Capcom has released a response detailing the reasons that there is a lack of a Nintendo Switch version for its upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds game.
The main issue at hand is that Nintendo's handheld console has some serious hardware limitations. Despite this, many third parties have done wonders in porting various games to the Switch in the last few years.
Monster Hunter Wilds Update
This has led to the community fully expecting the majority of AAA titles to be ported to the Nintendo Switch no matter how technically demanding they seem to be. However, this is no longer true with Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds.
This was something that was also seen with the studio's previous game, Monster Hunter: World, which was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
That game was able to set it apart and was considered to be leaps and bounds ahead of what the Nintendo Switch is capable of running, according to NintendoLife.
However, many of Capcom's investors have not stopped requesting the studio to make a Nintendo Switch port of the upcoming Monster Hunter game.
In the most recent General Meeting of Shareholders, one attendee asked whether Monster Hunter Wilds would be limited to "non-portable platforms."
They specifically singled out the Nintendo Switch as one of the consoles that is currently not planned to get a version of the latest Capcom game. The studio then responded with a post, saying that the game is aiming to portray the maximum of the world of Monster Hunter.
This is done by utilizing the latest technology and pushing hardware to its absolute limits and to that end, the platforms that are capable of running it are the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, said MyNintendo News.
Severe Hardware Limitations
The company added that moving forward, they will provide more thorough details regarding these concepts as well as the themes when they release more information about Monster Hunter Wilds.
Capcom's decision being based on the Nintendo Switch's hardware limitations is not without reason. This is as other franchises have also tried to port their games to the handheld console with little success.
One example of this is Mortal Kombat 1's Switch port which resulted in gameplay that got in the way of players being able to have fun.
While the device's successor, the Nintendo Switch 2, could change things up, nothing right now is set in stone regarding the future unit, according to VG247.
