It's a tale as old as time: Some big developer announces that their game is available on "consoles" or "all platforms", and conveniently forgets the 100 million Nintendo Switches floating around the world.
At least, that's what happened when Bethesda announced last November that the new Skyrim Anniversary Edition, which includes all the game's DLC, mod content, and a new fishing system was "available on all platforms"... when it wasn't.
But that could be about to change, according to a report from SwitchBrasil, who noticed that the Digital Game Rating Committee in Taiwan has listed the game in its rating database for the Nintendo Switch.
The listing has since been taken down, but here's a screenshot that SwitchBrasil grabbed before it disappeared:
Well, better late than never, eh?
Would you pay another $50+ bucks for another version of Skyrim, or are you content with the version already on Switch/the other ten thousand consoles that already have Skyrim? Tell us your thoughts in the comments!
[source switch-brasil.com]
Comments 86
Nah. It's not going to happen.
50+ million Nintendo Switches? More like 100+ million at this point. I see no harm in more games coming to Switch, even if just different versions of games already on the system.
At this point, just remaster Oblivion for me, or Morrowind for everyone else, and release that on switch.
@uptownsoul the switch version already has all the dlc included.
The anniversary edition has 250 of the most popular mods included as official content + a few new skill trees and perks.
Skyrim is gunna Skyrim.
Seriously though, surprised they haven't re-upped the idea of bringing out Oblivion and Daggerfall. Would love to get back in some ESIII.
It's the Skyrim you know and love, only now it's worse.
@darkswabber The stupid thing is that even if you buy this Anniversary Version you still have to download this extra content of most successful mods
Zero reason to have a physical version that is only a disc with a different stamp on it
If they do this on the Switch it will be the same!
If it comes as a free update for existing users as it did on other platforms, then that would be even better news.
They really release Skyrim on every plattform possible, even those where Skyrim is already on
But Skyrim on Switch already has all the DLC on it, right?
bought the game already on ps3 and switch...
It's probably just the launch Switch version re-released with a code in the box. Nothing special. Final Fantasy IX did the same thing.
50+ million, There's a 100+ million surely a few people would want it for the 37th time?
All joking aside, I actually would be interested in a definative edition.
What is this? The 25th release of Skyrim?
It is a thing of it is rated
Hopefully this would be a patch for existing Switch copies.
This article gave me a migraine. I've been patiently waiting for Fallout 3 on the Switch, and they literally ported Skyrim again.
Cool. Patch the game so I can finish the Dragonborn dlc how about that instead of throwing a worthless second port onto the switch.
I've played this game so many times now so I'm good. Just release Elder Scrolls 6 already and tbh Oblivion was far better than Skyrim anyway and that title screen music was just fantastic. Also who could forget Patrick Stewart's voice in the intro. God I played Oblivion for over 2000 hours, I genuinely didn't want it to end.
If they let us buy this as DLC for Skyrim I might be interested. Otherwise, not buying Skyrim again. I barely played the Switch version.
Would love this, actually. Makes the most sense for Switch, since it's the only version where you can't add mods.
@darkswabber Does the anniversary edition come packed with the unofficial bug fix mod?
Ah skyrim, the most milked game in history, even more so than GTA 5 😂
Bethesda are one of the greediest devs around and just want as much money as possible from Nintendo and playstation players before they go xbox exclusive.
And unfortunately people will still buy this cash grab
@RubyCarbuncle I had exactly the same opinion and experience playing Morrowind. I was super into it, going probably close to 2K hours (this was before games tracked your playtime so I'm estimating!) and found Oblivion to be good, but not the amazing game that was promised. Skyrim I played for a long time, probably 6 years. I enjoyed it, but once you've seen everything that's it...Elden Ring is the game I kept wishing Skyrim would be, anyway. Maybe Switch will get a potato-mode port lol
@UltimateOtaku91 Wait a sec. How is it that Bethesda are the greedy ones in this scenario you built up? You even said yourself that people will still buy the thing. Maybe if people enjoy it enough to buy it on every console under the sun, then there isn't a problem?
Nice! I dual wield the OG version and the anniversary version (to keep my mods intact) but would like to just play the anniversary version on switch. Hope this is real.
Nice, was disappointed when Switch didn't get the anniversary content since I haven't tried any of the mods. Oblivion would be awesome on Switch though
Why should you have to pay another $50 when the current Switch version is based on the Special Edition? If you own the special edition, you can get the Anniversary edition upgrade for only $19 (US).
Give Bethesda money?
I'll pass, thanks.
@BloodNinja Bethesda are greedy for releasing the game for three generations with multiple versions on some consoles with minor changes/additions which could of been dlc instead. Nintendo get blasted for ports and playstation recently been blasted for remaking the last of us part 1 yet here's Bethesda releasing the same game over and over again and for full price, £50 for a ps3 game in 2022....
@TexanBanjo do you mind if I ask why?
@DeathByLasagna if this rumour is true then this would be the 16th......
@RubyCarbuncle after elder scrolls 6 maybe they could fully remake oblivion, or even one of the earlier games that weren't on consoles. They basically have some assets already for those areas with elder scrolls online
50m? Try more than double that, lol.
. No worries tho it’s been 1 hour and still hasn’t been fixed and imo you should.
@Arkay
I'd DL that.
It's been long enough since I last played it that a fresh file with new goodies would be welcomed.
I'll just leave this here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnEW6dX_BmU
Skyrim is such a boring game
ive never played but i guess i finally will with this edition
@moodycat
Your avatar really compliments your response. Haha
Meanwhile, I just want Fallout 3 and New Vegas...
how about a new 2D skyrim metroidvania!! That would be so cool!!!
@darkswabber That's not what the content is, its just all the creation club stuff and not the proper Mods what are free and actually transform the game. If it was the most popular Mods then the game at default would look a lot better on PS4/PS5, as it is if you want a better more alive and dense world you need to download the actual free Mods.
@Nico07 still one of the funniest commercials/parody that ever became real lol
Skyrim is awesome, but I think owning the last version on Switch, PS4 and Steam is enough. Not to mention the fact that I've never finished it on any platform...
@UltimateOtaku91 That’s interesting. And who is forcing everyone to buy this stuff, exactly?
It’s really, really hard to happen to me with any given game, but after 20+ hours on Switch, I say, maybe sadly, that this game is not for me.
And I really don’t know why.
How did the Anniversary version work? If you owned the original, could you pay a DLC fee and get all the Anniversary content, or could you only buy it as a full separate release?
Edit: yup, after looking it up, you could pay a smaller fee to just upgrade the Special Edition of Skyrim (Which the Switch version is based off of). Honestly, I'm not opposed to that being offered on the Switch. If it's only sold as a separate release on the system, then that's super lame and I'm not onboard with that. If they follow the model I'm seeing on other platforms, where someone like me could just pay a smaller fee and get the additional Anniversary content in the game they already own, then that seems totally reasonable to me. Though I'm aware it would feed all the more into the "Skryim keeps getting ported to everythign1!!!!!!!111!!!!" meme, but all the same, I support it in that model.
Yeah I'd much rather have oblivion and/or morrowind at this point.
I've bought this game three times. That's enough. I'll content myself to the current switch release.
@Arkay it wasn't free on other platforms
I am about to buy Skyrim on Switch so this kinda bothers me. I don't wanna pay $50 and then have this be announced ugh
More Skyrim and still no Fallout 3/4/NV for Switch?!
@moodycat Yet how many systems is Fallout 3 on? 😆
@KayFiOS Same 😆
@UltimateOtaku91 I wish they'd milk Fallout 3 and New Vegas. If I ever want to play those then I have to dust off my PS3, lol
As long as my save data transfers over.
@moodycat ....The fridge version is the best one, though.
Play Skyrim AGAIN? The joke is on you, I never stopped playing it.
@moodycat Which version is best? Is it the toaster one? After all, toast is a pretty good selling point.
On Xbox if you owned the Skyrim Special Edition it was sold as DLC. So you didn't have to buy the whole game again.
@gopher1369 could have sworn it was, my bad.
@SwitchplayerJohn I hope that's the case for the Switch. Id pay $20 for the extras.
I'd dive it in if they ever went on sale for $15 like the Bioshocks and Assassin's Creeds do, but yeah it's just not worth $30 or more to play through again.
@uptownsoul
The current version of Skyrim on the switch has all the major DLC. This version just has fan made add ONS and fishing
@uptownsoul
Thanks for the attitude to help you decide on buying a ten year old game again instead of ignoring all re-releases of Skyrim and playing good games instead
I’d rather them remaster Oblivion since it could use a bit of a face-lift. I’d buy that on Switch in a heartbeat.
Right on.
Strange it didnt release on Switch to begin with.
If they do release it should be free for existing users. To charge for this should be criminal.
@Kienda Bethesda has been an anti-consumer company for a while. The many controversies surrounding Fallout-76, the repeated reselling of Skyrim the subpar quality of Fallout 4 (imo) has solidified them as a company that doesn't deserve my patronage.
So sick of this game! My god how can a game stay in headlines this long?
Things ironically seemed to change so much more quickly in the old days. You cant imagine a dreamcast magazine talking about NES games made in 1988 but here we are in 2022 on a switch blog still talking about a ps3 game from 2011!
@uptownsoul
Not my fault in the almost 9 years you used this site you haven't taken the time to use their amazing game catalog service. I did feel free to look through, you won't see Skyrim in there though because I was done with that game on the 360
I've thought this for years, but now that it's been a whole decade, please just add in drop-in-drop-out Coop! My cousin in law would absolutely L O V E to play coop in Skyrim, and it's a shame they haven't added that for the fun of it, game balance be damned.
Modding support or gtfooh. The game is basically fantasy Garry's Mod at this point, the game itself blows, but the community is one of the best.
@TexanBanjo I like their non-mainline games. But yeah, the IPs that put them on the map have basically become experiments for Zenimax in how to make money with minimal effort.
@TexanBanjo fair enough. Thanks for sharing.
@Ulysses
You and your cousin in law need to broaden your gaming horizon said look at the thousands of great Co op experiences and leave behind the seriously (still somehow) deeply flawed Skyrim
@-wc-
You may have wanted to call it an Xbox 360 or PC game. The PS3 version was most broken of them all lol
Here's a fun fact, Skyrim in its over decade on the market, in its numerous releases has sold 30 million. Human Fall Flat, an indie game that launched in 2016, has sold 30 million as well.
@steventonysmith I really couldn't care less about your Skyrim hate, and in fact, I might as well just press the Ignore button since all your other comments in this thread have been petty flame bait
@Ulysses
Trust me if you can turn a blind eye to Skyrims many issues and lack of polish please mute me because I can't injure my brain enough to get on that level
@steventonysmith Sounds like your brain is already a little injured, given that you (probably purposely) misread my comment to assume I was the one who loved Skyrim. From my first comment I only said my cousin was the one who loved Skyrim so much. I in fact have never played Skyrim, but if they added drop-in coop I would go out tomorrow and buy it, regardless of Skyrim's flaws. I've played worse games for the sake of spending time with friends, because playing multiplayer together in person is that important to me.
And please, think twice before replying with yet another empty retort waxing poetic about Skyrim's many failures.
@Ulysses
Skyrim couldn't handle Co-op. It can barely run in single player and after the multiple re-releases it still filled with a list of bugs. Also you can play good games with friends and not just give in a be peer pressured into playing garbage
@steventonysmith That's not how socializing works. "Oh no, golfing is far beneath my athletic standards, so I would rather take you out to play tennis." You don't say that to a friend who offers to share a passion with you. If they like Skyrim, then you play Skyrim.
And no, many people are too self-centered to simply change their minds and play something that they dislike for the sake of spending quality time with you. People like what they like, so you either meet them halfway or you find new people.
I like my people, so I support what they like. That simple.
@steventonysmith
Not relevant to the analogy i was building, but sure.
@Ulysses
I guess I just hang with actual gamers who don't cling into a decade+ old game that was a buggy mess then and now
It wouldn't be $50+ for the game again. The anniversary edition is a $9.99 dlc for the complete edition already on switch.
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