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pokoko on 05 November 2018
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DélioPT said:
pokoko said:

 

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.

The engine has been reworked countless times already.  It's built on top of an engine that's 20 years old.  Obviously it's improved massively since Fallout 3 but there is only so much they can do with it.  That's why it was possible for them to bring Skyrim forward to the same engine version as Fallout 4, it's built on the same foundation.

Assuming Starfield is using the same engine, it will probably be even further refined but still have the same drawbacks and scaling problems that Fallout 4 faced.  That was a game that was originally intended to have versions the PS3 and 360 but they couldn't make it work and dropped them.  That's despite having subpar visuals for this generation.

Of course, we know nothing about Starfield.  It might be a linear game set inside space ships and stations for all we know, which would be a lot less burdensome than a vast open map with millions of objects to track.  If it's the "Fallout in space" many people are expecting, however, then I think the chances of it appearing on the Switch drop significantly.  

As for the Elder Scrolls, assuming they actually are bringing in an all new engine, then there is a chance they'll aim for a high amount of scalability.  This is the company that has Skyrim ported to everything this side of toasters.  I'm betting they'll at least consider the Switch 2.  Nintendo would be very wise to keep being friendly with Bethesda because landing the next Elder Scrolls would be a big deal.