Why not? Having the full version of one of the most popular games in Europe on a portable with two controllers is one of the greatest combinations for local multiplayer ever. When I first heard about the Switch, Fifa was the first thing to come to mind. If only EA didn't fuck up.
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Fifa Switch will be reportedly based off the PS3/360 versions
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Why not? Having the full version of one of the most popular games in Europe on a portable with two controllers is one of the greatest combinations for local multiplayer ever. When I first heard about the Switch, Fifa was the first thing to come to mind. If only EA didn't fuck up.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
So, does that mean that I get to appear at their E3 conference if I name my firstborn Waluigi? Sweet, I've always wanted to go to E3.
Hardly. The third party support will be there. You ignore the vast amount of 3rd party devs for 3DS that will be supporting the Switch.
Discotheque
Banned
it will die.
Because it's unlikely to profit them. Even if they ported frostbite i'd bet the switch version would always be the worst selling (probably not even gonna breakeven).
The Abominable Snowman
Member
If it averages less than 10M a year, I'd consider it an obscene failure. The Switch is supposed to converge 2 product lines into 1 stronger product. Not aggregate and weaken.
At least it's not like all of EA's franchises are ... changing or have changed their engine to Frostbite ...
oh dear.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Seriously? If it sells less than half of what the 3DS sold (which was half of what the DS sold) I seriously doubt you'll see them make another piece of hardware. 25m would be a flop.
I'm not surprised to see FIFA running on last gen engines. Would imagine it'd be difficult to get the PS4/XB1 versions to run on the Switch especially when its undocked so take the path thats easier. If the Switch is a success then they'll go on from there but if its not worth it then no big loss for them.
Rumor has it that on the competitor's cheaper product you will get the same gameplay with better graphics as well.
Doczu
Gold Member
Nah man, who would believe rumors like that?!
MisterXDTV
Member
Nintendo would tell you: "BUT can you play mobile???"
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Even Nintendo forgot about Remote Play.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
This isnt guaranteed. A lot of them developed for 3DS because it was cheap to dev for and had an established userbase.
Switch has neither of those benefits and at that point if they're gonna make HD games might as well put it on PS4.
There is also a ton of potential for these Japanese games to expand their sales in asia. Yakuza and FF are posied to do this.
Nintendo don't have this possiblity.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
Really, Nintendo. Ask EA to cancel this shit, it only makes Switch looks embarassing. No one in it's sane condition will care to buy this and is probably an excuse for EA to drop support later.
Sora the Cat
Member
Isn't this obvious? I thought it was a given when they announced it.
They cant. FIFA requires at least one release for every new system.
Dude. Come on. No one is hating on the thing. Nintendo is dropping an underpowered console, again. Do you think people on Gaf would let that slide?
protomouse
Member
All versions of FIFA 17 are on Frostbite, no? Even if they weren't/aren't, think about it for a second. It wouldn't make sense to spend resources into porting a legacy engine - even if it's just for one game - unless technical hurdles make it the far lesser short-term cost. You'd want the engine you could have the most use for, if needed. Which brings me to my next point:
Considering that the Switch SoC is based on contemporary, "desktop-class" (Maxwell or Pascal, take your pick) Nvidia graphics architecture, and Nvidia's software. It may not be as powerful in terms of graphics compute as the other consoles, but it's certainly both modern and proven technology.
The Wii U was a completely different story. It launched with a pre-GCN GPU, and a PPC-based CPU, both whose days were numbered at the time. It also had rather poor tooling from what I've gathered. There were all kinds of technical barriers in getting your engines onto Wii U.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Maybe I misread, but weren't there early reports of the Switch actually being easy to develop for? That would be a big boon for potential support.
Pancakes R Us
Member
Not many people would buy a non outdated version anyway, not with the crowd this system is gonna attract. I don't blame EA at all.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Wasn't that obvious when it wasn't a numbered FIFA game?
As soon as I saw FIFA with no 17 or 18, I knew it would be a "Legacy" type edition.
As soon as I saw FIFA with no 17 or 18, I knew it would be a "Legacy" type edition.
MisterXDTV
Member
We could call the Switch a native 1080p X360/PS3, maybe
Those consoles were 720p machines for the most part
General Japanese support should be decent. But easy to develop does not mean it's worth it.
No one should be expecting games like FF7R, FF15, ect though.
Stilton Disco
Member
Shit like this is going to kill this system, and Nintendo will have no one to blame but themselves.
ThatStupidLion
Gold Member
wow. just wow.
launching with tweaked last gen game and updated rosters
launching with tweaked last gen game and updated rosters
R_thanatos
Member
#surprise
i already have some flashback on when i played fifa on wii U .
prove me wrong EA , but ..well i'm not holding my breath
i already have some flashback on when i played fifa on wii U .
prove me wrong EA , but ..well i'm not holding my breath
There's a chance that it actually isn't based on the last gen versions of the game, but I'm not holding my breath yet until more details are confirmed.
https://twitter.com/Dartastic/status/819966507283193856
https://twitter.com/Dartastic/status/819966507283193856
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
I mean PS4/XB1 were supposed to be easy to develop for too, being off the shelf PC parts and all but that doesnt mean much.
it cant even play Zelda at 1080p
MisterXDTV
Member
They will call it custom like PES on PC. But you know that means they are NOT current gen ports....
Well it is easier to dev for. The problem is that AAA games nowadays are fucking huge and some very ambitious.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Wii U's were "sold out" as well.
Don't get Rettboned this March, people!
Claude Augario
Member
You can't spell sleazy without EA.
Only because a hardware meets the min. requirements of an engine doesn't mean a game based on that engine will run on that hardware.
If we take the df specs as the real specs we are looking at a ~160 GFlops machine, with a 1 Ghz Quad A57 (of whom a core might be reserved for the OS), with 4 GB Ram (- some [800?] memory for the OS) and a 25.6GB/s mem bandwidth. This is a machine much closer to last gen than to this one and "up-porting" from last gen will be far easier than down-porting from this gen.
How many "AAA" games that don't have a last-gen version are even announced?
FIFA? - last gen
NBA? - last gen
Skyrim? - last gen
Only game i know of is Steep.
boiled goose
good with gravy
We have a winner!
Then let's hope that'll be enough for it to survive and not end up just like the Wii U. And let's hope they pull out a stronger and more of a line up than the Wii U as well.
Oh, of course. Still, maybe there's a little bit of hope?
TreasureHunterG
Banned
FIFA is very important for any system, as any major sports franchise. After the N64, Nintendo simply decided to ignore this market and proved to be a huge mistake.
Pancakes R Us
Member
Hah, what a hit.
Ocarina_117
Banned
This will be very shitty news IF true.
Will wait and see however, not holding my breath.
Will wait and see however, not holding my breath.
Alebrije
Member
If you want a Nintendo console that shines for first party games the WiiU is the answer and basically has the same graphics than Switch and is cheaper with no pay online.
So you no need to wait 2-3 years get what you will get on Switch.
EA Sports games on Wii were based on Xbox/Gamecube/PS2 versions. Wii was the best selling console of its generation.
I have Xbox One / PS4 for EA Sports games. Those games are not a reason to buy Switch, unless you want the best portable version of those games.