RUMOR: Witcher 3 coming to Switch according to French wholesaler

Tempy · Dec 28, 2018

Looking at LowSpecGamer's video of The Witcher 3, I think it should be possible for the game to run on the Switch. Lighting and shadows need to be tweaked, lots of physics turned off, but I think it could work, and look way better than Ark, lol. Not looking forward to the massive download required though. Interface needs a major overhaul.

Skittzo · Dec 28, 2018

Merv said:
Did the slow down on console W3 come from weak console CPUs? They even cut the NPCs down to make it work. Not sure how the even weaker Switch could manage.

For what it's worth the Switch CPU is stronger than the other consoles' CPUs core for core. Of course it has fewer cores so overall it's weaker but depending on how much singlethreading this game does it might not be that much of a downgrade from the Jaguars.

Zedark said:
Have we?

Ark, probably. It runs and looks way worse than TW3 on PS4 and XB1 and yet managed an ugly, but apparently fairly well selling Switch port.

Soap · Dec 28, 2018

Zedark said:
Have we?

Doom and Wolfenstein 2 are games people probably thought weren't possible until they actually released.

Bomblord · Dec 28, 2018

sredgrin said:
The games people get used to justify their expectations get weirder over time. Ironically you have one in ARK that's probably the most comparable but that's not brought up for obvious reasons

Ark runs at sub 720p at a completely unstable fps on the base PS4

gcwy · Dec 28, 2018

dampflokfreund said:
Well, Witcher 3 would be the perfect opportunity to show the Switchs power and proving to the haters Switch can run anything.

It would do exactly opposite of that, if it actually does end up booting on the system.

Zedark · Dec 28, 2018

Tempy said:
Looking at LowSpecGamer's video of The Witcher 3, I think it should be possible for the game to run on the Switch. Lighting and shadows need to be tweaked, lots of physics turned off, but I think it could work, and look way better than Ark, lol. Not looking forward to the massive download required though.

The issue is probably more the CPU: the LowSpecGamer video I watched still uses an i7, so we don't have a reference for that.

asd202 · Dec 28, 2018

skittzo0413 said:
DQXI is 30 fps on PS4 and we have footage of the Switch version looking quite good. It's a semi-open world game but has way less going on in terms of logic than TW3.

We only have cutscenes, no gameplay not to mention game was rebuilt for Switch with newest version of UE4 while Witcher 3 is on CDProject own engine. How towns will look will be pretty telling how big diffrence there really is as they were the biggest performance hogs in DQXI.

Also put me in Geralt for Smash as I already said some time ago Japan is in love with the Witcher - he is in Soul Calibur and Monster Hunter.

Cronogear · Dec 28, 2018

No way Jose.

Witcher 3 already struggled on consoles at points. Unless we get an Ark situation where the game is butchered to hilariousness to run well, I can't see it happening.

Can the game run on the GPD Win 2 in any degree of decent settings?

Spinluck · Dec 28, 2018

I want this happen just to see if it can happen.

Zedark · Dec 28, 2018

skittzo0413 said:
For what it's worth the Switch CPU is stronger than the other consoles' CPUs core for core. Of course it has fewer cores so overall it's weaker but depending on how much singlethreading this game does it might not be that much of a downgrade from the Jaguars.

Ark, probably. It runs and looks way worse than TW3 on PS4 and XB1 and yet managed an ugly, but apparently fairly well selling Switch port.

Do you have a source for it selling well? Hadn't heard/read that yet.

Gotdatmoney · Dec 28, 2018

I doubt its happening but really, if it does I would be more concerned about whether its a good port. I hope it does though so when an upgrade Switch releases the game will see some good boosts.

Crayon · Dec 28, 2018

SoulBrothaNum2 said:
isn't the switch just marginally stronger than a Playstation 3? How would this be possible?

Its not marginal. Its pretty big when you consider the memory difference. But it would be a significant effort to comb through the game again and make sure it all can get to an expected quality at lower settings. They'd be testing again, etc. It would have to be worth it, for sure. It would have to make more money than whatever other work they could be getting done.

Bomblord · Dec 28, 2018

skittzo0413 said:
For what it's worth the Switch CPU is stronger than the other consoles' CPUs core for core. Of course it has fewer cores so overall it's weaker but depending on how much singlethreading this game does it might not be that much of a downgrade from the Jaguars.

I thought the Switch's CPU was only stronger at its base clock (2ghz) and actually weaker at the 1ghz it's clocked at in the system?

Paronth · Dec 28, 2018

https://twitter.com/william020192/status/1075645349929410561

Bandai Namco? Fighting Game? And it seems like it's a very small store that is not only specialized in video games. Not very reliable.

Doctre81 · Dec 28, 2018

SoulBrothaNum2 said:
isn't the switch just marginally stronger than a Playstation 3? How would this be possible?

What?

ekim · Dec 28, 2018

Paronth said:
https://twitter.com/william020192/status/1075645349929410561

Bandai Namco? Fighting Game? And it seems like it's a very small store that is not only specialized in video games. Not very reliable.

Afaik Bandai Namco published the game on consoles as well.

Skittzo · Dec 28, 2018

asd202 said:
We only have cutscenes, no gameplay not to mention game was rebuilt for Switch with newest version of UE4 while Witcher 3 is on CDProject own engine. How towns will look will be pretty telling how big diffrence there really is as they were the biggest hogs in DQXI.

Also put me in Geralt for Smash as I already said some time ago Japan is in love with the Witcher - he is in Soul Calibur and Monster Hunter.

The cutscenes are rendered in-engine so it's not like they're bullshots. Actual gameplay may look a bit worse but we can already see the sacrifices they had to make when comparing the cutscenes to the PS4 version and they aren't very large.

No one is saying CDPR can't rework TW3 or the Red engine for Switch. If there is indeed a Smash tie in going on Nintendo might even be helping fund this port.

Zedark said:
Do you have a source for it selling well? Hadn't heard/read that yet.

The only source was the eshop best selling charts. It had been hovering around #5 or 6 even 2-3 weeks after it launched.

Considering how it looks that was a pretty surprising placement for it.

Skittzo · Dec 28, 2018

Bomblord said:
I thought the Switch's CPU was only stronger at its base clock (2ghz) and actually weaker at the 1ghz it's clocked at in the system?

I remembered hearing it was still stronger at 1GHz but obviously not as much as at 2GHz. I could easily be remembering wrong.

NateDrake · Dec 28, 2018

Nitpicker_Red said:
The page doesn't look like the screenshot on my end. Did I do something wrong, was it changed or are those two different ones?

My first reaction was, how can there be "So many mistakes" on a basically blank page?

Yours is a mobile image & the same I saw when browsing on Firefox. I used Chrome and got the page seen in the image.

Zedark · Dec 28, 2018

Paronth said:
https://twitter.com/william020192/status/1075645349929410561

Bandai Namco? Fighting Game? And it seems like it's a very small store that is not only specialized in video games. Not very reliable.

Bamco published in Europe. The listing is not a small retailer, but a wholesaler.

knightmawk · Dec 28, 2018

It's possible this is just a mislabel and it's really talking about Gwent, didn't the Walmart Canada leak include Forza Horizon 5 or something? Sometimes things like that get lost in translation or just misunderstood.

That being said, 100% onboard if this is true.

And since we're on the topic of French retailers, Amazon France relisted Scalebound and Fable Legends recently and while I know both of those games are fully dead, I'm 100% here for it. The world would be a better place if all of the French retailer leaks turned out to be true.

matimeo · Dec 28, 2018

I could see Gwent standalone plus pvp.

chrisPjelly · Dec 28, 2018

As someone who loves seeing Switch ports, I don't think this is possible nor do I think it's financially sensible for CDPR to release the Witcher 3 on the Switch.

It'd be weird as hell if this is true, and I'd gladly eat crow

Buddy · Dec 28, 2018

Abriael said:
Not gonna happen. No way The Witcher 3 runs with 4 gigs of RAM

I don't think witcher 3 is coming to the switch and I think it would need a really bad downgrade to run on the switch but this point of you is factually wrong. I played the game on a PC with 4gb ram and it ran really good...so ram amount would be the smallest problem.

Paronth · Dec 28, 2018

Zedark said:
Bamco published in Europe. The listing is not a small retailer, but a wholesaler.

Yes but the witcher 3 is not a fighting game and pegi +12.

iksenpets · Dec 28, 2018

This would have to be heavily pared back in a way that doesn't seem like it would really fit CP Projekt's MO. I can't believe this off of just some retailer listing

catboy · Dec 28, 2018

ValtermcPires · Dec 28, 2018

Panic Button please make this happen.

Golvellius · Dec 28, 2018

fantomena said:
Can't wait for The Witcher 3: Pocket Edition

Looks great. Is this real?

MegaXZero · Dec 28, 2018

No way this happens. If it does, clearly the porters are actual magicians and should focus their efforts on curing cancer.

R.T Straker · Dec 28, 2018

Buddy said:
I played the game on a PC with 4gb ram and it ran really good...so ram amount would be the smallest problem.

When the game launched it was playable on 4gb of RAM till 1.07 or so.

Ever since many patches and updates including both expacs that's no longer the case and 4GB ram causes stuttering and random freezes in places like Novigrad.

Kaguya · Dec 28, 2018

That would certainly be a sight.

Zedark · Dec 28, 2018

Paronth said:
Yes but the witcher 3 is not a fighting game and pegi +12.

True, but their age rating are all over the place. Earlier in the thread someone linked that Smash has an age rating of 7 while the actual rating is 12. Not sure if the same mix up has happened with genres as well.

GuEiMiRrIRoW · Dec 28, 2018

That's just no possible. The console is not steong enough. But a pro might handle it

Deleted member 27793 · Dec 28, 2018

Streaming only Japan?

Chackan · Dec 28, 2018

Gwent or Geralt in Smash, sure.

Witcher 3 running on the Switch?! Lol it isn't possible.

But I will tell you something. If it ends up being true (lol it isn't) than officially the Switch can run every single game this gen.

BernardoOne · Dec 28, 2018

Soap said:
Doom and Wolfenstein 2 are games people probably thought weren't possible until they actually released.

Neither of those are "crazier". Those two games are linear and closed off games, not open world games

JaseMath · Dec 28, 2018

It's gonna be so hamstrung it won't be worth it.

MosquitoSmasher · Dec 28, 2018

And CDPR would be doing this or some other studio like Panic Button? Because I can see CDPR doing nothing else but work on Cyberpunk.

unicornKnight · Dec 28, 2018

Chackan said:
Gwent or Geralt in Smash, sure.

Witcher 3 running on the Switch?! Lol it isn't possible.

But I will tell you something. If it ends up being true (lol it isn't) than officially the Switch can run every single game this gen.

I don't get this kind of comments. It's definitely possible, the issue is what will be the sacrifices.

Terraforce · Dec 28, 2018

Doctre81 said:
You'd think we'd be over saying what would "NEVER run on switch" by now...

Why? There are plenty of games that simply cannot, even several developers have admitted as much. Hell, some games that are ported run like shit. That's how you get games like Ark Survival.

Deleted member 15428 · Dec 28, 2018

Never heard of this reseller

FantasticMrFoxdie · Dec 28, 2018

lol nice try

I wonder if this comes before or after the GTA V port

Oticon · Dec 28, 2018

*Opens wallet*

pulsemyne · Dec 28, 2018

People forget that witcher 2 was ported to the Xbox360, and was pretty damn good as well.

HanzSnubSnub · Dec 28, 2018

Seems unlikely, but if true that's a huge get for Nintendo.

Skittzo · Dec 28, 2018

Chackan said:
Gwent or Geralt in Smash, sure.

Witcher 3 running on the Switch?! Lol it isn't possible.

But I will tell you something. If it ends up being true (lol it isn't) than officially the Switch can run every single game this gen.

I don't get this "it isn't possible". We've already seen a much more demanding current gen game in Ark actually running on a Switch, albeit looking terrible. Surely that should be proof that almost any current gen game is possible, although whether or not it's feasible while still looking and running well enough for the developers/publishers to be happy is another story.

MatrixMan.exe · Dec 28, 2018

Doctre81 said:
You'd think we'd be over saying what would "NEVER run on switch" by now...

You'd think we'd be over people, for whatever reason, thinking Switch is a magical device that can run any game in existence because "optimisation". Guess not.

Vector · Dec 28, 2018

This could be done if you squeeze every ounce of power out of the Switch, use a low-medium preset, reduce the draw distance and come up with efficient rendering techniques, but I'm not sure.

Yes, Doom is perfectly playable on the Switch, but that game is the total opposite of TW3 - it's linear and obviously not a sprawling open world.

The closest game to TW3 on the Switch would be Zelda, and even that has way simpler visuals and an art style that lets it get away with certain concessions. And Zelda has nothing on the level of Novigrad...

Terraforce · Dec 28, 2018

skittzo0413 said:
I don't get this "it isn't possible". We've already seen a much more demanding current gen game in Ark actually running on a Switch, albeit looking terrible. Surely that should be proof that almost any current gen game is possible, although whether or not it's feasible while still looking and running well enough for the developers/publishers to be happy is another story.

Why the hell would you use Ark of all games as an example lol. I've seen prettier Gamecube games.
This shit looks horrid.

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