Warframe passed up Xbox One on account of Microsoft’s inflexibility towards indie studios. MS’s reversal in policy opens possibilities.
There’s no question surrounding the resistance towards Microsoft’s Xbox One console back when it was first announced. For independent developers the policy denying the option to self publish, which instead required studios to have a publisher to sell their IPs on the Xbox Marketplace, was a frustrating hurdle to say the least. Digital Extremes was no exception to this, which is exactly why Warframe skipped Microsoft’s console altogether, the studio tells us.
"Digital Extremes’ free sci-fi epic Warframe, a zeitgeist of online gaming, is now available for Nintendo Switch™ 2." - Digital Extremes.
Very much so, and I sure hope so. I do recall that people pointed that out for System Shock as well (I think that problem has been solved now).
I just downloaded it on my phone a few weeks ago and the framerate isn't bad if you set it to 60hz. I suspect the switch 2 version should fair better interms of performance.
It's originally a game released in 2013, obviously a lot has been changed since, but still the base code for this game was in development before at least 2011, which means that thing was probably going to run on PS3 and XB360 with a few tweaks, Digital Extremes just chose to skip into next gen... Someone would have had to majorly fuck up for the Switch 2 not to run Warframe smoothly, a game with 15 year old mid power target specs! It's a very light and optimized game by now anyway, it famously runs well on relatively old notebooks with CPU integrated graphics... Hell, even the mobile version manages to not run like ass.
That is true, so there should be no problems like you said, unless someone has messed-up really badly.
The game has received many quality of life updates since the PS4 days and receives content drops several times per year. The best part is that it is not pay to win.
It is a great way to unwind, but you will need to be active in the community to play this game. Most of the mechanics are explained by youtubers, forum posts and wiki pages.
Exactly. And nope, it was never a P2W title, and from what I understand, it will remain that way as well.
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"Digital Extremes blended two major announcements with careful brush strokes on Devstream 193: Warframe will be available for Nintendo Switch 2 (and all platforms) alongside its next major update, The Shadowgrapher, for free on Wednesday, March 25." - Digital Extremes.
Perfect example of Sony getting it right on the first try.
F2P is a dirty word up in M$ BS HQ! That's why!
First impressions are everything. If I was an indie, I would prefer they not have to do a 180 in the first place, because it makes me question what took them so long to admit they made a mistake.
I'm sure no one will miss it, its a bit meh
It's already been called time PS4 exclusive meaning will come to other platforms IE Xbox one