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Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has addressed the lack of a Switch version of Red Dead Redemption 2.
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Fils-Aime said that it simply came down to a question of timing, and not, as some may have believed, because the Switch wasn't capable of running the game.
'We’d love for it to be [on Switch],' he said. 'But again – and this is where there needs to be an understanding of just the development process – Red Dead has been in development for years, time that predated any communication of Nintendo Switch. So, from the developer’s mentality, they need to move forward and finish the game they’ve been working on and then be in a position to look at other opportunities.'
'Any game from a key third-party that’s coming out now, typically that development started well before any conversations about Nintendo Switch. What happens moving forward? We’ll see. But that’s how you wind up with a situation with Red Dead not being available on our platform.'
Red Dead Redemption 2 came out on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in October, and has shipped over 17 million copies worldwide.
