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Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter does not seem to think that Nintendo players will ever get the game. Speaking in an exclusive interview with GamingBolt, Pachter said that the chances of a Switch port for the game are ‘exceedingly poor.’

“I would say the chances of that are exceedingly poor,” he said. “I can’t remember any game other than – there was a GTA made for the DS, which came out in 2009 – I’d be really surprised if they wasted their effort to port anything for Nintendo. I just think that Nintendo has wandered too far away from the mainstream for most of the publishers, so you’re just not getting mainstream games produced for Nintendo consoles- not ones made for other consoles, at any rate.”

http://gamingbolt.com/red-dead-rede...aring-on-nintendo-switch-are-exceedingly-poor

 

[Ray Down]

Can't say he's wrong.

 

[LordKano]

Thanks Captain Obvious.

 

[Omega Kirby]

RDR2 coming for switch YES

 

[purseowner]

What a hot take.

 

[TimmiT]

About time Rockstar started releasing their games on Nintendo consoles

 

[KZXcellent]

I'm glad that RDR2 is gonna come to the switch.

 

[AAMARMO]

RDR2 coming to switch confirmed!!!

Spoiler

/s

 

[gfxtwin]

If the leaked specs are accurate I don't see how it can even technically be possible

 

[Alexious]

Didn't really need Pachter or a crystal ball for this.

 

[BY2K]

No fucking shit.

 

[cw_sasuke]

...how is this news ? Its a Nintendo home console. Chances of any 3rdParty game appearing are poor unless already announced/teased.

 

[dickroach]

who else thought that said "R2D2" and was really confused for a second

 

[AsylumBlue]

Pachter got tired of being wrong so he's going for the easy predictions.

 

[killroy87]

I mean, the only way Nintendo is going to shed that stigma (if they even want to) is to court some big-name ports.

I agree the chances are poor, but it would benefit them to condition mainstream gamers to looking at the Switch as a viable third party option.

 

[brandonh83]

I could count on one hand how many people would give a shit about it being on Switch, even if all five of my fingers were cut off.

 

[Mafro]

Pachter going out on a limb there.

 

[valkillmore]

They key to being a successful video game analyst is to state the obvious, or not.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Seems fairly obvious.

 

[eXistor]

It honestly hasn't even crossed my kind that it would. It would be rather pointless I think.

 

[Corpekata]

I doubt sales or third party relations are to blame as much as technical specs are.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

who else thought that said "R2D2" and was really confused for a second

[raises hand]

It honestly hasn't even crossed my kind that it would. It would be rather pointless I think.

Why is it pointless?

 

[Ibuki]

Came for the "RDR2 Switch Confirmed!" posts.

Why is there still a thread made about everything he says.

 

[Cartho]

Pachter went on to state that, in his opinion, it is also highly unlikely that Star Citizen will launch on Switch either.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Is this what he gets paid for?

 

[spookyfish]

Whoa, whoa --- hold on there, Pachter. Let me get a pen; I want to write this stuff down.

 

[shinobi602]

I feel bad for Pachter. Dude gets asked a question by somebody and simply answers it, it's turned into a news article and you get folks piling the shit on him. Absolutely pointless.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Pachter 'bear shits in wood, Pope Catholic'

 

[DonShula]

Oh well.

Time to start the rumor that RDR3 is exclusive to the Switch successor.

 

[MisterHero]

It's not going to have the memory to store expansion content like GTAOnline anyways. Nevermind new games.

That's a shame because I really like GTAO.

 

[sir_bumble_bee]

Yeah, the Switch would have to prove itself in the market before Rockstar even considering making any software for it

 

[Doctre81]

Wow so there is a big chance then? LOL

 

[Asd202]

Rockstar is not even putting the game on the PC right now, NS has almost 0% chance.

 

[Gai Murakumo]

RDR2 Confirmed for the Switch then.

 

[Jarod McChicken]

The man is not a professional analyst for nothing.

 

[kobu]

Wow so there is a big chance then? LOL

this joke is so tired at this point

 

[oti]

What a hot take.

You know, for all the flak this guy gets on here I'm pretty sure he does get this question quite a lot lately. From people who aren't into video games but wonder where to invest their money. So it makes sense for him to have an opinion on this, even if sounds like the most obvious thing to us.

 

[Aostia]

If the leaked specs are accurate I don't see how it can even technically be possible

Patcher is right but you are pretty wrong

 

[pa22word]

Nintendo: "4GBs of ram!"

Rockstar:

 

[jdmonmou]

Unless he has sources he's just speaking from his own personal bias against Nintendo.

 

[Sora the Cat]

I'm guessing someone asked him that question and he was forced to answer with the obvious fact that we all know and nobody actually cares. But reporters then decide to make a thing out of clearly nothing to get a few more clicks.

 

[Servbot24]

Is this what he gets paid for?

When someone asks you a question, you generally give a response whether you're getting paid or not.

I hope he his getting paid though. Stop being jealous and let the man get his money.

 

[Azzanadra]

I have a hard time believing RDR at 1080p would be able to run on the Switch, let alone RDR2.

 

[Doctre81]

this joke is so tired at this point

It's not my fault he's wrong about nearly everything he says.

 

[Glix]

I mean... if the install base is big enough it will come. If it isn't, it won't.

It's that simple.

 

[spookyfish]

I feel bad for Pachter. Dude gets asked a question by somebody and simply answers it, it's turned into a news article and you get folks piling the shit on him. Absolutely pointless.

Hey, now. Nothing wrong with low-hanging fruit --

for him and for us.

 

[Bulby]

who else thought that said "R2D2" and was really confused for a second

yeah spent about 2 minutes thinking what the fuck has R2D2 got to do with anything

 

[Morts]

You know, for all the flak this guy gets on here I'm pretty sure he does get this question quite a lot lately. From people who aren't into video games but wonder where to invest their money. So it makes sense for him to have an opinion on this, even if sounds like the most obvious thing to us.

Well yeah, but it's easier to be snarky about it.

 

[thecouncil]

damn. he's good.

 

[gfxtwin]

Patcher is right but you are pretty wrong

Doesn't it only have like 4 gigs RAM or some shit? You pretty much need at least 8gigs to run any open world game these days.