CI Games talks difficulty of porting Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 to Nintendo Switch

Ahead of the release of Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 on April 28, developer CI Games talks about the likelihood of the game appearing on the Nintendo Switch.

[SlappingOysters]

This is the Switch's big problem. The "easy porting" theory just isn't true.

[Erik7357]

Yes it is, its why we are seeing strong support from indies already at launch after one of the most successful console from Nintendo.

It's performance wise

[PFFT]

Many sacrifices will have to be made in order for it to release on the Switch.

[Istolla]

Well at least they're making something for the Switch.

[Hardiman]

Why would anyone buy a third party game on the Switch which is also available on PS4 or Xbone? Case in point is Skyrim. Now I haven't got the remastered version yet but when I do it'll be for the Pro not the Switch.

[XbladeTeddy]

Because of the portability has its appeal.

[Hardiman]

There are a lot of folks who could care less about portability. I would've taken a Nintendo system on par with the PS4 myself.

[bouzebbal]

Easy to develop for and all this garbage is good and true, but only for 1st party.
Switch has now 2 generation gaps to ps pro (in theory).
You cannot develop or port games to a very powerless console.

[EddieNX]

2 generation gaps? Switch is a tablet and the Ps4 pro is a large home console so your comparison holds no weight what so ever. You can't compare the 2015 mobile Tegra chip to whatever is inside ps4 pro, the comparison just isn't there.

[Hardiman]

Sure you can Skyrim is on both consoles and if I'm a consumer I'm going with the better version and they aren't priced like they are so different the Switch is only a hundred dollars less than a Pro.

[XbladeTeddy]

The Switch is going to be full of games using cartoony/arty graphics I feel.

[porkChop]

That's not even a bad thing. I'm honestly a bit burned out on hyper-realistic graphics. I'd prefer an emphasis on art style over raw graphics, even on my PS4.

[Psychotica]

That system is a waste of money IMO..

[superchiller]

And this is why the Switch is going to fail; like the Wii U before it, Nintendo cut a lot of corners on the design, materials, and specs. This handheld will be unable to handle current generation games, and will end up with a small selection of first party games, and a handful of Indies. Shame that Nintendo didn't build it to compete in the long run.

[jaredite83]

If the devs lower the resolution to 720p, they can make any xbone 1080p game run with very comparable graphics and frame rate. These isiots just try to stick with the 1080p all the time which is annoying since resolution is nothing if the ingame visuals are n ot good enough. Or does some one really think that battlefront looks better on xbone than what phantom menaces pod racing looked like on dvd?