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Switch 2 release for 007 First Light gets pushed back again, now set to launch March 2027

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The latest game from IO Interactive, 007 First Light launched earlier this year to some pretty positive reception. Originally slated to release on PC, Xbox Series, PS5, and Switch 2, the latter release got pushed back to a Summer 2026 window to allow the team more time to polish the experience. Today IO have released a statement essentially saying they need more time still, with that date again pushed back to March 2027. You can find their full statement below:

IO Interactive said:
Today we would like to provide an update on the Nintendo Switch 2 release of 007 First Light.

We know many of you have been looking forward to experiencing Bond's reimagined origin story on Nintendo Switch 2, and we greatly appreciate your enthusiasm. To ensure we deliver the quality of experience players expect, we have made the decision to delay the release to March 2027, with the exact date to be communicated later. This additional time will go toward polishing the Nintendo Switch 2 performance of the game.

We were thrilled by the positive feedback on 007 First Light at gamescom, and it's a great sign of the progress being made across the whole game as we head toward launch. The same demo will be playable at Tokyo Game Show this week, so please join us there if you would like a hands-on experience. We will share further updates as soon as we are ready. Thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued support.
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The game's Switch 2 demo was well-received at gamescom last month, giving fans hope that the final release will be one worth picking up.

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I was actually going to purchase this on Switch 2, however ended up getting it on Steam which was the right decision it seems.

Regardless its a really good game and well worth the wait if the Switch 2 is the only way you can play it.

I played some of the missions on my Legion Go (Z1 Extreme), it managed to hold 60fps most of the time in low detail (which to be honest still looked really good on a small screen), hopefully the game will run quite well on the Switch 2 when it does eventually arrive.
 
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InsaneNutter said:
I was actually going to purchase this on Switch 2, however ended up getting it on Steam which was the right decision it seems.

Regardless its a really good game and well worth the wait if the Switch 2 is the only way you can play it.

I played some of the missions on my Legion Go (Z1 Extreme), it managed to hold 60fps most of the time in low detail (which to be honest still look really good on a small screen), so this should hopefully run quite well on the Switch 2 when it does eventually arrive.
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What a great ad for the Steam Deck, lol
 
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This is the funny thing as always with nintendo.

Wait longer and pay more for an inferior version.

Or

Wait for its next console to play everything the last gen systems had

And pay full price for it again when you can buy it for a few bob on the systems you already own.

Its time nintendo stops rehashing cheap inferior hardware and start letting us have the option to buy today's games as theyre released.

But we all know they do this to stop sales competition for their same old recycled shite and the Switch 2 is even worse for old recycled shit.

It might as well be called Nintendo RecycleBin.... but then Microsoft probably sue them over copyright for similarity to Winodws RecycleBin.
 
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Switch and switch 2 should only be purchased for couch coop mayhem games, party games, and whatever 2d hd games that are meant to be played portably. Aaa games need a powerful home device that actually shows the beauty and art, instead of low poly stutter fest that nontendo has shown us since the wii
 
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Ambers_Crimson_8K said:
Nobody cares, already got the definitive version on PC.

This is why it's important to own all platforms.
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Rather 1 stout iteration of a PC aka something i7 with at least 1070 since it can run, well, next to any and everything one way or another.

Else that's why it's important as a console mfg and a storefront NOT to lag on major titles for over a year.
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Retrojunkies said:
Wait for its next console to play everything the last gen systems had
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That's been a thought left in the last gen at best, especially with how things are moving now.
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The Catboy said:
What a great ad for the Steam Deck, lol
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Legion GO is like 3 steem decks fused together in terms of power and infinitely more in overall usability since it actually runs windows.
 
YuseiFD said:
Switch and switch 2 should only be purchased for couch coop mayhem games, party games, and whatever 2d hd games that are meant to be played portably. Aaa games need a powerful home device that actually shows the beauty and art, instead of low poly stutter fest that nontendo has shown us since the wii
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I said that the entire Switch generation, everytime their fanbase, waited on AAA's.
Just for them to be massively downgrade and still run poorly...

I mean just buy a real system...xbox and playstation are right there, if you don't want to go PC.

My youngest brother who's 33 now, use to buy, every console every generation, and on his 30th birthday we built him a custom PC.

His Switch, XSX, and PS5, have been collecting dust for 3 years....he's upgraded his PC's GPU, and Extended memory and never looked back.

When you own everything, you can see the disconnect and disrespect that Nintendo does with the Switch 1 and definitely the Switch 2.

And when you understand PC, you'll see the real truth about Switch 2.
 
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Ambers_Crimson_8K said:
I said that the entire Switch generation, everytime their fanbase, waited on AAA's.
Just for them to be massively downgrade and still run poorly...

I mean just buy a real system...xbox and playstation are right there, if you don't want to go PC.

My youngest brother who's 33 now, use to buy, every console every generation, and on his 30th birthday we built him a custom PC.

His Switch, XSX, and PS5, have been collecting dust for 3 years....he's upgraded his PC's GPU, and Extended memory and never looked back.

When you own everything, you can see the disconnect and disrespect that Nintendo does with the Switch 1 and definitely the Switch 2.

And when you understand PC, you'll see the real truth about Switch 2.
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Yea, Ninty consoles really are only worth owning once you can jailbreak them. I can only imagine the homebrew for S2 once it gets holed.

It will prob be decently capable of playing PC games, once Linux is installed on it. Let alone other emulators.
 
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Ambers_Crimson_8K said:
Nobody cares, already got the definitive version on PC.

This is why it's important to own all platforms.
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Given that the new Switch 2 already has more exclusives than the six year old PS5, there's no reason to own anything but a PC and a Switch 2.

As for no one caring, they'll a few million to those who don't own a $2K PC and/or those who want to play it portably and know what a shit show 007 is on the old Steam Deck.

So what if it is delayed? Lots of games are delayed, such as GTA6. And Cyberpunk 2077 should have been delayed. What matters is how it is once it is released. If it is like most ports to Switch 2, it will be surprisingly good on the go, which is all anyone is asking for.
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The Catboy said:
What a great ad for the Steam Deck, lol
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The Steam Deck cannot run AAA games as well as Switch 2. Everyone, including Digital Foundary, can tell you that. There's a reason there's already five times more Switch 2's out there than Steam Decks. And Nintendo is outselling them 50 to one this summer. The Steam Deck is dead.
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YuseiFD said:
Switch and switch 2 should only be purchased for couch coop mayhem games, party games, and whatever 2d hd games that are meant to be played portably. Aaa games need a powerful home device that actually shows the beauty and art, instead of low poly stutter fest that nontendo has shown us since the wii
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What kind of a 🤡 compares a handheld to a $4K PC? The Switch is the best selling console of all-time. Criticizing it just makes you look like an idiot. The Switch 2, which runs AAA games like Cyberpunk 2077 better than a Steam Deck and yet costs less and has more exclusives than PS5, has sold 25 million as the fastest selling console ever and will easily surpass the Switch in sales. Critizing it make you look like an idiot.

I know all you Sony fanboys are butthurt by all the things Sony has done to you lately, but trying to take it out on Nintendo, and using the delay of a game that is not published by Nintendo, is pretty pathetic. And exactly what we've come to expect from Sony fanboys.

Since the S2 won't be hacked, we won't be playing any of those games on our PCs. Nintendo has already won this generation.
Just like the last one.
 
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ChibiMofo said:
Given that the new Switch 2 already has more exclusives than the six year old PS5, there's no reason to own anything but a PC and a Switch 2.

As for no one caring, they'll a few million to those who don't own a $2K PC and/or those who want to play it portably and know what a shit show 007 is on the old Steam Deck.

So what if it is delayed? Lots of games are delayed, such as GTA6. And Cyberpunk 2077 should have been delayed. What matters is how it is once it is released. If it is like most ports to Switch 2, it will be surprisingly good on the go, which is all anyone is asking for.
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The Steam Deck cannot run AAA games as well as Switch 2. Everyone, including Digital Foundary, can tell you that. There's a reason there's already five times more Switch 2's out there than Steam Decks. And Nintendo is outselling them 50 to one this summer. The Steam Deck is dead.
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What kind of a 🤡 compares a handheld to a $4K PC? The Switch is the best selling console of all-time. Criticizing it just makes you look like an idiot. The Switch 2, which runs AAA games like Cyberpunk 2077 better than a Steam Deck and yet costs less and has more exclusives than PS5, has sold 25 million as the fastest selling console ever and will easily surpass the Switch in sales. Critizing it make you look like an idiot.

I know all you Sony fanboys are butthurt by all the things Sony has done to you lately, but trying to take it out on Nintendo, and using the delay of a game that is not published by Nintendo, is pretty pathetic. And exactly what we've come to expect from Sony fanboys.

Since the S2 won't be hacked, we won't be playing any of those games on our PCs. Nintendo has already won this generation.
Just like the last one.
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I wouldn't say the steam deck is dead

But it's just got a totally different audience

It was never gonna compete with the big boys

First of all, it doesn't even have an advertising budget so most normies don't even know it exists
 
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What kind of a 🤡 compares a handheld to a $4K PC?
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You apparently, joining those devs who think they can sacrifice aesthetics and gameplay experience, because as a sane person, i would totally buy the lower end version of the game on the shitty 600$ handheld, when i can buy the much better looking version for my 530$ pc, for a much lower price, as if i can't moonlight at 4k 120fps whenever i want, WHEREVER i want.

Idk man, you should stay in the circus if you don't know what you're talking about.
 
ChibiMofo said:
Given that the new Switch 2 already has more exclusives than the six year old PS5, there's no reason to own anything but a PC and a Switch 2.

The Switch is the best selling console of all-time.

-easily surpass the Switch in sales. Critizing it make you look like an idiot.

I know all you Sony fanboys are butthurt by all the things Sony has done to you lately, but trying to take it out on Nintendo, and using the delay of a game that is not published by Nintendo, is pretty pathetic. And exactly what we've come to expect from Sony fanboys.

Since the S2 won't be hacked, we won't be playing any of those games on our PCs. Nintendo has already won this generation.
Just like the last one.
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True, among the current gen consoles, Switch 2 is certainly the most interesting one, by far.

Switch, however is not the best selling console of all time. Not officially anyway. Sony somehow always finds a few million sales of PS2, every time Switch comes close. I am sure they will find another 5 million before long again.

I don't really see why do you think Switch 2 will reach or even surpass Switch 1 in sales. Considering the 'global situation', pricing of games and prices of consoles themselves and people not exactly having cash to burn, that is not likely.

There is no relation between Sony being an absolute fuckup and people being annoyed that games are being delayed on Switch. That is silly on your part. People can be frustrated by both, with no relation to one another, perfectly fine.

Every console will eventually be holed, claiming otherwise is dumb. Saying that Nintendo is 'winning' this gen is.....strange. They are not really competing with either Microsoft or Sony and weren't doing that for a long time. They don't need to. They are doing just fine, without console war nonsense.
 

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