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Forums - Nintendo - GameXplain: Overwatch's Director "Open" to Nintendo Switch Port, But Suggests Specs Might be a Problem

Well the more things continue to go well for the Switch the more likely Blizzard will bite the bullet, or perhaps Nintendo will find a deal for them.

"We have some employees we want to set up as 3rd party tech support. They can manage the Switch version for you in exchange for you setting up the port itself".



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I get the feeling they probably could port it to the docked Switch, but the undocked mode is the problem.



Laptops with Integrated graphics can run overwatch then the switch can.



Soundwave said:
I get the feeling they probably could port it to the docked Switch, but the undocked mode is the problem.

To be perfectly blunt, the game offers nothing both modes couldn't handle (frankly it could have been done with no serious changes on PS3, 360, and Wii U).  Especially when you can disable or heavily scale back things like AF and AA along with the resolution.  Overwatch just isn't a technically advanced game at all.  It would take work to optimize, but I could see it on Switch just fine.  At absolute worst it could run at 30fps locked in handheld and 60fps in docked.  Which Blizzard is clearly open to because that's what you get with the minimum PC specs.  The meshes aren't overly detailed, the textures/materials are only pretty good in quality, it's lighting is in the same boat as the materials, it has good AA and AF (would have to double check on the second one but I'm pretty sure).  It's not even in the same league or even close to the same league as, say, Bttlefront or Battlefield.  And as for the game's systems?  Yeah, no, the Switch could have a dang good version if Blizzard could be assed.  We'll see if they can as time goes forward.



At this point, this "maybe the Switch cant handle it" speech for not demanding games like Overwatch is just an excuse.I would respect if they sadi that they are considering if the console is worthwhile the investiment in(as in if the game would sell there), but this is a excuse that has been used too many time already.

Personally, I couldnt care less, since Im not a fan of the game.Personally Blizzard games work best on PC.Having said that, ti would surely boost the Switch library.



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I'd buy. Never got it for PS4. Portability is king!



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Johnw1104 said:
Overwatch isn't a particularly demanding game despite how nice it looks... Blizzard has always been very good at keeping the minimum specs low

I wouldn't say it looks "nice". The game certainly does a good job of covering up the uglies though.

KrspaceT said:
Well the more things continue to go well for the Switch the more likely Blizzard will bite the bullet, or perhaps Nintendo will find a deal for them.

But if it ain't technically feasible, then it isn't technically feasible. Blizzard will not just randomly port their games to a platform if they believe it won't fit well with said platform. That is why StarCraft 2, WarCraft 3, Diablo 2, World of WarCraft etc' aren't on console.

And there is more to a platform than just the controls.

mhsillen said:
Laptops with Integrated graphics can run overwatch then the switch can.

I can run overwatch perfectly fine on a 10 year old, Core 2 Quad, 4GB Ram and a Radeon 6570 or Radeon R7 240 (I have both cards at my disposal) at 720P with about 40-50fps.

The game uses about 2GB of Ram and 256MB video memory with everything on lowest at 720P, so it fits well with the Switch, the Switch's GPU should be superior, especially while docked.

The CPU is the real kicker though. The Q9650 should obliterate the Switch's CPU and Overwatch can be pretty heavy in that aspect, if anything that is what is holding the Core 2 Quads ability back to hit 60fps.




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