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Soundwave on 10 June 2024
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Chrkeller said:
Soundwave said:

They don't rework assets for those ports by and large. Witcher 3 had the same assets as the PC version on Switch for example. 

Reworking assets is expensive and would require likely an actual art department which a dev team of like 15 people is not going to have.

So no, we don't agree on that.  

OK, I'll reword.  Nintendo knows straight ports isn't happening thus bought a company to handle the cut backs and/or reductions.

Glad we agree on something.

Depends on how you define a "straight port". The Witcher 3 for example on Switch literally has the PC menu inside of it which was discovered by hackers, so it is literally the PC game put onto the Switch, not some bespoke version like the Game Boy getting some completely customized version of like Mortal Kombat circa 1992. You can change the settings in the Switch version and even change the frame rate to 60 fps if you overclock the Switch. 

Some developers are tight on resources because in part massive budget explosions, having a dedicated port studio can help bring more games to the platform. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 10 June 2024