Overwatch reportedly headed to the Nintendo Switch next month

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Revealed just a few hours prior to today’s Nintendo Direct is a new Switch port. After having been hinted at last week, due to a case design featuring the logo being leaked, Overwatch appears to almost certainly be headed to the Nintendo Switch. A European retail chain has listed Overwatch on Switch for a release date of October 18. Kotaku has also reported that their “inside sources” have confirmed the details, and that the official reveal will occur during the Nintendo Direct. It’s worth noting that the retailer previously leaked the existence of a new Plants Vs. Zombies game before EA officially announced such.

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PS4 and even Xbone lack crossplay, and you sure as hell don't want to face down PC players with mouse, KB, and 144+ fps.

That said when DOOM multiplayer is fairly active, it tells you something about how limited the FPS options are on the system. So Overwatch Switch will likey have a healthy playerbase.
 
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The game is going to run fine, I expect 720p60 low, maybe 1080p30+ docked. I was able to run it on very low-end hardware so the switch is not going to have problems. Saying that I already have the game on PC so I wont bother getting it for the switch.
 

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Well it'll either be 25/20fps on high/medium settings, or 30+ on low...hopefully it's at least playable. They REALLY need cross platform Overwatch if they want this to work, as most people have the game on a different console/pc
Please don't make an assumption then throw in an even insaner contribution. Cross platform (going from factors in your assumption) would actually be an atrocious idea due to the fact that other console players would have a major advantage hence why PC and xBox/PS4 never crossplayed with Overwatch due to developers refusing the implement Mouse and Keyboard advantage on console like they did for Fortnite. Community has nothing to do with it.


What is the online community still like for this one? I had heard that many people dropped this in favor of fortnite.
I'd like to argue that the League brought in more community I guess? However the e-Sports and online community are two different worlds at time (only recent collision was MMR mess up) so it's had its ups and downs but I think a lot of people managed to co exist in both the Fortnite and Overwatch community casually. In terms of professionally I don't think many players afaik dropped Overwatch as such, they just toyed with the Battle Royale then went back to Overwatch having Fortnite on the side occasionally. Could have that totally wrong but just taking from the circle I know.
 
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It baffles me how any user can find to a website called gbatemp, which obviously hints at some kind of connection to Nintendo-related products, and then bash their latest and greatest console that has the potential to outsell the Wii.
Didnt the wii had more consoles sold than the switch during the same time frame? Switch wont surpass the wii in total sales, but it will do get pretty close if they keep delivering games.
 

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With the power a case that leaked earlier last month, I totally saw this being announced in the September direct.
 
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people are comparing overwatch to paladins at a performance standpoint

lol

do y'all remember who owns overwatch? what makes you think activision/blizzard will care enough to optimize it? warframe could easily run better but it's stuck with massively inferior, borderline unplayable unstable 30fps with no 60fps mode, and de/panic button are supposed to be good companies no?
 

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