Warframe studio would love to do a proper Switch 2 version but it’s still waiting on a dev kit: “So if you know anyone…”
Digital Extremes joins the long list of developers who would love to support the Switch 2 but literally can't, it seems.
by littledeerspace
28 Comments
Toomanydamnpotatoes
Why on earth do so many still not have dev kits??
OwnManagement
This is ridiculous. What an own goal by Nintendo.
BaerMinUhMuhm
Thanks nintendo. Im convinced they’re holding out to boost the numbers on 1st party titles.
Shayz_
This confirms what I’ve been telling all my friends about the Switch 2
It’s not that devs are being lazy, it’s that many teams literally never got dev kits leading up to the launch of the console, which is why there are so few Switch 2 versions of games
Compare this to the launch of the PS5, where we had tons of PS5 versions of PS4 games within the first few months, and lots of PS4 games just ran better in general on the new hardware
alpacamegafan
They really deserve way more flak for the shit they’re pulling this launch in terms of third-party support.
goldninjaI
Even the devs that did get dev kits aren’t updating their old games.
*sega*
jwhudexnls
This is wild that Nintendo didn’t make enough dev kits to send out. This is my biggest issue with how they’re handling the Switch 2.
H-Town-Kendrick
Man this is one of my main games. Cmon Nintendo!!!
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Logical-Shirt9236
It was likely to prevent leakers… those assholes have been annoying lately. Looking at you pokemon leakers. But all leakers have been getting bolder.
Jonesdeclectice
I haven’t seen this sort of apathy towards third-party studios since the Yamauchi days!
sicdedworm
Que all the people that are going to still defend Nintendo for not sending out dev kits.
Have_A_Jelly_Baby
You’d think Genshin Impact would have been a lock for the Switch 2 as well.
CountBleckwantedlove
I think they are prioritizing new games, honestly. If you want to make a brand new game for NS2, or want to co-develop an NS2 version of a game now that you were already developing for other systems that isn’t out yet, you get priority. What’s going to convince people with NS1’s to upgrade to an NS2, new games or ports of games like Warframe, that has been out since 2013?
A 12 year old game getting a port isn’t going to sell systems, no matter how much content it’s added since then.
I think Nintendo is mostly focusing on third party studios that are making brand new games that nobody has yet, because those will sell systems. Obviously there are exceptions to this, such as Cyberpunk 2077 which was heavily pushed, but mostly they are laser focus on brand new third party games bring developed for the system. Old ports can wait, unless they have significant enhancements *and* Nintendo thinks they will sell a ton.
Lupinthrope
Nintendo hasn’t even released Switch 2 upgrades for their own games which is crazy. Every first party game of theres should have gotten a 1080p 60fps update minimum.
Ok_Drink_2857
They are waiting on a dev kit, I am waiting on a console, people who bought the console waited a month for something that wasn’t a racing game, all after 7 years. Was this an incompetent launch?
redditorCuckChair
Naw, we good.
CondiMesmer
What is the reasoning to be so secretive about dev kits again? Every platform should be exactly like PC and run whatever the hell they want.
flash_baxx
And I was really hoping for Switch 2 news at Tennocon today, too.
krishnugget
This is getting insane? I really want a Marvel rivals port because I think it could run better than on my steam deck, but apparently those devs don’t even have a dev kit either?
hornetjockey
That’s kinda dumb that they wouldn’t be able to get one. Warframe is an incredible game with heroic staying power. Can’t imagine why they would struggle to get one.
kalmus1970
I still can’t believe what a poor job Nintendo has done with this. Even worse, it seems the approach with S1 compatibility was to just “ship S2 and see what happens”. Almost nobody was able to test their games on an S2 prior to launch. It’s a miracle things went as well as they did.
This, and this alone, is giving me massive Switch 2 regret. Crazy that it was an issue at launch, unforgiveable this long afterwards.
CannonBeetle
Insane that so many devs haven’t gotten kits yet.
kvbrd_YT
never played the Switch version,
does it have an FPS lock setting? because offering a toggle to change the fps lock from 30 to 60fps would massively improve the game for Switch 2 owners I bet.
also the other console versions have resolution sliders and a toggle to enable/disable dynamic res scaling. another option that would probably massively improve the Switch verson for Switch 2 owners.
nd4spd1919
I wonder if Nintendo diverted hardware from devkit manufacturing to help pump available consumer models. Sure, the PCB on the dev kit is different, but it’s still going to require a lot of the same silicon, and that’s the bottleneck of producing any electronic device right now.
Lower-Connection-504
Nintendo cant blame anyone but themselves if 3rd party support dwindles.
Sempuukyaku
Some of the takes in this thread 😂
They are going to get devkits, folks. Calm down.
When you have a successful platform that everyone wants to develop on, getting dev hardware takes time. It’ll probably start to really be sorted towards the end of the year when they’re able to seriously ramp up supply.
InitRanger
People really have short memories. When the Switch 1 launched it took all devs 6 months to a year to get a dev kit. Same thing with the PS5.
I think the only console that didn’t have this issue is Xbox and that’s because you can use a retail unit as a dev kit.
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Why on earth do so many still not have dev kits??
This is ridiculous. What an own goal by Nintendo.
Thanks nintendo. Im convinced they’re holding out to boost the numbers on 1st party titles.
This confirms what I’ve been telling all my friends about the Switch 2
It’s not that devs are being lazy, it’s that many teams literally never got dev kits leading up to the launch of the console, which is why there are so few Switch 2 versions of games
Compare this to the launch of the PS5, where we had tons of PS5 versions of PS4 games within the first few months, and lots of PS4 games just ran better in general on the new hardware
They really deserve way more flak for the shit they’re pulling this launch in terms of third-party support.
Even the devs that did get dev kits aren’t updating their old games.
*sega*
This is wild that Nintendo didn’t make enough dev kits to send out. This is my biggest issue with how they’re handling the Switch 2.
Man this is one of my main games. Cmon Nintendo!!!
[deleted]
It was likely to prevent leakers… those assholes have been annoying lately. Looking at you pokemon leakers. But all leakers have been getting bolder.
I haven’t seen this sort of apathy towards third-party studios since the Yamauchi days!
Que all the people that are going to still defend Nintendo for not sending out dev kits.
You’d think Genshin Impact would have been a lock for the Switch 2 as well.
I think they are prioritizing new games, honestly. If you want to make a brand new game for NS2, or want to co-develop an NS2 version of a game now that you were already developing for other systems that isn’t out yet, you get priority. What’s going to convince people with NS1’s to upgrade to an NS2, new games or ports of games like Warframe, that has been out since 2013?
A 12 year old game getting a port isn’t going to sell systems, no matter how much content it’s added since then.
I think Nintendo is mostly focusing on third party studios that are making brand new games that nobody has yet, because those will sell systems. Obviously there are exceptions to this, such as Cyberpunk 2077 which was heavily pushed, but mostly they are laser focus on brand new third party games bring developed for the system. Old ports can wait, unless they have significant enhancements *and* Nintendo thinks they will sell a ton.
Nintendo hasn’t even released Switch 2 upgrades for their own games which is crazy. Every first party game of theres should have gotten a 1080p 60fps update minimum.
They are waiting on a dev kit, I am waiting on a console, people who bought the console waited a month for something that wasn’t a racing game, all after 7 years. Was this an incompetent launch?
Naw, we good.
What is the reasoning to be so secretive about dev kits again? Every platform should be exactly like PC and run whatever the hell they want.
And I was really hoping for Switch 2 news at Tennocon today, too.
This is getting insane? I really want a Marvel rivals port because I think it could run better than on my steam deck, but apparently those devs don’t even have a dev kit either?
That’s kinda dumb that they wouldn’t be able to get one. Warframe is an incredible game with heroic staying power. Can’t imagine why they would struggle to get one.
I still can’t believe what a poor job Nintendo has done with this. Even worse, it seems the approach with S1 compatibility was to just “ship S2 and see what happens”. Almost nobody was able to test their games on an S2 prior to launch. It’s a miracle things went as well as they did.
This, and this alone, is giving me massive Switch 2 regret. Crazy that it was an issue at launch, unforgiveable this long afterwards.
Insane that so many devs haven’t gotten kits yet.
never played the Switch version,
does it have an FPS lock setting? because offering a toggle to change the fps lock from 30 to 60fps would massively improve the game for Switch 2 owners I bet.
also the other console versions have resolution sliders and a toggle to enable/disable dynamic res scaling. another option that would probably massively improve the Switch verson for Switch 2 owners.
I wonder if Nintendo diverted hardware from devkit manufacturing to help pump available consumer models. Sure, the PCB on the dev kit is different, but it’s still going to require a lot of the same silicon, and that’s the bottleneck of producing any electronic device right now.
Nintendo cant blame anyone but themselves if 3rd party support dwindles.
Some of the takes in this thread 😂
They are going to get devkits, folks. Calm down.
When you have a successful platform that everyone wants to develop on, getting dev hardware takes time. It’ll probably start to really be sorted towards the end of the year when they’re able to seriously ramp up supply.
People really have short memories. When the Switch 1 launched it took all devs 6 months to a year to get a dev kit. Same thing with the PS5.
I think the only console that didn’t have this issue is Xbox and that’s because you can use a retail unit as a dev kit.