CDPR "thought it was going to be more of a challenge" porting Cyberpunk 2077 to Nintendo Switch 2, but beefier specs and microSD made it "surprisingly fast"

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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch 2. That feels strange to write, considering the game barely runs on the PS4 and Xbox One – even the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Phantom Liberty DLC completely skipped those consoles. But it turns out,ౠ getting it to work on the Sw🌜itch 2 wasn't difficult.

"We really thought it was going to be more of a challenge," says Charles Tremblay, VP of technology at 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:CD Projekt Red in an interview with . "Bu💯t in the end, not that much."

Rather than assigning another company to develop this port, like CDPR did with Saber Interactive and The Witcher 3 on Switch, "it was way easier to have a very super small team working end-t𒊎o-end with Nintendo, rather than delegating the process," explains Tremblay.

"One of the struggles" Tremblay notes is the architecture differences between the Switch 2 and PC hardware Cyberpunk is built for. Now, one of the console's cores is used for both the operating system and other operations such as decompression, "but, otherwise, I t🍌hink it was surprisingly fast to get the game running on the platform. We were all super impressed," Tremblay says▨.

"It was very difficult for the previous generation of cons💞oles," Tremblay admits. "I think I will say that the most difficult problem was the mechanical hard drive, which is one of the things that’s very important not to have." Inste🌸ad, the Switch 2's microSD Express storage system "is great," says Tremblay, and "the Switch 2 has more RAM" than last-gen consoles, too.

Cyberpunk 2077's performance mode aims to hit 40fps, which isn't the 60fps a lot of us are used to, but it's pretty impressive nonet💛heless. "I think that on the handheld device, I think the experience is very good," Tremblay says. "I think the experience that we have, tꦅhat is way different than other platforms, with the gyros, the Joy-Con, the mouse support. I think the whole package in general, I think it's quite good."

IGN reports you can use motion controls with the Joy-Con on Switch 2 or 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:turn the right controller into a mouse♏, whether you're playing docked or in handheld mode. There'sꦏ also cross save, so you play on your PC or more powerful console at home and then play on your Switch 2 when you're travelling. "It's a system seller for me, for sure," says Tremblay.

If that's got you excited for the upcoming console, check out all the confirmed 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Switch 2 launch games that will be coming with it later this week.

I'm Issy, a freelancer who you'll now occasiඣonally see over here covering news on GamesRadar. I've always had a passion for playing games, but I learned how to write about them while doing my Film and TV degrees at the University of Warwick and contributing to the student paper, The Boar. After university I worked at TheGamer before heading up the news section at Dot Esports. Now you'll find me freelancing for Rolling Stone, NME, Inverse, and many more places. I love all things horror, narrative-d🎀riven, and indie, and I mainly play on my PS5. I'm currently clearing my backlog and loving Dishonored 2.

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