No doubt you will have seen the reviews and previews for Mortal Kombat 1 on the Nintendo Switch which are rife on YouTube namely because it is clearly a poorly produced port which has ultimately resulted in a dire 3/10 review from popular gaming site IGN. Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon has spoken to the BBC about the Nintendo Switch version of the game and says that it will be getting an update and that a number of the issues raised by consumers and reviewers will be addressed. He also said “It would have been ideal for us to have released the version that we absolutely wanted” and that it “is going to be fixed.””
Series creator Ed Boon tells BBC Newsbeat the hybrid console’s version will “absolutely be getting an update”.
“And a number of the the concerns of the issues that had come up will absolutely be addressed,” he says.
“It would have been ideal for us to have released the version that we absolutely wanted.
“But anything that we’re finding a problem with is on our list and is going to be fixed.”
But why don’t you do it BEFORE you release the game? You don’t play it or what?
What’s up with these companies releasing broken ass games and then fixing them with updates? It’s like they don’t even quality check them before release any more.
Or whats up with releasing broken ass consoles with 2 gens old tech? Even mobile phones have more power.
Mobile phones cost significantly more, too. When the switch came out, it was far more powerful than any cellphone u could get for $300.
Sadly, they have deadlines by publishers, who answer to shareholders. These games continue to get sales, so they’ll keep doing this until they’re certain it’s costing them money, sadly.
“It would have been ideal for us to have released the version that we absolutely wanted.”
What exactly does this mean? 🤔
It means that oftentimes it’s isn’t up to developers/designers WHEN a game will ship. If Ed boon says “I would like for the game to release in this time frame” and Warnerbros say “no it will release x amount of months earlier”. What do you think happens?
It means they hadn’t fixed it by the time the carts needed to go into production. Same as disc based games and digital.
It means we’re working with limited tech on Switch, so our hands are somewhat tied.
It could also be referring to Switch 2, or maybe Switch 2. It’s possible when this game started development Nintendo had mentioned a Switch Pro to certain developers. But then the chip shortage happened and changed Nintendo’s plans, thus changing 3rd parties plans too.