Oddjob: GoldenEye remaster’s Switch/Xbox dual-platform release is somehow the best of no worlds

From VG247: "What a thrill it’s been to see GoldenEye 007 finally revealed to be making a return on Nintendo Switch and Xbox. Sure, it’s been rumored for a long time, but it was still one of the most electrifying announcements on a day that was, thanks to a Nintendo Direct and State of Play, pretty packed full of ‘em."

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

What a missed opportunity to not launch Goldeneye online for Xbox. Xbox might have the highest rate of online multiplayer gaming of any platform.

[darthv72]

Maybe Nintendo had some say in the matter...? Local multiplayer is what many remember most. Glad that is still there for XB users.

[--Onilink--]

My guess is that its related to how they both handle emulation differently and that neither of them probably had any way to touch anything code related in the game.
Nintendo for all its issues with backwards compatibility on the Switch online games, builds basically a sort of dedicated emulator for each game that allows them to add stuff like online play, save states, etc, but not really do graphical enhancements.

Xbox on the other hand has been able to do the exact opposite in their BC titles without touching the code.

Both could probably do what is missing on a technical level if they wanted to, but I guess they just didnt saw the value of going deeper into their emulation pipeline to make those kind of changes for just 1 game

[-Foxtrot]

They could have done cross play or something

Hell even PR wise they could have done the whole “play together” stuff

[RickRoland]

Total bust.

[Limitedtimestruggle]

No xbox live is a real bummer though, a real waste.

[Orchard]

I'm fine with what we're getting, and quite frankly surprised we're getting anything given how much of a licensing hell this game is in between MS, Nintendo, Amazon & Pierce Brosnan.

Also would rather have the Xbox version than Nintendo since it has improved framerate, res etc. The NSO version is just the ROM emulated & online multiplayer will be weird - it's still split screen just 'emulated networking'.

Plus it's very accessible in terms of cost - included in NSO & GamePass, also free to anyone who has Rare Replay, which costs $7.

[z2g]

shrug. would just be fun to play it again imo.i know shitting on everything is the cool thing to do these days, but the fact that they are even doing this at all is fun for me, personally speaking.

[jznrpg]

I played this game enough for 10 lifetimes . My eyes would burn horribly after playing for hours .

I really have no desire to go back and play it anymore or I would just pop it into my N64 and play on my Sony Trinitron where all my old school systems are hooked up but like I said I have played it too much and been there done that way too much . Was a great game back then though

[FallenAngel1984]

Conker’s BFD and Jet Force Gemini didn’t have online multiplayer in Rare Replay, so there’s precedence for Goldeneye not having it on XO

[PhillyDillyDee]

Ok so heres the deal:

The switch version is emulated and so the multiplayer is an extension of the emulator and not the game. The xbox version was essentially remade and they chose not to build an online component for multiplayer. At least thats what skill-up was saying. Not sure what his source was but I think he’s a trustworthy source of gaming info.

[dumahim]

I thought this was not a remaster.

[shadowT]

No online multiplayer and only "with minimal improvements"? Missed opportunity.