Variety has published a new interview with Tim Willits, who is ID studio director and the original Rage game director. During the interview the publication asks Willits whether or not there’s a possibility of the game arriving on the Nintendo Switch. Willits says that it is something the team are currently looking into, but they do not know at this precise moment in time whether it is possible.
“We’re looking at the tech on that right now, and we’re still evaluating that,” said Willits about a possible Switch release. “We stream everything, and we’re just looking… because everything is open, everything’s available, so there’s no level loads. We are looking at that now, but we don’t know.”
If it’s running on ID Tech 7, then it’s indeed possible
Yeah, but as he stated they stream levels in and out of memory constantly. That demands a lot of RAM/VRAM and a strong enough CPU to transfer the data and handle all the other tasks like “AI” and physics. Hardware does matter, game engines isn’t the only part of running a game.
True, but they could find a way around it, might not be easy and we could see this delayed for Switch until late 2019, but I feel it could be possible to run on the Switch.
We’ll wait and see what the developers ends up doing.
I’ll be getting this for my Xbox … I’ve been waiting for RAGE 2 for 7 years
Yeah, just build a 500 dollar mini tower Pc with GTX 860 or 1050 or other cheap gpu and connect to Tv with Steam controller or some wireless keyboard, mouse.
Nintendo is Mario, Zelda machine, always was, always will be.
In Wii U times it was the same story how awesome the gamepad would be for MMO’s and bla, bla, bla.
I’m suprised we even got so many 3party so fast now.
But if you really care so much about these games, play them how they are meant to be played.
Just Like Nintendo games are meant to be played on Nintendo controller and not a keyboard
Interesting
That’s cool, but if it doesn’t release on the same date, it’ll hurt sales (on switch)
Or it might end up selling more copies of the game. Like many will play it on PC/PS4/Xbox and then buy the Switch version for portability. Might not be like that, but you never know.
Xenoverse 2 for Switch was like that which sold more in a short period than PS4 has when it was released.
@Kantenstain That’s a possibility.
@Anonymous I did not know Xenoverse 2 sold that well. That’s awesome.
No need for any analysis…. Build your game and push the Panic Button afterwards… :D
Never heard of the Rage franchise, but I like ID software after playing Doom, so I would check it out if it came to the Switch.
I like the statement they put out- at least they are checking out whether RAGE 2 will run proficiently on SWITCH. Honestly I never was a RAGE fan but if it comes to the system I’ll definitely check it out.
Im happy to see that they’re at least trying.