Calm Mind
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Which is funny because mostly adult males in their 30's own the Switch.
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[NEW EXCUSE] Porting Lawbreakers to switch is tough because of lack of buttons
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Which is funny because mostly adult males in their 30's own the Switch.
Tertullian
Member
Geez why do these devs and publishers feel the need to spout off such obvious lies? Maybe just tell the truth?
"The Switch is not powerful enough to run our game acceptably."
"Porting it would be hard and we want to work on other things."
"We're not convined you bitches would actually buy enough copies."
All plausible. All understandable. Is a little honesty so hard?
"The Switch is not powerful enough to run our game acceptably."
"Porting it would be hard and we want to work on other things."
"We're not convined you bitches would actually buy enough copies."
All plausible. All understandable. Is a little honesty so hard?
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Truth hurts.
xDUMPWEEDx
Banned
It would have been cool to see them extract as much power out of the Switch as possible to run this game. I'm sure it could be done but financially the numbers probably just don't add up.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Doesn't it have the exact same number of buttons as the other 2?
Skittzo0413
Member
Hah glad they owned up to it. I'm guessing it was just an honest mistake, the dev just literally has no interest in the Switch to the extent that he has never held or studied the controller.
I'd add to that and say "we're looking into it but can't make any promises".
When the game's main competition in Overwatch isn't being ruled out for Switch entirely, that's not the best tactic to take.
Journos are interested in Switch (heck, Kinda Funny apparently is getting shit from their fanbase because of how much they've been discussing Switch), so they're asking questions that they are interested in hearing answers to. Wii U port questions ended very VERY shortly after launch for this reason.
Here's the thing... it's bullshit answers like this and devs being caught in lies about technical limitation statements after the fact (which is not exclusive to Nintendo hardware) that has fed this instinctive disbelief in any reasoning that a dev provides. That disbelief isn't going anywhere so long as developers continue to perpetuate it as they have for the past 2 decades, so... I dunno, maybe they should start being fucking honest and consumers would be more willing to take them at their word?
And really, there's ways to word the truth that people will willingly accept. Devs really need lessons in how to talk to the press.
This is more on point than it should be.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Ironically, 12 switch might be the worst selling first party game.
Moor-Angol
Banned
western developers don't support Nintendo systems
which is the news?
which is the news?
Then they should have just said so. At least that would be backlash that they could stand behind, and there are ways to say that that people would swallow a bit better.
Skittzo0413
Member
Well they just tweeted that they screwed up, so give it a bit more time. But yeah if they basically claim ignorance that would probably cause the least backlash here.
veloxStrix
Banned
I mean, if that excuse isn't good enough they could just go with "Why on Earth would we port Lawbreaker's to switch?"
This is one of those situations where people just want a reason to be annoyed. Sure, you have every right to be annoyed but its kind of like going to a Chinese restaurant and wondering where the burgers are.
This is one of those situations where people just want a reason to be annoyed. Sure, you have every right to be annoyed but its kind of like going to a Chinese restaurant and wondering where the burgers are.
Jaded Alyx
Member
It's not an excuse when it's completely not true.
I'd rather they say they just don't want to than basically talk nonsense and insult everyone's intelligence.
Calm Mind
Member
UnemployedVillain
Member
Nothing you said in your post makes any sense
PaulExcellent
Member
There's an obvious lack of hero-based combat games on this console.
Should we:
1- Port game to console, even if graphics aren't 10/10 to get that audience interested?
2- Say that we don't have the resources to make a Switch port/assume we don't have a need to port the game to Switch? (lol ok)
3- Make up dumb reason for funsies.
Should we:
1- Port game to console, even if graphics aren't 10/10 to get that audience interested?
2- Say that we don't have the resources to make a Switch port/assume we don't have a need to port the game to Switch? (lol ok)
3- Make up dumb reason for funsies.
BRSxIgnition
Member
Who knows about Financials. The Switch has no other FPS games to compare it too. The best comparison is Splatoon but that 8s flawed for numerous reasons.
There is just as much of a chance that this game would do extremely well on the switch due to lack of competition vs bombing because... ???? I cant think of a good reason why it would bomb aside from the game being bad or FPS being a bad fit on portables.
If Lawbreakers wants to be risk averse and avoid the Switch its a perfecly valid position to take since they are an indy studio.
Bigger publishers don't really deserve the same free pass. Looking at you Blizard.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Which is so ironic because the WiiU gamepad is like a switch army knife of controllers
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Followed ✔️
I think the Wii U excuse was that the touch screen made it a non-traditional controller and their games could only be played with traditional controllers.
veloxStrix
Banned
No one is buying a Switch to play an FPS that is on every other console. No one. I would almost be willing to bet that if Lawbreaker's was a release date title for Switch, literally no one would buy it for just that game. I don't know why this is an issue to anyone unless the whole point is to have an issue for the sake of having something to complain about OR to feel smart about "seeing through marketing".
I'm sorry for the abstractions in my first post. I get that concrete ideas are easier to grasp.
playingwithfire
Member
Oh so now that they know the Switch has the necessary button count, we can expect an announcement any day now.
ghostwritingduck
Member
I'm at the point where I'd buy any game on Switch over my PS4 because its portability actually allows me to squeeze in some game time on busy days.
Or just be upfront and say they probably don't plan to release on Switch and don't want to have to spend the resources to port the game on a system in which they aren't sure whether it would sell or not. Lots of Western devs aren't going to find interest in the Switch, and there's no problem with that. Just wish devs would be more upfront about this stuff though and not come out with ridiculous excuses like the one they had earlier.
7DollarHagane
Banned
If they said the CPU limitations would require changes to the gameplay, fine.
But they went with some bullshit instead.
But they went with some bullshit instead.
I think you're wrong about this. I bet there would be quite a few people who would buy the NS for something like Destiny 2. I would be all over Destiny 2 with pointer controls. It's a game I've been wanting since it was first announced. I imagine something like this would go over quite well.
Nydius
Member
Haha that tweet is awesome. Good form
Still don't expect this to come to the Switch, though it might be a good idea to do so. There are no hero shooters on the platform yet, and the first one there stands to make some money.
I mean, honestly, would be the best idea to just go entirely multiplatform from the start. Though to hear CliffyB tell it, they had to choose only one console platform so they chose PlayStation for the install base. Not sure I buy that argument entirely since development of a game of this type really shouldn't be hampered by the slight architectural differences between PS4 and XBO. Alas an Xbox version isn't even planned (yet) and, unless the game sells fantastically on PS4, I doubt any other platform outside of PC and PS4 will ever see a release.
I'm with those who wish devs would just be straight forward. Stop with these inane excuses like buttons (the aftermath tweet is hilarious, though) and just say "We just don't want to bring it to that platform at this time, but plans change and perhaps we will revisit the issue in the future".
Aztechnology
Member
Considering it sounds like it's DOA. Why not? you'd essentially have a captured audience on the Switch as there isn't any other competitive FPS on the system. (Yes I know there's Splatoon as a shooter, but they are obviously quite different.)
redmetal86
Member
GhostTrick
Banned
Looking forward the next dev saying "We cant port our game because the device is too... square"
playingwithfire
Member
Well the game has gotten a little boost in exposure from this, so you never know.
ghostwritingduck
Member
Yep. Arms uses one as a block, sadly.
Nice...well, the clickabLe sticks part. Didn't think those small controllers would be clickable.
OmegaDL50
Member
I have no idea. I made a point about this in my previous post.
Motion controls for the Switch are entirely gyro based. Also when playing the Switch in handheld mode. The screen itself is part of the controller so I don't know how one could 'Look away from the screen" when using the motion inputs.
Nevermind the fact when the system is docked for TV Mode, you still need to look at the screen to actually pay attention whats happening in-game.
In fact, I don't believe there has been any case, especially so for the Switch in that using the Gyro forces a player to divert their attention away from the actual game..
JershJopstin
Banned
They probably heard of 1-2 Switch and somehow assumed that's all you can do with motion.
Also, the motion is most certainly not entirely gyro based. ARMS gameplay is impossible with just a gyro.