http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nint...to-digital-on-switch-says-steamworld-dig-dev/
With the Wii U and 3DS, [Nintendo] started to realise that they had to get with the times, said Image & Forms community manager Julius Guldbog.
Publishing for Nintendo consoles has been, in the past, not a nightmare, but pretty close. They make sure every QA gate is good enough. It takes months, and you have to do that for every region, and if you fail, it takes even longer. You have to get a new slot, and release dates are pushed back.
But with the Switch, we only have to make one version and only have one launch and thats one version for the entire world, so well have the same version in the US, Europe and a little bit later, Japan and China as well. That saves so much work. It means we can do the translations ourselves, we dont have to have a new publisher for one specific region - its going to be so much easier. Theyre basically taking the Steam or App Store approach: one version of the game for the entire world.
He also spoke about how Nintendos now playing a much more active role in recruiting third-party support: From what Ive seen, just using Nintendos publishing tools to set up everything from sales to getting the name right on the eShop, everything like that, its much more streamlined and more modern. Even Nintendos approach to how they get new indies to join the Switch family nowadays, they see a good game at a convention and they just walk straight up to them and ask them to develop for Switch. From what I know, theyve never done that before, so I think they are getting with the times. They know more than anyone what they did wrong with the Wii U, and 3DS in some cases as well, and they really want to fix that.
Guldbog was confident about the Switchs ability to compete with the PS4 and Xbox One as well, both in terms of its development process and the quality of its titles.
Weve had no [development] problems at all, he said. Its up there with the PS4 and Xbox One. PC will always be the easiest, of course, but [Switch] is up there with the big leagues, which is really good.
Switch isnt as powerful as the PS4 or Xbox One, but its pretty darn close. Just look at Snake Pass or Fast RMX. Snake Pass is extra interesting, because look at how good the graphics are compared to the PS4 version. I think if developers put their mind to it and optimise the game for the Switch, it can run anything.