While talking on a panel during PAX Australia, VP of Marketing at Bethesda, Pete Hines, confirmed there are no plans to put Fallout 76 on the Nintendo Switch. While a select number of titles released by Bethesda have made their way onto Nintendo’s newest console, Hines declared the task of porting the game to the Switch wouldn’t be feasible. However, he did go on to say that every game in development goes through the discussion of whether or not a Switch version is realistic.
Bethesda has certainly been one of, if not the most supportive in terms of third-party developers looking to create Nintendo Switch ports. Some of the best games to come from the studio this decade have made their way to the hybrid console, such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Doom, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Future games have also been confirmed for the Switch, with Doom Eternal and spin-off title Wolfenstein: Youngblood releasing in the next couple of years.
It shouldn’t come as a shock that Fallout 76 isn’t coming to Switch. From early reports, the beta for the game appears to be rough around the edges, and with the inferior hardware specs compared to the Xbox One and PS4, the Nintendo Switch probably wouldn’t be able to run the game at all.
Another reason to speculate Nintendo’s exclusion is because the Nintendo Online service just went live this past September, meaning a number of Switch owners who don’t have an online subscription couldn’t play. Hines has also confirmed Fallout 76 will have continuous support, and having to fit constant updates into a system holding much less internal storage compared to its competition is another blow to the possibility of a Switch version.
Fallout 76 releases on November 14th for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Source: Gamespot
