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I recall EA said Frostbite wouldn't work on Switch, and then a developer said they hadn't even tried.

Then again after hearing about how Frostbite was made by DICE to do ONE THING and it got spread out to do more than that with multiple studios that it wasn't designed to do, perhaps it really wont work.

Point is, no one seems interested to even try. More shocking, is new engines like IdTech 7 are designed FOR Switch, so evidently someone in some companies knows whats up.

But then look at Activision. They didn't know or even consider Crash until ONE GUY did it himself.

@apoqalypse It's not free speech, its revealing trade secrets, and there is no need for a contract. Free speech covers opinion and freedom of expression, not spurting out imminent information.

Plus, you can bet this same order will be or has been applied to the people giving these mouthoieces info.

I mean it's the same game, but they are weirdly dismissive of the Switch version in this.

Also talking like that version came later, as it is "Downgraded" rather than PC being "Upgraded".

And how about that upcoming Yoshi game?

So EA went from:

"FIFA 18 on Switch is its own version."
"We will base future games on the sales of FIFA 18"
"We will base future games on the demand for the Switch after one full year"
"We will base demand on how FIFA 19 sells"
"FIFA 19 is an updated game that runs better and is feature complete"
"It's not feature complete, sorry"
"We expect Switch to have sold X amount by the end of the year"
"FIFA 20 is FIFA 19 with up to date team listings."

If we EVER pretend EA gives a rats rear about Nintendo platforms again, we are delusional.

Tom also knew about a Star Fox game and a Pokemon game.

So no, probably not.

I can't see this happening, just on resources alone.

@BlueOcean Projecting from experience are we? ,

Given its a UE4 game that size seems small for the volume of content...

EDIT: I've been informed by a colleague that this is a fork of the proprietary Alchemy SDK. So any knowledge I have on UE4 is irrelevant XD

Neeeever gonna happen. The only Western support Switch gets is mid tier titles from the larger publishers and and everything from mid tier ones.

And sometimes not even that...

@Jack_Goetz Sonic Mania didn't get reviews on Switch until post-launch either.

@Krambo42 They revealed the games a few weeks ago. This isn't the first of us seeing the full list.

"Sonic the Hedgehog has struggled to live up to expectations for a long time now"

I give you the start of every article about Sonic.

Inb4 £30 amirite

@Agramonte NPD hardware sales were diwn due to PS4 and Xbox One.

Regarding your statement, the sell through was up, but shipments to retailers were down.

Which means retailers ordered enough over Q4 to civer a lot of Q1 stock.

It'd be cool to stand out from the competition by giving MyNintendo points as rewards for achievements instead of meaningless fluff.

I had to redownload most of my 75 game library. Thankfully it was only 60 or so.

But does the Grim Reaper still wait to catch you?

Says the development studio who said Switch couldnt run Titanfall 1.

Anyway, this is EA. It aint coming to Switch.

This made me lose faith in humanity.

"We don't own a Nintendo or anything like that"

I don't own a Volkswagen or anything like that either.

@Tsurii To the shock of no one.

@MoonKnight7 I haven't been replaying Ninja Gaiden since the Wii...I never bought it.

Though it would be nice to see them do some things akin to what they did on 3DS and Wii U: Give us games we never got initially. For instance Earthbound and Mega Man 6 in the EU weren't available until 2013.

I mean...if people didnt know this was going to happen I'd have to ask if they knew any recently released NES games.

Coz ya know...hasnt been many of those made lately so of course its finite.

That being said, they did make a game specifically for the service so...

Question.

How can they remove HD Rumble in a model for kids...and also push LABO at kids?

Like...did no one catch that?

As usual, due to the UK nature, its very skewed instead of representing the whole industry worldwide.

This guy is right. Because its what Nintendo in PR has stated the point of the device is. Same as people got an idea about LABO despite Nintendo saying otherwise and low and behold, Nintendo was right.

It was FOR KIDS

@Tendogamerxxx Makes it worse when you realise he works for the company that runs this site.

Given certain YouTubers already have codes and are playing the game, at least that's what they say to explain it, is it possible they leaked the game themselves? Especially since some of them follow the hacking scene a little too close for comfort.

Sounds like they're moving it to other systems.

@Ttimer5 I did know that. Hence I said "forefiting a collective £20000 in discounted eShop purchases"

I specifically said it was in eShop discounts. But regardless that's still £20000 they aren't making from eShop purchases, but is probably subsidised by the volume of subscriptions they have to play Tetris 99 in the first place.

"Here's hoping that more companies follow suit in the years to come."

Not in a capitalist economy they wont.

So Nintendo makes no money from the direct sale of this game, had to pay Tetris for the license, put time and money in to develop it, and is now forefiting a collective £20000 in discounted eShop purchases?

The hell.

What happened to those digital charts they mentioned two months ago?

@Tasuki Yeah the head of the US branch is responsible for the technology and products developed internally ag the parent company in Japan.

Okay. Yup. Good job there bud. Haven't you got a site to run or something? I know its not your job as you're not responsible for what happens behind closed doors, but I think it's fair as clearly you are the responsible one.

@KingdomHeartsFan E3 2020 buddy. Recommend hopping on that PS5.

@KingdomHeartsFan If you wanna see what a Furukawa led Nintendo is producing, you may wait a while and need to be patient given he hasn't even been in the job for a year yet, and games just dont grow on trees.

@Heavyarms55 Its not AS bad as it used to be.

Now if Crackdown 3 hit number 1 we would have a national crisis...

Or, call it a hunch, your sister site was wrong?

Remember they were also adamant about Pokemon Stars and then backpeddled that crap very swiftly into "It was just for internal testing for engines". Despite insisting it was a retail thing.

I know y'all got bills to pay but come the eff on.

@SimplyCinnamon53 According to Jim Ryan, the new head of PlayStation, back in an interview around E3 2017, its because of the kids, or shareholders, or no specific objection.

We never got a concrete answer.

@AlexSora89 Thing is it likely runs on the same engine with the same general asset quality so....

@AlexSora89 Found it

https://uk.ign.com/articles/2017/01/20/respawn-developer-laughs-off-the-idea-of-titanfall-on-switch

@AlexSora89 Right after it was revealed in October 2016.

Im fairly sure Respawn would laugh and insult the system first.

Oh wait, they did.

Nice start to the article there.

Where are those digital included charts at? Itll be interesting to see if Nintendo sticks around given theh dont share digital sales.

I think we can all agree the question posed at the end of Nintendo being more stringent is tactical suicide.

Lets be honest. Nintendo would be down right insane to tell third parties no or start bossing them around.

@thesilverbrick Priblem is with investors that setting too low a goal would worry them to. If you dont expect to sell many, or at least lie to them about expectations to make your eventual results look better, not only would you turn them away, and thus hurt yourself because they think youve got a week year coming, but youd also open yourself up to a legal battle by deceiving investors.

Lose lose situation.

Its Bandai Namco. Im sure theyll be asking us to beg soon given their support ia incredibly schizophrenic.

Now if it was just Marvelous on their own...different story

@NintyNate You know how many franchises Sony has that are dormant?

Good god, you could play a full game of bingo with em!

@RyanSilberman @smithpa01 If that was the case wouldn't it impact all the platforms and not just one?

And if it was a cartridge issue wouldn't it then impact ALL regions not just one?

From head of indies to head of all third party games.

Now we know what Retro Studios is making.

The meme can die.

Also if this was say, EA, we'd never hear this publicly nor would it be restarted.