No Plans For Mass Effect: Andromeda on Nintendo Switch

[Steven Bogos]

No Plans For Mass Effect: Andromeda on Nintendo Switch

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While EA doesn't completely rule out a Switch port of Mass Effect: Andromeda, there are no current plans.

Switch was revealed [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/mass%20effect%20andromeda?os=%20mass%20effect%20andromeda] it seemed to be running Skyrim: Remastered, and reports are putting its computing power around the level of a PS4, but don't hold your breath for Andromeda on Switch, as EA has stated it doesn't have any plans.

"Yeah, not right now, no. We're not planning on it." BioWare producer Michael Gamble said. However, he did add that "If the Switch launches and everyone's just yammering for Mass Effect, who knows."

So there you go, Nintendo fans. Go out and buy a bunch of Switches and yammer for Mass Effect and you might just get it on the system! It's not a super great sign for the Switch, however, as Nintendo has always struggled with third-party support, and if too many take EA's "wait and see" approach, it may become a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts.

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In the rest of his interview with Stevivor [http://stevivor.com/2016/12/mass-effect-andromeda-bioware-ps4-pro-scorpio-enhancements-likelihood-switch-release/], Gamble added that while Andromeda will have PS4 Pro support, there are no plans for additional Scorpio features right now.

Source: Stevivor [http://stevivor.com/2016/12/mass-effect-andromeda-bioware-ps4-pro-scorpio-enhancements-likelihood-switch-release/]

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[008Zulu_v1legacy]

Skyrim remastered eh? Yeah, because no company has ever fudged a demo.

Not surprised EA is playing Wait & See. Given what we know of the Switch's specs, I doubt the console could run a bath.

 

[Quellist]

It's time Nintendo realised its just not cut out for making competitive consoles anymore, wrapped up the hardware side of its business and made a sweetheart deal with either Sony or M$ to exclusively release their games for. Considering the amount of Nintendo fanboys out there that would jump ship with them Nintendo could pretty much set their own terms.

Then we wouldn't have to put up with buying an underpowered POS that will never have reliable 3rd party support.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

It would be a shock for me if they did put it on the Switch. Just not the way the wind has been blowing with Nintendo consoles over the last 3 generations... <.<

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

Skyrim remastered eh? Yeah, because no company has ever fudged a demo.

Not surprised EA is playing Wait & See. Given what we know of the Switch's specs, I doubt the console could run a bath.

What DO we know about the specs? I've had trouble tracking down any kind of definite "These components are in the Switch" lists or articles.

 

[pearcinator]

Not surprised EA is playing Wait & See. Given what we know of the Switch's specs, I doubt the console could run a bath.

I doubt it could run a bath too...that's not what it's designed to do.

That said, I'll be getting MEA on PC even if it comes to Switch.

 

[Igor-Rowan]

It would be a shock for me if they did put it on the Switch. Just not the way the wind has been blowing with Nintendo consoles over the last 3 generations... <.<

To be fair they did put Mass Effect 3 on the Wii U with the free DLC.

But to be unfair, they never released "Omega", "Leviathan" and the weapon packs.

 

[Czann]

Nintendo surely miss the halcyon days when they could ***** slap third parties at will and take their lunch money. Now it is a has been that looks sadly while their former targets are all successful and out of its reach.

 

[Saltyk]

And so it begins again.
I'm sorry. Is anyone actually surprised?

 

[meiam]

It's time Nintendo realised its just not cut out for making competitive consoles anymore, wrapped up the hardware side of its business and made a sweetheart deal with either Sony or M$ to exclusively release their games for. Considering the amount of Nintendo fanboys out there that would jump ship with them Nintendo could pretty much set their own terms.

Then we wouldn't have to put up with buying an underpowered POS that will never have reliable 3rd party support.

They essentially did, the switch is a portable. Nintendo just stealthily left the console market.

 

[OldNewNewOld]

It would be a shock for me if they did put it on the Switch. Just not the way the wind has been blowing with Nintendo consoles over the last 3 generations... <.<

To be fair they did put Mass Effect 3 on the Wii U with the free DLC.

But to be unfair, they never released "Omega", "Leviathan" and the weapon packs.

To be fair, they also released the 1 year old buggy port for a full release price, while at the same time releasing the whole trilogy with all the DLC for all the games on the PS3 for cheaper. Then blamed Nintendo fans that it didn't sell well saying how Nintendo fans only buy Nintendo games and nothing else. While at the same time other 3rd party games selling pretty well on it.

EA butchered the port and used it as a excuse. ME3 wasn't worth even 10% of the asked price.

 

[Cold Shiny]

Apparently it is up to me to educate the unknowing masses.


The Nintendo Switch IS NOT A CONSOLE.

ITS NOT A CONSOLE, LIKE, AT ALL.

It is the most powerful handheld ever made by a country mile, and Nintendo will develop its library around that.

HANDHELD, NOT CONSOLE.

Furthermore, after the absolute joke that was ME3, I'm not sure I care where Andromeda is released lol.

 

[Quellist]

Apparently it is up to me to educate the unknowing masses.


The Nintendo Switch IS NOT A CONSOLE.

ITS NOT A CONSOLE, LIKE, AT ALL.

It is the most powerful handheld ever made by a country mile, and Nintendo will develop its library around that.

HANDHELD, NOT CONSOLE.

Furthermore, after the absolute joke that was ME3, I'm not sure I care where Andromeda is released lol.

Right, so where are the flagship Nintendo games going if not to the Switch? Do people really want to play handheld versions of Mario, Zelda and Metroid (I can hope) or do they want the full gaming experience that you only get with a console?

I know which i prefer...

 

[Callate]

My cynical mind is wondering if this is EA still being sore about Origin. Perhaps aided and abetted with memories of series like Dead Space being held hostage over customers not being sufficiently willing to "yammer" over microtransaction-laden sequels with gratuitous multiplayer.

The Switch can succeed without EA, if need be, but I'll grant it's not the best of early signs.

 

[RaikuFA]

If you refuse to buy a Switch exclusively because of no ME:A you're kinda not that smart.

 

[Supernova1138]

Apparently it is up to me to educate the unknowing masses.


The Nintendo Switch IS NOT A CONSOLE.

ITS NOT A CONSOLE, LIKE, AT ALL.

It is the most powerful handheld ever made by a country mile, and Nintendo will develop its library around that.

HANDHELD, NOT CONSOLE.

Furthermore, after the absolute joke that was ME3, I'm not sure I care where Andromeda is released lol.

Right, so where are the flagship Nintendo games going if not to the Switch? Do people really want to play handheld versions of Mario, Zelda and Metroid (I can hope) or do they want the full gaming experience that you only get with a console?

I know which i prefer...

Well as far as Nintendo is concerned, you don't matter, the audience in Japan does. The home console market is dying off in Japan and handhelds are the only thing that are selling well over there, mostly off the back of Monster Hunter and Pokemon. Most Japanese devs and publishers also don't have the resources to put into big budget triple-A titles for home consoles anymore, or if they do they have to make a game that primarily appeals to the foreign market in order to have a chance of making their money back. Nintendo themselves has struggled to put out a lot of content for the Wii U, a console with largely 7th gen specs, spelling doom for the console as third party support was virtually non-existent after the initial launch window. Nintendo are obviously not up to keeping up with the technological arms race, either in hardware or software, but don't want to formally withdraw from the home console market as that would look bad outside of Japan at least. I'd bet the only reason the Switch is even getting a TV dock is so that Nintendo could claim that it counts as a home console for markets outside of Japan, where that TV dock is unlikely to be used very often. Expect all of Nintendo's flagships from here on out to be designed around the limitations of mobile hardware.

 

[Quellist]

Apparently it is up to me to educate the unknowing masses.


The Nintendo Switch IS NOT A CONSOLE.

ITS NOT A CONSOLE, LIKE, AT ALL.

It is the most powerful handheld ever made by a country mile, and Nintendo will develop its library around that.

HANDHELD, NOT CONSOLE.

Furthermore, after the absolute joke that was ME3, I'm not sure I care where Andromeda is released lol.

Right, so where are the flagship Nintendo games going if not to the Switch? Do people really want to play handheld versions of Mario, Zelda and Metroid (I can hope) or do they want the full gaming experience that you only get with a console?

I know which i prefer...

Well as far as Nintendo is concerned, you don't matter, the audience in Japan does. The home console market is dying off in Japan and handhelds are the only thing that are selling well over there, mostly off the back of Monster Hunter and Pokemon. Most Japanese devs and publishers also don't have the resources to put into big budget triple-A titles for home consoles anymore, or if they do they have to make a game that primarily appeals to the foreign market in order to have a chance of making their money back. Nintendo themselves has struggled to put out a lot of content for the Wii U, a console with largely 7th gen specs, spelling doom for the console as third party support was virtually non-existent after the initial launch window. Nintendo are obviously not up to keeping up with the technological arms race, either in hardware or software, but don't want to formally withdraw from the home console market as that would look bad outside of Japan at least. I'd bet the only reason the Switch is even getting a TV dock is so that Nintendo could claim that it counts as a home console for markets outside of Japan, where that TV dock is unlikely to be used very often. Expect all of Nintendo's flagships from here on out to be designed around the limitations of mobile hardware.

Fair enough, i'll just have to hope Monolith jumps ship with the next Xeno title then i won't have to buy the wretched thing at all!

 

[Elvis Starburst]

Well as far as Nintendo is concerned, you don't matter, the audience in Japan does. The home console market is dying off in Japan and handhelds are the only thing that are selling well over there, mostly off the back of Monster Hunter and Pokemon. Most Japanese devs and publishers also don't have the resources to put into big budget triple-A titles for home consoles anymore, or if they do they have to make a game that primarily appeals to the foreign market in order to have a chance of making their money back. Nintendo themselves has struggled to put out a lot of content for the Wii U, a console with largely 7th gen specs, spelling doom for the console as third party support was virtually non-existent after the initial launch window. Nintendo are obviously not up to keeping up with the technological arms race, either in hardware or software, but don't want to formally withdraw from the home console market as that would look bad outside of Japan at least. I'd bet the only reason the Switch is even getting a TV dock is so that Nintendo could claim that it counts as a home console for markets outside of Japan, where that TV dock is unlikely to be used very often. Expect all of Nintendo's flagships from here on out to be designed around the limitations of mobile hardware.

Well put, that's a good bit of perspective. One needs to look at the Xbox One sales in Japan and see just how poorly that's doing. Microsoft has plenty of 3rd party support and games being released for it, but the problem is that the demographics simply aren't the same in Japan. Consoles don't do nearly as well, cheaper portable games/systems sell infinitely better in Japan. I know I'm going to get a lot of use out of the dock personally, cause I dunno how much I wanna take an entire Switch out into the world (And it's not like I go anywhere often anyways), but I like the idea of them adding it.

Also, I'd be surprised if anyone said "No ME: Andromeda on the Switch?! Not buying it now!" cause I'm 99% sure if anyone does they're lying

 

[chozo_hybrid]

Apparently it is up to me to educate the unknowing masses.


The Nintendo Switch IS NOT A CONSOLE.

ITS NOT A CONSOLE, LIKE, AT ALL.

It is the most powerful handheld ever made by a country mile, and Nintendo will develop its library around that.

HANDHELD, NOT CONSOLE.

Furthermore, after the absolute joke that was ME3, I'm not sure I care where Andromeda is released lol.

Right, so where are the flagship Nintendo games going if not to the Switch? Do people really want to play handheld versions of Mario, Zelda and Metroid (I can hope) or do they want the full gaming experience that you only get with a console?

I know which i prefer...

To be honest, they are full gaming experiences. I prefer home consoles, but a lot of games they produce are just as good as their home console counter parts (graphics aside), so I'm not sure exactly what you mean. Super Mario 3d land is a full 3d Mario title, the Fire Emblem games are full game experiences, things like Bravely Default and Smash Bros even popped up on 3ds and perform well. Those are just a couple examples, I'm just not sure I follow is all.

The Switch in theory will be both, so it could very well be taking both their handheld and home console market and consolidating them in to one consumer base. All games available for all their customers of that generation, I think that's a great idea personally and you will be able to play them your preferred way, at home on a big screen etc or on the move.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Nobody buys Nintendo platforms to play EA games. Even people that play EA games seem quite doubtful of ME: Andromeda. Guess they're just cutting their losses to save the extra work and time. Push that 4k bollcks elsewhere.