>In a recent call with investors, creative director Shigeru Miyamoto said that Nintendo’s own development teams have rapidly gained ground on their Western competitors. That’s because the new Nintendo Switch console is more open than ever, and supports modern game engines like Unreal and Unity. >During the call, an anonymous investor faulted the Wii U for its inability to easily support third-party software. He demanded to know how Nintendo’s own internal teams were getting on with making games for the Switch, which is due out March 3. In response, Miyamoto was extremely positive about the new device’s capabilities. >“Regarding our software development environment,” Miyamoto said, “third-party developers who are making software for PC can now easily adapt that software to work on our platform. In the current development environment, Iʼd say that it would take less than a year for them to port a PC game to Nintendo Switch. >“That ease of software development has also been felt by Nintendoʼs internal developers. Also, even though game software developers in the U.S. and E.U. are often said to have superior skills to their Japanese counterparts when it comes to software development techniques, Nintendoʼs software developers have mastered state-of-the-art technologies such as Unreal engine, and their skills can now be compared with those of Western developers. Our developers are more excited than ever to create software.”
I have to admit, the Switch doesn't seem so bad anymore.
Charles James
it will flop
Carter Lee
>Unreal Engine 4 Into the TRASH it goes
Joseph Gonzalez
I don't think it will flop but it won't come close to hitting the Wii's 100 million sales or even the PS4's, what 50 million, sales so far.
I think I'll wait a year or two and buy a Switch off of Craigslist.
Bentley Jackson
>pc port Kek, cemu made them shit on their pants
Zachary Sanchez
>off of Craigslist Enjoy your free pubic hair and cum stains
Evan Powell
>Literally bagging about being this behind the curve >Literally bragging about mastering something everyone but them mastered years ago.
Holy shit, where does he get off being so arrogant, why is it everyone that works at Nintendo a delsuional retard?
Aiden Cooper
You would get them either way its a japanese console
Nathaniel Thompson
Now every Nintendo game is going to have more reused assets and look similar in visual design.
Jose Harris
in the past nintendo didn't have to care since their systems did well from first party support alone
Jonathan Young
>Not wanting free pubic hair and cum stains
Chase Morales
Mastering an engine isn't a special feat when you are a professional with credential, especially an engineer. That's actually expected. People impressed by this should stop hiring lying pink haired college drop out with 3 unity tutorials and a tumblr as a portfolios.
Oliver Richardson
Is this why Mario is in some GTA like new york city in Odyssey?
Wyatt Bell
They didn't care because they had a draconian almost monopoly over the gaming industry and 3rd parties had nowhere else to go. Shit's different now, and they still seem to think no different than when they had an almost monopoly, it really seems that they think 3rd parties will flock to them over Sony and Microsoft for no other reason than they're Nintendo
Benjamin Brooks
>Western Devs are supposed to be better than Japanese Devs >All these unoptimised AAA games shat out by western studios that run at 17 cinematic FPS on consoles and require high end PC's to be played at 60 FPS I call bullshit on that statement
Landon Thomas
Are there still pop-ins?
Owen Johnson
On the WiiU yes
Christopher Robinson
>I am insecure the post
Nathaniel James
>a fucking unreal engine Fucking hell
Jackson Brooks
>everyone but them mastered years ago not really lol
Jackson Sullivan
Yes really, I know you drones don't accept anything other than your retarded headcanon as fact but in reality Unreal technology was mastered by damn near every major developer but them
Ethan Nelson
who cares
Wyatt Jackson
you're acting like it's some kind of industry standard, nintendo uses in house engines as do a lot of developers
James Miller
If you read it carefully it says that they will use their knowledge of Unreal 4 to help third party devs working on Switch. They will NOT use Unreal 4 for games, they will still use their own proprietary engines.
Xavier Carter
>arrogant >delusional
But why are you so upset, though?
William Watson
The only things Nintendo has mastered is fucking up and making astronomically bad decisions.
Matthew Martin
You can port the games but unless it's in min settings and 720p it won't play them
Parker Robinson
>I never saw MT Framework or Fox Engine the post
Liam Jackson
>bragging about unity literally why?
Grayson Stewart
can't wait to this hack retirement announce followed by his reunion with iwata
Gabriel Wilson
>it takes a full year to port a pc game to the switch No one is going to buy the game that long after it releases, and I don't think the third party developers want to waste their development teams for that long either, they'd rather work on new games. And this is supposed to be good?
Zachary James
>I have to admit, the Switch doesn't seem so bad anymore. That is because Ninty is paying you :^)
Ryan Hill
WEW guys ! Nintendo has finally caught up with the rest of the gaming industry ! WATCH OUT
Xavier Bailey
The bigger takeaway is that the Switch supports Unreal and Unity, which means more games can more easily come out for the Switch instead of having to fight with Nintendo's proprietary devtools.
Ian Smith
Who's upset? I find it funny as fuck.
Josiah Stewart
>game software developers in the U.S. and E.U. are often said to have superior skills to their Japanese counterparts when it comes to software development techniques
Maybe they're talking about Bethesda and Naughty Dog using literally the same game engine for a decade, I guess that counts as a technique.
Luke King
>Implying I don't want that
Ian Peterson
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Lucas Perez
It also doesn't help that until recently, Japanese devs wouldn't take advantage of western devtools or engiles like Unreal or Unity; they insisted on using their own engines. You're starting to see this trend getting bucked, what with Dragon Quest and Bloodstained both using UE4.
Luis Garcia
Yes really
Ayden Cooper
>will allow for easier pc ports
Parker Garcia
>unreal ok Nintendo, heres what you do, you find the unreal ocorona of time developers, throw a bucket of money at them or hire them, sell it to me when it's done for £40. and after that sells 6 milion copies commission them to follow it up with majoras mask. profit.
Aaron Lee
We've had Unreal Mario 64 and Unreal Mario Sunshine as well.
Luis Carter
I want to make a 3d platformer. Should I pick up Unreal or Unity?
Joshua Cox
Those unreal games look like trash
Luke Rogers
The nips are objectively terrible when it come to programming/computer science. Many Japanese sites have that archaic early 2000s look and they have been lagging behind the west (and even Korea/China) when it come to app development.
James Butler
Get Hype
Joshua Wilson
they arent perfect but if they were given the attention and guidance they need then they could polish up to be something special
Ayden Baker
What the fuck do they mean it runs UE4? There are multiple versions of if, even ones that are for mobile
Caleb Lee
letting hopes and dreams and POTENTIAL guide your wallet is how you got mighty no. 9 you dumb fuck that unreal ocarina of time looks like shit
Noah Bailey
how would making a game thats already hailed as one of the greatest and sticking it unreal make it any worse? even if you dont like the visuals its still the exact same game retard.
Kevin Perry
Because the only reason to stick those games on unreal is to make them look good but all those unreal demos people have put out look like garbage
Carter Ortiz
>Brand-new console >won't sell 50 million units immediately
Another shocking prediction from Sup Forums
Levi Carter
Does this mean they will port all their games when the Switch dies? Because I want to play BotW in my PC.
Jayden Brooks
>subjective opinion >i don't like it therefore it's bad. well i like how it looks and would be willing to pay money for a functional version. what you gonna do cry about it? you have such a fucking muslim way of thinking.
Julian Martinez
well you're an idiot, for one and I'm not that guy's also fucking retarded
Joshua Ramirez
Yes.
Robert Rodriguez
i never claimed not to be an idiot, id pay full price for a game iv already completed multiple times and that says enough. sadly for you im not alone in my opinion, i want shiny versions of things i already own, theirs a huge market for nostalgia fags like myself.
Ian Stewart
Even aside from the hyperbole, that would be impossible regardless because once again Nintendo has undershipped their product. Preorders were sold out everywhere within 2 days of them going live, so Nintendo's managed to alienate themselves from the impulse buyer's market once again.
Bentley Miller
NEVER EVER
Isaiah Perry
So now it'll be easier to port Nintendo games to other platforms when the Switch fails.
Levi Ross
Or they could just set their teams of actual game and visual designers on it and get something that doesn't look like mish-mashed shit built from community assets and ripped HW models.
Josiah Price
cemu
Liam Moore
This literally never happens after GamerGate.
Remember these game businesses are still companies they realized those people were a fucking liability pretty quickly when a digital brick broke through the SJW shop's window in the Video Game Industry.
Nolan Peterson
>average unreal developer >"hurr-I SHOULD MAKE THE WHOLE MAP A 3D MODEL!" >5 FPS >"SHIP IT!"
They are as a braindead as Unity devs, adding 3D planes or models in every situation is the worst idea. This is why people should avoid this shit, and actually make their own engines or not develop at all.
Nathaniel Wright
the only japanese company that'll make jap games that don't look like ps2 games.
Camden Allen
But i already have one
William Scott
>Literally bragging about mastering something everyone but them mastered years ago. Is that why a lot of modern game runs poorly and are riddled with glitches? You'd have a point if it was UE3 but no it's UE4 which has been around for only 4 years. And what the fuck is wrong with Nintendo finally using industry standard modern engines? This means their will come out quicker, what is wrong with fags like you?
Evan Cox
>Want a game to run decently >insecure
What kind of fucking mental gymnastics did you have to go through to achieve that?
David Martinez
Modern Nintendo fanbase gymnastics apparently. This fanbase has been in complete denial of reality mode since the Wii, I cant even feel good about calling myself a Nintendo fan anymore because these retards exist. They're practically subhuman.
Logan Lewis
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Logan Hughes
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Christian Stewart
explain me: andromeda then.
Wyatt Lopez
kh3, ff7re, t7, sfv, etc.
Aiden Miller
Web design is not programming
Josiah Long
>Many Japanese sites have that archaic early 2000s look That's a good thing, not a bad thing.
Cooper Thomas
i think the problem here is the translation. you're translating from a shitty, low information language like japanese into english, so it seems like he's rambling and saying stupid shit when really i think he was just trying to say:
"we have tools and people available to help third party developers port ue4 and unity games to our underpowered handheld"
nothing wrong with that. they finally got a little smart.
Jayden Taylor
>Nintendo literally getting ready to go 3rd party
lmao
Levi Butler
>Iʼd say that it would take less than a year for them to port a PC game to Nintendo Switch.
How long does it usually take to port a game from PC to console? A year sounds like a lot but maybe it isn't. Games takes years to create but what goes into porting a game that takes this long? Genuinely curious.
David Johnson
>I'm posting laughing reaction images, I'm not really mad! Been there, done that, user. Let it go.
Xavier Peterson
Depends on the games and how well the code is written. It could take from a couple of months to a couple of years.