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DélioPT on 05 November 2018
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pokoko said:

 

 

DélioPT said:
The real question is not why Bethesda is now supporting Nintendo. What matters is, besides the upcoming Doom and WF 3, can the engine(s) for the upcoming Bethesda games allow for scaling the games to Switch? If not, despite their good will, we won't see support for much longer.
In sum, we probably/most likely won't see ES VI, Starfield and Rage 2.

If Starfield is still using the Creation Engine from Fallout 4 then I think that really hurts the chances of it appearing on the Switch.  Not unless the've greatly enhanced the scaling capabilities well beyond what we've seen with Fallout 4 and 76.

The next Elder Scrolls ... who knows.  It's years away and is likely being made with next generation in mind.  However, people seem to think it will have a new framework, so perhaps it will appear on the successor to the Switch, whatever that might be.

Would it pay off reworking the engine? Assuming they can get decent results.

Yeah, i don't see those two games coming out for Switch. Switch 2? Well, it depends on demanding those games will be and if Switch 2 can actually run them.

Miyamotoo said:
DélioPT said:
The real question is not why Bethesda is now supporting Nintendo. What matters is, besides the upcoming Doom and WF 3, can the engine(s) for the upcoming Bethesda games allow for scaling the games to Switch? If not, despite their good will, we won't see support for much longer.
In sum, we probably/most likely won't see ES VI, Starfield and Rage 2.

It we talk specifically about ES VI and Starfield, we don't know when those games could come (not before 2020. earliest), maybe they will not come even on current gen at all. Saying that, if they want that ES VI similar like Skyrim and to be available on every platform out there, they will have on mind Switch during development same like they while they were working on Doom 2016, espacily because probably that ES VI engine will be use later for some other games.

That's the thing. I think that if Skyrim 6 had in mind the Switch, we would know it, the same way we know about Doom.
If they are next gen games - i think they are - then the chances will be really slim: it will depend on Switch 2 can run and if those games are really demanding or not.

Either way, i think the outlook for more Bethesda support for Switch isn't looking all that good.
But that's what you get when you release a console that isn't on par with the competition.