Hogwarts Legacy Showcase Highlights Open-World Broom And Hippogriff Flight

Has there been any switch footage shared at all yet?

well hopefully by the time the game comes out for the switch a new switch will come out capable of playing this game..

You say that it wont be a Cloud version because of the retail, but that doesn't stop the retail cartridge just being a link to a cloud system.

Like most games these days, will be waiting for reviews.

I can't even see this working well on the PS4 and Xbox One. It looks incredible.

@AG_Awesome We will likely see Switch footage for this game in a Nintendo Direct.

Imagine covering a game that gets delayed every 2 weeks for another 6 months. I dont think it will come out on Switch, its prolly gonna get canceled.

@Bunkerneath No cloud Switch game has ever had a physical version, or a deluxe edition which Hogwarts Legacy for Switch does have a physical version and deluxe edition.

Maybe that means there will be a new switch console before this game is released 🙃

Does anyone know what the first comment from Nintendo Life is about?

@MarioBrickLayer Many people (myself included) won't be buying the game since it'll line JK Rowling's pockets, and she uses her money and influence to promote anti-trans causes.

To be honest I would have liked to see NL acknowledge this in their articles, even if they don't feel like they want to speak directly against Rowling's views.

@MarioBrickLayer People don't like JK Rowling because of her opinions.

@MarioBrickLayer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_J._K._Rowling#Transgender_rights

Game looks really good and I'm looking forward to check it out!

@Mackocaster7 of course you're allowed to boycott what ever you'd like but I'm pretty sure she already got paid, and the sale numbers have nothing to do with her making more money. Could be wrong though.

OK, sorry I think I may have done exactly what Nintendo Life didn't want by asking the question.
No matter if you're buying it or not, I think most would agree the footage looks great and seems to be what you'd want in a harry potter game?

@MarioBrickLayer don't worry you didn't do anything wrong

@Bunkerneath with precedents such as? Why would anyone invest in mass producing a game card that contains a glorious 100 Mb of cloud client? Considering the limited accessibility (and thus limited appeal) of cloud gaming in the west, they'd be likely to lose money out the gate on a release like this.

@nhSnork Sony and XBOX do that all the time, wasn't the recent COD game a tiny file size on the disk? it's rare on the switch though...

@MarioBrickLayer I imagine discs cost next to nothing to produce compared to carts though

@MarioBrickLayer discs should still be somewhat cheaper to produce (for all their progressive issues that lead to the situations like CoD's in the first place😅), but even then I think there's a difference between the "DRM" medium with a few key components and a glorified stream link.

@Bunkerneath If this were a cloud version I doubt they’d have any trouble getting it out on day one, the work to get that going is nothing compared to a native port

Will be interesting to see how the game sales / reviews pan out as it's not been a good year for Warner Bros.

Tavistock got shut down. I’d say she’s been vindicated 100%.

@nhSnork Activision does it with call of duty where it's just a license file on the disk , Microsoft also does it with its flagship games like halo infinite it's not completely impossible that they'd produce physical copys of a game from a massive IP like this with just a code in the box to redeem the cloud version or something , they might not have done it before with cloud games but it doesn't mean they never will

Lol, yeah no for personal reasons...but also SO MUCH OF THIS looked like opportunities to sell microtransactions. Color-tiered loot, mounts, a ton of customization, and this is coming from WB? Nope. Won't even be able to trust reviews of this game at release because WB has rebalanced games to exploit players after reviews hit in the past. I'm not interested in games that beg me for more money on the loading and title screens. The performance will probably be atrocious as well.
Like I'm glad for my friends that are fans of the series, but I just can't see this being anything besides cynical and desperate. Hope I'm wrong, I guess.

Looks interesting! Still want to see switch footage but at this point this will be my first HP game. Getting hyped! If it is good I may buy a few copies for HP fan friends of mine.

Looks pretty cool. I dig me some Potter, so if the budget's right in July, you never know!

Doom Ethernal and Witcher were both near impossible ports but turned out to be some of the best running games on Switch, with serious graphical compromises of course.

With right talent this may be a very solid port on Switch. I finished Witcher on ps4 and ended up buying it discounted on Switch for portability and expansions, wouldn’t mind doing the same for this one as well.

I was hoping this would launch for Christmas.