Like I said, I'm a realist.  I don't expect devs the world over to drop what they're doing and start making Switch versions immediately and delay their launches just for a simultaneous launch.  I don't expect Switch versions to materialize from thin air when a company like Bandai makes a big show of promising support.  I wasn't even that bothered that DQXI launched first on PS4. 

But the leeway afforded by the Switch's timing and specs only gets you so far.  In the case of DQXI, I think they've gone well beyond that.  They announced the game in 2016, have had dev kits since about that time, have had Unreal Engine 4 official Switch support for over a year, and have had almost a year (and by September over a year) to work on porting the game post-PS4 launch.  And all they have to show is an unspecified long delay and a statement that they haven't even done step 1, complaining of compatibility that was added over a year ago by Epic and has been constantly improved since?  Even Shin Megami Tensei 5, a new game that was at the very start of development in January 2017, has screenshots.  They've had plenty of time. Even if all they had was a trailer and a Q1 2019 release window I wouldn't be as condemning. But they don't even have that and looking at all the factors, all the circumstances, and looking at the game itself, that doesn't make any sense.

Good point! Squeenix is becoming one of the laziest devs/publishers on the planet.

Wow, I forgot all about this! It's sad that we can't at least get a demo showing or a screenshot or something. Studio Wild Card didn't announce a Switch game in 2016 and they've already got a demo of their game running on Switch ready to show, that's just embarrassing. 

Outsourcing =/= Inexperienced (the studio is OVER TWO DECADES old)

Armor Project are not idiots and the vast majority of high end developers have only transitioned to a PBR workflow at the beginning of this generation so nearly everyone started from scratch when working on the basis of the technology ... (PBR was relatively new technology and most developers didn't have access to it until the very end of last generation)

Don't even dismiss the work they did on the 3DS version just because it's not getting localized, tons of man hours were poured into getting the game up and running on the 3DS ... (they worked on what was essentially TWO different games at the same time)

Why are you even downplaying the work put in by Armor Project ? 

No. You are not. You adhere to a negative conclusion you built and dismiss any arguments that aren't as negative as yours. 

"It can only be incompetence" isn't a realistic statement. It's your emotional reaction to what is going on with that version of the game, which I assume is the version you were looking forward to. You know nothing about the actual state of the game other than what's said in the statement included in the OP, yet the only conclusion you come up with is that the studio is incompetent, don't know what they're doing, etc. You don't know what is going on there. You have no idea what the problems are, if there are problems, or if it's a matter of prioritizing a version over another before tackling the porting process.  Nope, you argue over something you have next to no info on and only have a negative outlook on it.

Sorry, but you are a pessimist, not a realist. 

Rather than that, I believe they just take on too many ambitious projects (and overall projects in-general) at the same time while announcing them too early.

Jokes on you cause I'm not even a Dragon Quest fan and don't even know if I will buy it.  I do know enough about working with UE4 to say that the statement reflects that they've essentially done nothing on the Switch version.  And it could be many kinds of incompetence at play.  Developer incompetence actually is least likely for Square.  Managerial incompetence is a Square staple though and I could absolutely see that.  And then there's incompetence at the business level, inefficient mismanaging funds, another Square staple with their obscene budgets, constant delays, corporate meddling.  

And I know that numerous other developers facing objectively more challenging porting jobs have gotten it done or made great progress.  I know multiple UE games are out or coming and have progress to show.  I know Square Enix is a massive company with enormous resources that shouldn't be outpaced by everyone.  

Oh and prioritizing finishing the PS4 version?  Fine.  That was finished in July of 2017, what have they been doing since?  

I don't expect that much honestly.  I DO expect *something*.  And they have *nothing*.  So tell me, how long should I wait to find their efforts inadequate?  Is there some time limit I should know about?  Cause right now the attitude you are giving off is so long as they don't cancel it, they can delay it until the heat death of the universe and so long as I and others don't have an insider who has seen the code, we can't complain.  Which is just silly.

You do or think whatever you want.

You claim things as if they were definite despite having limited to no knowledge about what's going on with the Switch port. That's what you think and really, there is nothing anyone can say to make you change your mind on that. But don't go saying you're a realist when you can't see more than one possible reason why we haven't seen anything from that version of the game, when everything you can come up with is an interpretation that's all negative.

This isn't the first time SE had issues with game engines since XIII they seem to run into issues involving game engines, I know XV changed engines like twice.

It's like what I said on the other thread.
Damn if you do, damn if you don't.
If SE didn't announce it we will see the Ninty crowd crying and screaming foul that SE hates Switch.
And what's happening now we see post like. SE shouldn't have announce anything at all.
In all honesty SE won't be able to win regardless what they do in this situation.

And I am a bit right that they encounter with a problem with the engine.