Inven Global<\/a> recently spoke with IO Interactive and started out by asking if the team encountered an unexpected problem. In response, the developer said:<\/p>\n\u201cNot really. While being delayed for a third time is certainly disappointing news for fans, this decision was also made for their benefit. The development team had been pushing hard for a long time and needed a brief breather, and combined with requests from marketing and various other factors, we had no choice but to postpone the release date to March 2027 once again. Ultimately, we decided on another delay because we want fans to experience the game in its most polished form on Switch 2, so we ask for your understanding.<\/p>\n
To reassure concerned fans, the Switch 2 porting work is going very well. Recently, while preparing a presentation for Gamescom, we compared footage we worked on back in March with the results from this summer, and there was really so much progress.<\/p>\n
We can\u2019t quite say we\u2019ve reached the final stage yet, but we are definitely getting close to the final phase, which includes performance and various fine-tuning. I think it might even finish earlier, but since release is scheduled for March 2027, please wait just a little longer.\u201d<\/p>\n
IO added that \u201ctargeting a stable 30 FPS\u201d is the team\u2019s \u201chighest priority.\u201d The team \u201ctried seeing if we could run cinematic scenes at a different frame rate, but ultimately it didn\u2019t work properly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, IO was asked if any specific changes are being made on Nintendo Switch 2. The team is using a new \u2018Meshlets\u2019 technique and \u201cis actually one of the reasons development is taking a bit longer.\u201d<\/p>\n
IO\u2019s full response is as follows:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also fundamentally had to make choices on where to compromise. Of course, that doesn\u2019t mean we simply reduced NPCs or anything like that. The key was to ensure players wouldn\u2019t notice much difference and could have an experience as close as possible to PC.<\/p>\n
In fact, we are using a new rendering technique called \u2018Meshlets\u2019 specifically for the Switch 2 version. It\u2019s a much more efficient method, and applying this technology is actually one of the reasons development is taking a bit longer. In short, we chose technical solutions instead of radical compromises like the ones mentioned.<\/p>\n
Of course, because Switch 2 has limitations in memory and other areas, some compromises are inevitable. But we made those choices in areas that aren\u2019t very crucial to players. So even compared to other platforms, I don\u2019t think players will notice differences like having fewer NPCs. Object detail is an example. For objects at a distance, PC maintains quality above a certain level, whereas on Switch 2, they might appear at slightly lower quality.<\/p>\n
We made many decisions in those areas. On the other hand, when ray tracing is enabled on PC, the hardware has to process that workload too, but since Switch 2 doesn\u2019t have ray tracing, that opened up various options for us as well.<\/p>\n
To emphasize again, our goal was for the overall experience to remain identical. For example, we might slightly lower the detail on trees, but core elements the player looks at and the central aspects of gameplay must remain identical. Having fewer enemies appear is a non-starter. We haven\u2019t changed the gameplay itself, so players don\u2019t need to worry about the game feeling empty due to reduced NPCs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keep track of other news about Nintendo Switch 2 here<\/a>.<\/p>\nRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"007 First Light was recently delayed on Nintendo Switch 2 again, and now developer IO Interactive has given…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[74854,59,70511,86,2373,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-777526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-007-first-light","tag-gb","tag-io-interactive","tag-technology","tag-top","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}