These past few weeks, I've been seeing quite a few comments from numerous people about how KHIII won't possibly come to the Switch, or people treating requests for it as more of a joke than anything else. What I think needs to be pointed out is that it's a really big assumption to jump to. It's been stated that the Switch is capable of running games made in Unreal Engine 4: the same engine Kingdom Hearts III is coming to. While we don't know the specs and how the system compares to the PS4/Xbox One, it's been shown that the engine used for KHIII can be used on the Switch, so we can conclude that there won't be any significant hardware issues in that regard.
As for making a third version of it, Nvidia, the company behind the hardware in the Switch, have already said that porting games over to the Switch is really easy; much easier than on the Wii U, in fact. If it's cheap and easy to port KHIII to the Switch, why shouldn't Square do that? That's probably the reason that it's coming to the Xbox One, after all. Porting a game from the PS4 over to the Xbox One is a simple process, and judging from what we've heard about the Switch, it wouldn't take much effort to port KHIII to the Switch too.
And this leads to the "Kingdom Hearts I, II, and the HD Remixes were all PlayStation exclusive, so they would never come to the Switch." Again, KHIII is coming to the Xbox One, a system that isn't profitable at all in Japan and isn't known for its selection of JRPGs. Nintendo systems have had a number of Kingdom Hearts games in the past, so why should the Switch be skipped? An easy port to a new system is a fantastic way to expand the audience and get more money, which in the end, is what a developer would aim for. There really isn't any reason for Kingdom Hearts III to just skip the Switch if the porting process is as simple as Nvidia has claimed or if the Switch can run UE4.
Long story short, there's no reason to bring people down for suggesting that KHIII could come to the Switch. It's not some thing that would be a miracle if it happened, nor is it something that wouldn't make sense. Square's been expanding their audience and bringing games that were once exclusive to one system to many new formats, and bringing the big releases from the Square side of the company to Nintendo's home consoles would be a fantastic way to do so. I know people will complain about KHIII being on the Switch for the same reason it's coming to the Xbox One: some people throw a fit just because a series stops being exclusive. But it isn't a bad thing for a third party to branch out and expand their audience, it means they get more money and can put that towards making their upcoming games even bigger and better. The fact that Square is bringing their games to the Xbox, PC, and potentially Switch should be celebrated, not treated as a great loss.
And as a final note, I've always planned to get the game on PS4 and still intend to do so. I'm not just saying this all because I'm desperate for a Switch port.
And in case anyone asks for these, here are some sources to the points I made above:
These past few weeks, I've been seeing quite a few comments from numerous people about how KHIII won't possibly come to the Switch, or people treating requests for it as more of a joke than anything else. What I think needs to be pointed out is that it's a really big assumption to jump to. It's been stated that the Switch is capable of running games made in Unreal Engine 4: the same engine Kingdom Hearts III is coming to. While we don't know the specs and how the system compares to the PS4/Xbox One, it's been shown that the engine used for KHIII can be used on the Switch, so we can conclude that there won't be any significant hardware issues in that regard.
As for making a third version of it, Nvidia, the company behind the hardware in the Switch, have already said that porting games over to the Switch is really easy; much easier than on the Wii U, in fact. If it's cheap and easy to port KHIII to the Switch, why shouldn't Square do that? That's probably the reason that it's coming to the Xbox One, after all. Porting a game from the PS4 over to the Xbox One is a simple process, and judging from what we've heard about the Switch, it wouldn't take much effort to port KHIII to the Switch too.
And this leads to the "Kingdom Hearts I, II, and the HD Remixes were all PlayStation exclusive, so they would never come to the Switch." Again, KHIII is coming to the Xbox One, a system that isn't profitable at all in Japan and isn't known for its selection of JRPGs. Nintendo systems have had a number of Kingdom Hearts games in the past, so why should the Switch be skipped? An easy port to a new system is a fantastic way to expand the audience and get more money, which in the end, is what a developer would aim for. There really isn't any reason for Kingdom Hearts III to just skip the Switch if the porting process is as simple as Nvidia has claimed or if the Switch can run UE4.
Long story short, there's no reason to bring people down for suggesting that KHIII could come to the Switch. It's not some thing that would be a miracle if it happened, nor is it something that wouldn't make sense. Square's been expanding their audience and bringing games that were once exclusive to one system to many new formats, and bringing the big releases from the Square side of the company to Nintendo's home consoles would be a fantastic way to do so. I know people will complain about KHIII being on the Switch for the same reason it's coming to the Xbox One: some people throw a fit just because a series stops being exclusive. But it isn't a bad thing for a third party to branch out and expand their audience, it means they get more money and can put that towards making their upcoming games even bigger and better. The fact that Square is bringing their games to the Xbox, PC, and potentially Switch should be celebrated, not treated as a great loss.
And as a final note, I've always planned to get the game on PS4 and still intend to do so. I'm not just saying this all because I'm desperate for a Switch port.
And in case anyone asks for these, here are some sources to the points I made above:
UE4 on the Switch: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/10/unreal_engine_4_will_be_supported_on_nintendo_switch
Switch being easy to port to: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/1586130/why-porting-games-to-the-nintendo-switch-should-be-easy-according-to-nvidia