Gameloft couldn’t discuss the previously announced Switch 2 Update Patch when talking about the third expansion, Wishblossom Ranch, which could lead to assume they’ve been affected by the reportedly scarce availability of SDKs for the new system among devs.
At Devcom and Gamescom we at Gamereactor learned from several developing and publishing sources that, while they were eager to adapt and release their games on the recently launched Nintendo Switch 2, it had just been impossible for them to get hold of an official software development kit from Nintendo.
Around the same dates other outlets published that Nintendo was even suggesting studios to rely on backwards compatibility for the time being.
There are exceptions, of course, like the impressive Cronos: The New Dawn by Bloober Team, which releases on Friday, September 5 already on all major platforms including the Switch 2 simultaneously, for a change. Cyberpunk 2077 by CD Projekt Red and Bandai Namco, or Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 famously released at launch with the hardware, while other companies such as IOI (Hitman, 007), Sega (Sonic, Like a Dragon), Square Enix (Final Fantasy VII) or Fromsoftware (Elden Ring) are taking advantage of the launch window already.
