Take-Two on the possibility of more Switch games, impressed with systems growth

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Miyamotoo said:

JEMC said:

GTA V was ported to PS4/X1 because the game was launched at the end of life of the previous consoles and, with no backwards compatibility, they knew that most PS360 would double dip on it. Plus the extra power of the new consoles would allow them to make the game they trully want.

With Switch, they would have to develop a "worse" game.

Yes, it would be portable, but not better. Also, while they would (most likely) win money with the port, they'll win more money launching RDR 2, so all their efforts will most likely be focused on that. Finally, while some publishers are fine hiring other studios to port their games, others prefer to keep it all in-house, so just because others do it, it doesn't mean that Take Two/Rockstar would want to do it.

But that doesn't change nothing, why we have so many ports/remasters this gen!? Simply beacuse they are easy money, they are selling and investment is a low.

But evry multiplatform party Switch game is worse compared to PS4/XB1 versions of games (Minecraft, Doom, Skyrim, NBA, Fifa, La Noire, NBA 2K, Rocket League, Darks Souls, RE...are all "worse" games compared to PS4/XB1 version of games), that dont changes nothing.

Rockstar have more teams not just one and they are working always at several projects at once, and like I wrote porting game and deveolping brand new game are totally different things. So they could easily work on GTAV port and RDR2 in same time, same like they were working on LA Noire port and RDR2 in same time, and offcourse that in any case they curently dont work only on RDR2.

Are you trying to say that just because there are a lot of ports this gen (btw, last gen also had a lot of PS2 HD ports too), there has to be a GTA V port for Switch? I hope you're not, because that's a flawed logic.

And again, just because other studios are ok with launching worse versions of their games on Switch, that doesn't mean that Rockstar is one of them. By the way, Minecraft isn't worse since the update and Dark Souls is a PS3 remake, so it can't be worse than that. It will probably be worse than the other versions, but since they are also developing that game now, so it makes sense to spend a little more to make another version. With GTA V it would be different and you know it.

Rockstar has a lot of teams, but not all them make games and, with the delays of RDR 2, it makes more sense for Rockstar to use the ones that do to help them finish that game. If there's ever a GTA V port for Switch (which I hope for Nintendo only gamers), I doubt it will be anytime soon, if at all.

Jumpin said:

JEMC said:
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We heard those kinds of comments with Wii and even WiiU (at first), and it meant nothing. Actions speak louder than words, Mr. Slatoff.

Take 2 released 41 games on Wii.

Of which a lot were minigames like Carnival Games.

In any case, my comment was generic to all western publishers, not focused only on Take Two.