Fans of CD Projekt Red have long wished to see their favorite titles on Nintendo systems, and recent developments suggest this might become a reality. A job listing for a Senior Compliance QA Analyst hints at the possibility of CD Projekt Red releasing games on various platforms, including Nintendo consoles.
This could mean that future CD Projekt Red games like the sequels to Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher might be available on the next generation of Nintendo hardware, delighting gamers who have previously deemed this unlikely due to optimization challenges and hardware limitations.
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- CD Projekt Red games may come to Nintendo systems, a possibility many fans have long desired.
- The job listing for a Senior Compliance QA Analyst hints at CD Projekt Red”s possible intention to release games on various platforms, including Nintendo consoles.
There”s a chance that the next batch of CD Projekt Red games will be showing up on Nintendo systems, which has been ruled out by most gamers for some time. Although many fans want to see CD Projekt Red video games like Cyberpunk 2077 show up on something like the Switch, it”s been considered impossible due to optimization difficulties as well as the Switch”s hardware limitations.
Cyberpunk 2077”s launch was notoriously rife with optimization issues, eventually resulting in the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One being ruled out for the release of the Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 update and Phantom Liberty expansion. CD Projekt Red appears to be placing a stronger emphasis on the way its games are optimized, partially shown by its willingness to switch engines for the Cyberpunk sequel, but also demonstrated by the types of jobs that the company is hiring for.
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A CD Projekt Red job listing for Senior Compliance QA Analyst mentions Nintendo consoles among a list of other systems. The listing requirements describe needing its upcoming games to “meet the certification standards of diverse platforms (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Apple, etc.)”. This could indicate that the next CD Projekt Red games, such as Project Polaris and Orion, are being considered for new platforms, like the successor to the Nintendo Switch. It is possible that the Switch is being considered for ports of some games, but based on the time frame of the next CD Projekt Red releases, as well as the way that Cyberpunk 2077 struggled on last-gen hardware, that is unlikely.
Next CD Projekt Games Considered for Multiple Platforms
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Many analysts and fans expect the Switch’s successor to meet the demands of competitor systems like the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X|S. Gamers seem to be especially hopeful that the next Switch will be able to surpass other portable systems like the Steam Deck, which have exceeded most expectations of what portable systems can handle, being able to play games like Cyberpunk 2077 natively without any issues.
Although the Nintendo Switch was able to handle a port of The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, some players are hoping to see releases like Cyberpunk 2077 come to the next Nintendo platform. With these wishes, gamers are also hoping that the sequels for Cyberpunk and The Witcher will be released on the Switch successor when the console is ready. Based on the existence of that job listing, it’s not a possibility that CD Projekt Red has ruled out, indicating a general willingness to optimize upcoming releases to a broader range of systems.
CD Projekt Red
CD Projekt Red is a Polish game development company known primarily for developing The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077. The company also runs GOG.com, a distribution service meant to help players find older games, games free of DRM barriers, and more.
Date Founded
March 6, 2002
Headquarters
Warsaw, Poland
CEO
Adam Kiciński
Parent Company
CD Projekt
