Reggie on why Red Dead Redemption 2 isn't on Switch

[Mr Puggsly]

Miyamotoo said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Agreed, that's why I said 480p and not 170p.

But don't just look at the PS4, the Switch is even far below the X1 in GPU.

Even if talk about XB1, RDR2 runs at 860p on XB1 while ARK runs at 610p with much worse frame rate, or talking about Xbox One X full 4K resolution for RDR2 vs 1440p for ARK.

I'm basically saying its still going to require huge sacrifices for Switch to support a game like RDR2.

Wolf II is like 800p/60 fps on X1, but the Switch had to make some serious scaling back of visuals and tweaks to the game to make it a stable 30 fps.

Basically I'm in the camp that believes pretty much any 8th gen game works on Switch with varying levels of tweaks. Kinda like how a low spec PC can run modern games. I just think many developers skip the Switch for two reasons, a good port requires extra work and sales of core games on that platform may not be worth it. Reggie is ignoring many AAA games are still skipping Switch its likely due to the ports requiring extra work for Switch.

It possible the support Switch is given will change as the userbase grows. But we're also at a point where base consoles are being pushed hard and mid gen upgrades might even be the lead platforms. So supporting Switch isn't necessarily getting easier for AAA games.