| spemanig said: It should be noted by the way that any developer can start making VR games for the Switch now. They don't have to wait. The second a third party HMD is made, anyone can make VR games for it without Nintendo's consent. Also, just for clarification, the Switch screen itself does have both an accelerometer and a gyroscope that is independent from the ones in the Joy-Cons, according to the official spec sheet. So the HMD wouldn't need to add that tech. |
Try it. All games that are played on a Nintendo System have to be certified by Nintendo. If they're not, then the game can't be digitally signed, and the game won't run on Retail Switch units.
Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have complete control over the kinds of games that are released on their system. One of the companies I worked for released a camera-based game for the PS4/XB1 that used a prop. We had to get special permission from both Sony and Microsoft to use a prop with the camera that was technically against the rules because of how the prop would need to be used was potentially dangerous. If we didn't get that permission, the game never would have been allowed to be released. If Nintendo doesn't want the Switch used as a VR headset, it won't be.
