as poor fifa releases and even the recent Unravel 2 which is going for a higher price than what the bundled version eith the first game is on all other platforms.

Though considering how predatory EA are and how such distain they have for their whales I really wouldn't want them thinking Nintendo is a viable platform.

Fine by me decided long ago not to waste my money on anything EA makes

I wouldn't have a gripe with this if it were an EA-owned IP, but something as big as Star Wars should absolutely have exposure on every system.

WB provides Lego Star Wars...big tough EA should have no problem releasing anything Star Wars related on one of the hottest consoles around right now.

@subpopz good to know, may pick it up also than.

That amazing Star Wars Pinball collection is more than enough for me on Switch. I'll get get Fallen Order on Origin at some point.

EA's completely inept handling of the Star Wars license continues, to no one's surprise.

Well not surprised.. poo-poo on them

Knowing that Nintendo is a Japanese company, so Electronic Arts is a Opposite of Nintendo, I mean it's a American Company. I Would be fine with No EA games coming to Nintendo Switch.

not at all shocked. it's EA.

"For anyone still seeking a Star Wars fix on the Switch, it looks the only option, for now, is Star Wars Pinball by Zen Studios"

Talk about a galaxy far, far away...

The Switch getting a simple pinball game, or a sprawling, open world cinematic game taking place in the Star Wars universe.
Oh, well. EA and their f****d up choices...

I have no plan to buy any EA game regardless of what platform it's on.

Jedi Fallen Order uses the Unreal Engine 4, so I've got to think that it could be ported to Switch if EA wanted to do that. I'd bet money that Panic Button could take just about any game running on Unreal Engine 4 and make a good port for Switch.

Nintendo fans. I don't need a powerful console and let's make fun of other companies. Sure who wouldn't prefer Lego star wars.

Ah yes, the unprecedented support from EA continues.

I’d love yet again to see EA die in a fire. I’m fed up with them and yet another reason why for that list.

As much as I dislike EA and the modern incarnation of star wars, this is just another reminder for nintendo why 3rd party won't play ball.

Why should anyone be expected to go back to the drawing board and neuter their game to run on the least powerful console on the market?

Am I the only one a little upset but not surprised? I’ve grown to like playing big games portably. It’s something I’ve always wanted from the iPad but never got.

It's EA, we'll live. They haven't made a decent SW game in ages. Recent offerings are Cheerleader quality. Pretty but hollow

Shock Horror

@Krambo42 I have all 3 so usually go for the best version (typically X) or if multiplayer, where my friends are. Having said that I'd did get Crash for Switch and Doom which I also got elsewhere

Based on EA’s recent track record, no loss.

@sixrings
Bait

Eh, didn't expect it to. Also, not sure why everyone's complaining about it "being EA" when they confirmed it wouldn't have microtransactions or multiplayer.

No surprise. Even if they did do so, they'd strip the game down and release an inferior version, missing features and content, and then when the inferior product they release sells poorly on Switch, they will blame our "lack of interest in these kinds of games".

EA is a cancer in the gaming industry and I hope they fail and flop hard.

And as for Star Wars, it died for me the day Disney bought and abandoned the Expanded Universe anyway. The EU, or what Disney has rebranded as "Legends" is a thousands times better than anything in the "new canon".

@carlos82 I misread your comment I thought you said sports! Ha. But yeah. Didn’t expect this game but I think EA need to stop with the excuses. They can easily tweak and rework games to work... other older consoles have proved that. It’s a very lazy time in gaming history and people are making less and less effort...

If you buy a gimped console, you can't complain when you miss out on the big games. This is just going to get worse as Sony moves to the PS5 and Microsoft moves to nextBox. Optimization and Downgrading can only get you so far. The problem is Nintendo makes weak consoles and you aren't going to get 3rd part support until this changes.

I didn't have any plans to support EA to begin with, so it's all good 👌

EA doesn’t really have plans to release any games on Switch. Well except FiFA

Anyone that was hoping for a Switch version was going to be disappointed from the beginning its EA.

@sanderev It uses the Unreal engine and not Frostbyte... It's easy to assume wrongly without actually checking facts first.

@Heavyarms55
Last time i checked my PS4 when i played The Sims 4, it had a lot of Expansion packs and Add On contents.
There were some cheap bundles (3 in 1) during Sale but they were still quite expensive.
I still hold on my PSN purchase until EA announce The Sims 4 on Nintendo Switch.
And until today, i still hold on all my ideas about making neighbors, house design, running business from stores (Get to Work), etc. When i play The Sims 4 on my PS4, it still plain Vanilla without any Expansion packs / Add on contents, i started to feel bored. 😟

I still want to support The Sims franchises but if only EA didn't get involved into infamous business practicals. 😞

@Stocksy "lazy time", "less effort" lol. Games have never had bigger teams and larger budgets and stricter demands from core gamers. Ever. The industry is still trying to figure out how to meet demands consistently while profiting which is why you get colossal missteps like loot boxes in a game that should be appealing to core gamers.

I actually think skipping the Switch is leaving money on the table, but EA is still reeling from a massive loss — even if self-induced — in the Star Wars licensing and spreading out development to significantly lower power platforms costs serious time and money.

Maybe they'll start experimenting with handing it off to some porting experts. Maybe it's just asking too much.

We don't even know what the gameplay really looks like, but it's a shame right? The studio claims they were inspired by Metroid and Zelda Wind Waker for combat.

I'd rather have a game made specifically for the Switch.......too bad we can't get the SNES games and some of the other great star wars content from Nintendo's history

I'd suggest Starlink is better for Switch owners looking for a Star Wars fix than Star Wars pinball. It doesn't have the brand, but certainly has satisfying space battles, and the Arwing was always a rip-off of the X-wing anyway.

Meh, I bet we could get a better Star Wars game if someone re-skinned LoZ BotW

@Yorumi EA is a publisher and yes, they could screw it up, but this is by Respawn the studio that developed the Titanfall games and is highly respected in most circles. That and the game is a single-player, story game with no micro transactions. It's worth cheering on, in my opinion.

If it's any good I'll get on the PS4. Games like these run and look like rubbish on Switch anyway

It's clear that it's not coming anyways. With Nintendo not allowing microtransactions on Switch unless it's a free to play game, EA will continue to stay the heck away (which is a good thing).

I'll be getting Fallen Order on the One X as that has the majority of my Star Wars games on it. I'll wait until it's used or on sale though as I dont like giving EA money.

@Ambassador_Kong
The gap is smaller than it was for the 7th gen though and Lucasarts had The Force Awakens for both the HD 360/PS3 and for the 480p Wii (which actually turned out to be the best version). Its hard to say for this game as they haven't shown it yet, but I have seen very few games from this gen that wouldn't have been possible in the past gen in some form, so I often put it down to either laziness/ineptitude/money when it comes to ports of games.

Come on, Nintendo Life. Why do you have to make an article every time "game X is not coming to Switch"?* Instead, give us more articles like the one with the interview about R-Type on Game Boy. That one was great, this one is not.

*I already know the answer, just wanted to voice my opinion.

Edit: The fact that you have highlighted this article and at the time of writing have put it on top of all the articles produced yesterday, just because it gained most clicks, is sad. Especially when you have a lot better articles produced the same day.

@BenAV
It’s a shame how low EA has sunk really, I remember a time when they were actually trying to produce great games (16 bit era) but now it’s cash grab only. I think the premise of the game could be great but with EA behind it I wouldn’t want it even if it was available on the switch because of their focus as games full of micro transactions.

@aaronsullivan
I’m sure it will have micro transactions. Mark my words when it releases.
I say this with games like South Park in mind, single player but still micro transactions.
Now, I hope I’m wrong here as EA needs a hit and they need to get some of the mud off their reputation but I wouldn’t be bold enough to claim that it won’t have any.

Games confirmed coming is news.
Games not announced for Switch, confirmed not coming is not news.

Did PushSquare do this for every PS4 game not coming to Vita, or is this just a Liam Doolan thing, since it always seems to be this same guy.

EA support of Switch is just awful. I was looking through the libraries in Xbox, PS4 and Switch to compare how many EA games were available on each platform. There were like 50+ unique title on XB, like 40+ on PS, and ONLY 4 on Switch. It’s laughable. EA is (probably) the biggest game developer in the business and they can’t be bother to release anything people actually want on Switch. Where’s Battlefront, Fallen Order, Madden, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, NBA Live, UFC, Battlefield, Sims, Deadspace, NFS, Titanfall, etc...I was kind of understandable at launch for them to take a wait & see approach after the Wii U but at this point, it’s just crap. No reason, at the very least, they shouldn’t be doing what other studios are and porting stuff over. No reason ME, DA and a host of late PS3/early PS4 games couldn’t make the jump. I was just at a friends and he was playing Dragon Age on PS4 and I saw nothing there they looked technically impossible on the Switch (and I admittedly am no pro, just my thought)

Il probably get this for the ps4 anyway so no biggie, but here's hoping they release plants vz zombies garden warfare 3 on the switch instead now that's a game I'd want to play handheld aswell

Please have a Switch version of Madden. I don't care if it is vastly inferior to what the other systems have. Please, please, please!!!!!

What I really want to know, are they ever going to bring NHL or madden to switch

@rockodoodle Just as long as it doesn't turn out like Madden 13 on Vita (the only Madden game that Vita ever got). That game was hideously under-developed. If they release a game, they should finish it first. It's not a lot to ask.

This is why i never buy any single ea games ever again their just too dam ignorant and greedy plus they always rush out their games with bugs and glitches along with the lootbox crap.Just wish disney just strip the star wars game ip rights back from ea and give it to a actual developer who actually cares on bringing star wars games on every console and doesnt scrapped them either like ea has with the cancel projects.

@retro_player_22 ea can shove those lootbox and microtransactions up their you know wat.

Thought I'd share this video to you guys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5YPQfSFCLU

@nofriendo May you explain what's "generic" about the main character and game?

@Itzdmo It's happened before, and I sure can happen again. Look at other AAA games like Wolfenstein II, Dark Souls Remastered, Mortal Kombat 11, etc.

EA doesn't have any excuses not to support the Switch.

I guess a pinball game with loose Star Wars affiliation is just as good as an actual Star Wars adventure. In fact, I remember seeing Return of the Jedi for the first time as a child, and thinking "This would be so much better if it were just a series of ricocheting metal balls."

So... EA doesn't want to support the Switch in any meaningful way...
In other news... Water is wet.

Generally doesnt look like a good game anyway.

EA is lame, with that being said we get the point, most big games haven’t and aren’t coming to switch.

Missed opportunity, in my opinion, that this isn't the story of Caleb Dume. Those who have watched Rebels will know what I'm talking about. Star Wars is my favorite movie franchise so I'm really hoping they send this over to Panic Button for a Switch port in the future.

The frostbite engine doesn’t run on the Switch. End of story.

I rather play Doom or any of bethesda's games over EA's trash any day of the week

It's probably going to suck anyway, let's be honest.

If they don't give you the option for a Dark Side path, I have no interest.

Not a big surprise. I might play it on PC...but this is EA we're talking about. There are very few companies who managed to ruin at least three of my favorite game series. I wish there weren't so many brainless hype-junkies who bought everything EA barfs out (Fifa, Madden, every heartless online shooter) so that all the great series in their clutches could go to better devs.

@Jeronan thats bull man switch can handle frostbite engine thats just a lame excuse ea keeps coming up to avoid putting games on the switch.

@CaPPa Of course the power difference with Switch compared to XBO/PS4 is smaller than the Wii to PS360. The latter are all 7th gen, while the Switch is a 9th gen system being compared to 8th gen systems.

Who cares?! EA can suck an old sock for all I care. I'm too busy buying the gazillion other great games releasing on the Switch. Besides... Star Wars is an all worn out franchise unable to surprise or impress anyone anymore.

Don't blame 3rd parties for the lack of big triple a games on switch. Blame Nintendo for making the switch weak.

@RiasGremory Frostbite is a piece of crap unoptimized garbage engine. It barely runs acceptable on other platforms.

Why you think they went through all the trouble to create a customized version of FIFA.
It was easier and cheaper to do that, than to bother making their so called flagship engine run on the Switch.

@Jeronan because ea is dam lazy period.

@dcamp335 I have a ton of time on the 3ds- what, was that 2011 or '12?. I would imagine that it would be like a smoother version of the WiiU version. I would be fine with something that is just playable. NHL would be cool too.

Why you own a PS (or PC) each generation. Switch is a hand held

Yeah... Nobody here cares about this - but rehash port of mediocre assassins creed 3 is a worthwhile release on Switch 🙃

and in other news, water is wet

You can blame ea for being lazy. Just as you can blame activision for not making creative call of duty games. Either way Nintendo is missing out on some big triple a games and I don't know how anyone can talk themselves into thinking that's a good thing. My switch is essentially a indie and first party system. Personally I find that super disappointing. Especially since I use my system docked mainly.

Meanwhile my old 360 games looks amazing enhanced on my Xbox one X. Graphics of course don't matter though. That's why so many of us didn't buy 4k TVs.

@sixrings switch has plenty of 3rd party support and it doesnt need ea at all.

@RiasGremory well apparently ea, activision and a bunch of companies don't need Nintendo either. Nintendo fans are as arrogant as Nintendo was in their super Nintendo and n64 days dealing with third parties. See how that worked out.

@sixrings first off activision does put games on the switch just not cod at this time and stop defending EA bad practices its people like you that ea doesnt get held accountable for their shady practices plus not having their support is not a big loss.

@RiasGremory whose defending ea practices. I'm simply pointing out that because the system is under powered or because programmers are too any to port their games that Nintendo fans are missing out. Also if we are missing the big hitters now what will happen next year when ps5 and Xbox two comes out. I'm sorry if I'm not excited about just Dance. I didn't buy a switch to play ports, indies and games which could have been on my wii.

@RiasGremory not releasing a game on the Switch isn't a shady practice.

Now other things they've done can be considered that I guess, but honestly most game companies do them now anyway.

@saintayu i was referring to their lootbox,microtransactions,rushing their games out with bug and glitches,and cutting stuff out of one version over the other console versions thats the shady part i was pointing out.

@sixrings some how panic button manages the impossible to possible with the switch versions cause those guys take their dam time not like some developers that just want to rush stuff out.

@RiasGremory don't buy them then. I'm sure other Nintendo fans would like the option to buy them.

Disney need to do something right for ones with the Star Wars license and finally take it away from EA and handle the video games like Marvel does. I really hope SW:J:FO is EA’s last.

Seriously are people even surprised that ea not bringing a game to switch. As besides Fifa what does ea bring to the switch from their main series

@sixrings it be a small margin of nintendo fans while majority gives ea the middle finger.

@RiasGremory if that were true, people hated EA so they wouldn't buy their games, then they would be out of business. They are one of the most profitable companies. So even if people don't like their loot boxes they buy their games anyways.

@locky-mavo i agree its bad enough ea rushes out their games broken and glitchy but cancelling some of the most promising star war games is mind boggling its like ever time ea buys out a developer its like a kiss of death the game developer cease to exist.

Good we don't want your crap, EA.

@sixrings im not denying ea is making lots of money but it doesnt mean we shouldnt hold them accountable for their shady practices,making excuses to why they cut stuff out of the switch version while the other consoles versions get everything,and blaming us for their games poor sales cause the game is rush out broken with content missing.

@electrolite77 I accept that Sony has exclusive Sony studios which make games like God of War, uncharted, while Xbox has their exclusive games , gears,halo, forza, and Nintendo has their exclusives like Mario and Zelda. What I dislike is that Nintendo misses out on the cross platform games because they made their system less powerful then the base Xbox and ps4.

@electrolite77 I knew that to based on the performance that before launch it wasn't going to be capable of a lot of cross platform games. That doesn't change the fact I'm annoyed by having to own a Xbox for the rest of my library.

@sixrings power means nothing without having the right balance to making quality games and nintendo knows how to do it right without relying on a power house gaming machine and the switch sales speak for itself.

Couldn’t care to be honest, don’t trust EA to deliver anything special anyway.

It's EA? Lol! Don't care...

Nintendo fans omfg Mario kart deluxe is 1080p 60fps these graphics are so good I love Nintendo. Zelda botw 30fps but who cares the graphics are good enough. A third party can't port a game because the switch is too weak... screw it Nintendo is the best and I'm so hardcore I don't care about graphics I still use a crt TV.

It's a singleplayer game so I'll wait for it to drop way down in price or get it in a Humble Bundle. Such a game isn't a good fit for the Switch; this game is destined to be a very good looking game with not a lot going on. Games that do well on Switch place gameplay over graphics. This game wouldn't even be on the top of an indie list if it didn't use the Star Wars IP.

I would much rather see a remake of Rogue Squadron 3 on Switch than this, better yet a Rogue Squadron trilogy.

Oh no. We won't get an EA game. I'm so heartbroken. /sarcasm

I have never played Knights of the Old Republic. They should remaster that and put it on the switch 👍

Sounds too much like hard work

@sixrings now your just trolling man knock it off.

This is the only EA game that I’m interested in and I’m salty just because I only own a Switch, so I won’t be able to play this game.

Not that I was expecting it to be on Switch anyway but still...

Only owning one console means I’ll be missing on many games, I know but I can’t help it. Not everyone can afford everything they want. I chose the Switch for my gaming and, honestly, I don’t regret it even if it means less third party games.

I really dislike EA and look forward for the day they finally lose the Star Wars license.

@RiasGremory Don't bother responding to him. He almost sounds like a sockpuppet to a certain troll that got banned a while ago. All he wants is to get a reaction out of you.

@Quarth i just dont understand some people like him that would defend ea on all the mishandling with their games and projects makes no sense at all.

“We will have no micro transactions in Jedi Fallen Order”.

The fact they had to announce this and make it a selling point not a good sign.I wish Respawn the best, but you have to know Faustian deals don’t turn out well in your favor.

EA doesn’t care about Switch so the news in the headline isn’t surprising.

I'm not trolling and I still have no idea how nintendo fans are apathetic to getting less triple a games. I don't see at all how there is anything benefitial about that. If you don't like ea practices then don't buy it. But there's plenty of people who own a switch and would like to be able to have these games on their system without having to buy a playstation or xbox. The fact that you don't get that and keep defending these things makes me think that you must be the troll. That or a dictator. You don't want it so no one else should want it as well. Surely that doesn't make sense on so many things on earth then why are you applying that logic here.

@NotTelevision they said the same thing with battlefront 2 and athemn and look how they turned out not so good.

@sixrings if you read your last comment then you understand why we called you a troll and secondly switch is getting plenty of 3rd party games in rpg,fighting,some shooters,some sports games,and action type games but like said switch doesnt need ea at all.

@RiasGremory it’s widely agreed upon that EA is a very disliked company in the gaming business, most gamers know this. But when it comes to Star Wars, I put the blame on Disney. They’ve mishandled the franchise since day one, one the first things obviously being giving EA the exclusive gaming license. Their terrible movies aside, their continuation to work with EA, even after the damage they’ve done and frankly sheer laziness to publish their games themselves, exactly like Marvel does (which is why we’re getting a Marvel exclusive in UA3) is dumbfounding.

@locky-mavo i agree disney is part of the blame too by allowing ea continuing to ruin star wars game ip on movie wise i enjoyed TFA jj was setting it up nicely till hack johnson took a dump on episode 8 so now jj is reconning most of it for episode 9.

@RiasGremory Yeah I’m actually struggling to think of a Star Wars game I liked that wasn’t produced by Lucas Arts. Even when you are playing single player Battlefront, with seemingly the same look of something like Rogue Squadron, it just lacks the charm and depth.

@RiasGremory It’s also a shame when Lucas Arts folded, those old Star Wars games are lost to the sands of time.

@RiasGremory The new Star Wars films I’d not consider to be objectively bad, just unnecessary and content to rehash the same ideas. I’m of the opinion that we will never see another truely great and original Star Wars film. There is too much money on the line and studios are unwilling to experiment and try anything creative with the series.

The original trilogy was an unlikely success and had a kinetic inventiveness that subsequent films weren’t able to recapture.

...Okay, not really surprised. You shouldn't expect the Switch to get ALL of the latest big AAA games. Of course its cool when we do like MK 11, Wolf Young Blood and Doom Eternal, but people, especially at this point, should know that the Switch is still running on mobile hardware and the other two systems are more powerful period. Let's stop acting like its some sort of revelation that weaker hardware cant run these massive games.

As for "Nintendo should've made a more powerful system" and comments like that... Nah, we dont need PS4/Xbox One part three. Nintendo is offering something different and their handheld platforms always do better anyway. The idea of the Switch was their best route, in more ways than one.

As for the game itself, I may be interested. Disney's SW has really put me off the IP, but if its like Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast, it could be great. I'm also very skeptical of EA despite their promise of no lootbox BS.

@NotTelevision i think jj wanted to play it safe with episode 7 since it was 5 years since the last one ROS and didnt want to repeat the mess in episode 1 and 2 but episode 8 is hard to watch since johnson decided to throw a wrench into jj vision for the new trilogy but now jj is fixing that in episode 9.

EA is 💩! The new star wars movies are garbage Disney ruined them.

@AlternateButtons I'm not but you can get a PS4 cheaply these days and certainly much less then your Switch was. A very quick search online and I can get one for £130 which is around the price of 3 games these days, maybe a bit less. Stop pretending its expensive to buy these consoles when you essentially have the most expensive one on the market for both hardware and software.

As for the game itself, they are now designed primarily with the enhanced consoles in mind and with an eye on the next gen consoles of which they'll already have dev kits for. The Switch as good as it is simply doesn't have anywhere near the processing power required to get these games running in a reasonable condition, even the standard Xbox One is struggling to keep up these days with most games.

@KryptoniteKrunch at last somebody with common sense on here.

I'm sceptical of EA too but Respawn are great developers and seem to have more sway with EA then some of the others. Whilst even EA cant be blind to the huge success Sony has had with narrative driven games this generation, all with no microtransactions

This game wouldn't be able to run on Switch unless it was heavily downgraded and even then it would be docked only.

@DTMOF84 Amen! Why do ppl do this to themselves?

@Anti-Matter EA milks the hell out of the Sims. There is simply no reason to lock so many features behind expansion packs and DLC. Keeping up with it all is a massive money dump.

At least the Sims is a good game, and that's the reason EA is able to absolute ABUSE fans like you and many others. I mean, when I googled it, buying all the Sims 4 content would cost more than buying a PS4 Pro. It's mind boggling.

@carlos82

Thanks.

You're right about Respawn. Ive never played any of their games but their games are actually some of the better received EA titles this console gen..

Gamecube re-releases, or N64, would be amazing.

Rogue Squadron, Jedi Outcast, Battle for Naboo, Bounty Hunter, Clone Wars...

The GC version of Outcast was the only one offering lightsabers-banned multiplayer, and would be amazing with hybrid splitscreen online play. The series is still a staple on PC.

It's a surprise when current gen, cross-platform games releases on a handheld, not the other way round. You know what you get (and don't) with a Nintendo system. I love my switch but am under no illusions as to what the system is.

@KryptoniteKrunch Titanfall 2 is absolutely fantastic and I suspect this will take elements from that for wall running and maybe even some form of walkers. Also the people who formed Respawn were the team who made Modern Warfare and that turned out alright so fingers crossed

@subpopz Clickbait simple and plain. 170 comments deep already, they got what they wanted.

No loss there Nintendo does not need EA and never will

@WiltonRoots @subpopz I'm so tired of these articles. There has been a lot of them lately. But yeah, it's about clicks and user interaction (which we, ironically, contribute to now, but whatever).

What a surprise. The most poo publisher on the planet for a reason.

@Dilated
The developers stated on stage there would be no microtransactions. So it’s not impossible, but it would be going back on a direct and open promise.

@subpopz Just from what I saw, I don’t think they said no DLC, but did say no microtransactions. Not a button-masher, either. I wish they had shown gameplay but that will come soon enough.

I’m glad someone asked about Switch and we got an answer, though. Obviously there’s interest, and yes people pile on and EA is controversial especially in Nintendo history, but that’s hard to avoid.

@Yorumi Yeah, would have rather they didn’t save the gameplay for their own show. They probably figured the SW Celebration audience would be most responsive to the story part. I mean if you’d didn’t like Titanfall gameplay or the idea of Metroid and Wind Waker combat that they’ve called out so far that’s some reason to anticipate an issue.

@Gerald Ea BaD

We got the pinball :l

Star Wars fans are hilarious. Talk about how big of fans they are & how the love Star Wars so much but in the sane breath talk poo about every Star Wars movie outside the original trilogy and pretty much all the games minus Rogue Squadron and KOTOR. How can you claim to be such a huge Star Wars fan if you hate more of their stuff than you like? Silliness.

LMAO! Because Fifa 2018 didn't sell 10,000,000 units?

Get real

All i want from EA is Mirrors Edge or Mirrors Edge Catalyst on switch. Haven't bought a game from EA since Catalyst. No interesst in fifa or online only multiplayer shooters.

Love how Trolls talk about how underpower and lack of games NSW has but yet same breath can't seem to admit to the truth Nintendo has a winning strategy.

it seems like people do not understand that even if Nintendo made the switch as powerful as ps4 and xbox, it would be very expensive. Plus Ea would still make an excuse not to release their games on the switch.

I probably wouldn't support this game even if it did come to Switch, EA have had the Star Wars licence for around 6 years now and all we've had is 2 sub-standard, micro-transaction riddled online shooters so I don't hold much hope for Fallen Order. I still hope it's great and that people enjoy it, but I won't lose sleep over it.

@AlternateButtons I won't resort to name calling but why is it BS? a quick search on Ebay shows several at $200 and I'd imagine you could get better deals on Facebook or private sellers, Whilst the Xbox One S is a little over $200 new and also plays these games. Presumably you have a Switch or other consoles which you paid at least as much money for to play games you were interested in, how is this any different? Switch games are always more expensive than their counterparts in other consoles, particularly when on sale or after a year or so which makes the Switch the most expensive console to own overall and in the UK the price of the console is significantly higher than the others. Even then the game doesn't even come out until later this year so its hardly a whim so there's plenty of time to save for anyone who is interested and on days like Black Friday it'll likely be even cheaper

Overall my point stands, if these are the types of games people want to play then all they have to do is buy that console, it's not that big of a deal

Personally I hope this bombs or doesn't release so that maybe the Star Wars license can get switched to a brand that cares about it once the EA deal runs out.

Honestly. I wouldnt buy this or play it anyway .

How did anyone not realize this since it is EA and a Nintendo console? They haven’t released anything since FIFA 18 was used as an excuse to not release things.

Let’s face it EA and Nintendo stopped being friends years ago. FIFA 18 was fine but then 19 reverted back to the days of just adding the year on without enhancing the game. FIFA 20 will probably have nothing new at all and that will be that. Best just forget EA and Nintendo.

@Supadav03 Yes, fans of a wide reaching franchise disagree on large portions of it. Good thing that never happens in Nintendo fandom!

In all honesty, it sounds like you are talking about a small group of original trilogy fans that haven't accepted all the new stuff. I don't think there are really that many of them in overall Star Wars fandom. Like many fan fiefdoms they think they are bigger and more influential than they actually are.

Well obviusly... there still butthurt that Nintendo didn't let them have 100% controll over the WiiU E Shop..

To hell with ea already

This should be expected. EA's business decisions are trash. No sane Nintendo fan should support them.