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(Rumor) Witcher 3 is coming to Switch in September?
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I'm sorry but this is just flat out false information. Per Digital Foundry: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-assassins-creed-4-next-gen-face-off
And as for performance
Do you have proof? And if so any other details that you would like to share?
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The WiiU had known CPU issues due to its architecture and lack of documentation. The Switch has a CPU that is both superior to last gen consoles and well documented.
I will own up to being wrong on Black Flags performance. It's been a while. However once again the Switch is more powerful, more modern machine and should easily be able to handle that game.
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Just my own speculation but it'd be crazy for Rockstar not to.
I'd be in awe if they could make this game presentable, but I just can't see it happening. How would they get Novigrad to run? That city routinely brought the PS4 to its knees even after months and months of optimization.
In terms of development budget it's definitely AAA. It's a full on Ubisoft production that was present at back to back E3s.
I'm pretty sure they expected it to do a lot better than it did when they began development.
GTAV on Switch? Yes. Same person said LA Noire was coming.
They have also alluded that it may not happen due to cart costs.
Honestly. No idea. Whoever works it out will deserve a lot of praise. Then again Rise of the Tomb Raider basically killed my launch PS4 and that game runs on the Xbox 360 so...
When there's smoke, there's fire... AFAIK, this is the second leak/rumour of a Witcher 3 NS port. I honestly couldn't be more thrilled about this. It's been 3 years since I played the game and I'm dying to replay it. I hope this gets announced at E3
Well there was
-the french retailer leak
-The job listing I found, also heard from a couple others that they heard it was coming
- I tweeted panic button (ceo) about a theoretical port and instead of the usual " we'd love to do that!" I got got " That's a good game"
Now this leak with the box art and even dock skins
Regarding Bayo 3. I still think it can come out this year. PG just said that releasing multiple games close together was their new strategy because if one bombs the other will pick up the slack so to speak. Don't rule out bayo for 2019.
Could you clarify on the job listing? I can't remember/didn't see that.
Thanks!
Yeah that is telling, but of course it could point to a Gwent port as well. Who knows, but the evidence is definitely increasing. E3 seems like the time where we'll know for sure whether it's real or not.
The game doesn't run particularly well on a base PS4, if this were to come out for the Switch as anything other than streaming (it won't), then it'll be heavily compromised and/or run like total garbage.
Or maybe they will cut back some stuff you don't really need like all that foilage and other things. Skyrim remastered took a similar approach. They are a lot of things they could cut back and still look decent in this game.
That would really hurt the game's visual identity.
You are right about Skyrim on the Switch though. It has similar foliage density/pop in compared to the 360/PS3 versions
Only thing is examples like with Doom, Wolf, Warframe, Skyrim that everyone is throwing around, is they are forgetting that these games ran at 60FPS on PS4.
Cutting the FPS in half is already a massive boost.
Witcher 3 "ran" at 30fps on PS4. Some areas chugged like an absolute mother fucker, like that swamp. Switch doesn't have the luxury of the PS4 version running at 60.
skyrim is 30 FPS on ps4 as well.
as is dragon quest 11. as is hellblade. as is starlink. as is crash. as is yooka-laylee. as is spyro and other games.
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Skyrim was an enhanced version of a last gen game. The Witcher 3 is a different beast. Novigrad on the Switch would likely be a travesty.
I know its not happening but you know what... I'd play the hell out of a simplified cell-shaded Witcher 3.
I'd like to see them take a similar approach that Panic Button took with Wolfenstein 2 where they add extra walls to reduce rendering load. I'd even be happy if they subdivided big areas like Novigrad with loading screens.
Well Switch is not like other handhelds platform, Switch proved is capabile running full 3D home consoles games,
and not single port yet wasnt labeled like "its not the same game anymore".
I mean Doom on PS4 like 50-60GB on PS4, and yet we have Doom on Switch.
First, Skyrim is 30 FPS even on PS4, second, its not point only about PS4, for instance Doom and Wolfenstein run at around 800p and at around 40-50 FPS on XB1, and yet Witcher 3 runs at around 900p on XB1.
Announcements of Witcher 3 and GTA V at E3 would broke internet (or Resetera at least). :D
That is true. Just remember, however, that the SnapMap aspect is completely missing from that version and the multiplayer component is also missing from the cartridge.
So, I suppose if we are not actually talking about the entire game being on the cartridge for the Witcher 3, then maybe. If you cut out all the DLC and make it a download, strip all the audio except English and make it a download, perhaps there is a small chance it would fit.
I got the game and it doesn't look AAA. A lot of the content are especially on story side don't have animation and proper presentation, just image of characters with voice overs. This isn't a AAA Ubi game like Far Cry, AC, Division, Ghost Recons etc, it's AA and that's good since AA should exist healthy on the current industry
Unpopular opinion: I don't mind N64 graphics if we get playable versions of ambitious games on the go.
Honestly, I can see it. The minimum requirements for the PC version aren't very far off from Switch's capabilities.
With clever optimizations, this could run.
The biggest question mark would be cart size.
With clever optimizations, this could run.
The biggest question mark would be cart size.
N64 graphics for a port would be a bit extreme but I agree with the sentiment - a Switch port doesn't need to look just as good as the original, and a few graphical compromises here and there are things I'm willing to accept to get great 3rd party games on the go
So we got Ark, which is just a scam from publisher. It's not even close to being an example we can use.
At this point, Ark is just a sad joke.
No other big game looks like that so we're good.
Still I think graphics are not important as much as art style (and of course gameplay and so on), so you have a point.
32gb
60$
Could work.
If they can make some game look almost the same as recent consoles versions but a good dozen of gb smaller, they can probably get it close enough to a 32gb card.
except hardly anyone in those threads says that, easily 99.9% of people there don't. Here on the other hand I would say easily 50% or more are saying such a port will be horrible/unplayable.
Well yeah, DLC could be download, but also its not point only about DLC, Switch version would definitely have lower resolution, lower res textures, low res videos and probably more compressed audio compared to PS4 version, all that means much smaller capacity in any case.
So yeah, Witcher 3 port for Switch without DLC at least wouldn't have any problem fitting on 32GB card.
Something like Ark would've been so much cooler if they remade the game into low poly N64 graphics like Turok on Switch looks rather than put out that smeared shit they did.
They may have been trying to save their reputation, but I remember that the porting studio blamed wildcard for not letting them finish the job and pushing for the release of a work in progress.
This is actually very close to how it should play when docked, the Switch version might even run a tiny bit better because this has been in development for a long time from how long ago I heard about it originally and had it bought back to light by a source I trust. I think the engine might have been updated to take advantage of mixed precision, which is why it might look better, but the following video is what I'd expect it to look like when docked, and when portable, the new boost mode would help, especially if mixed precision was available, I could see a 600p version in portable.
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