Hitman was brought to Switch 2 since IO “felt there was unfinished business”, Hitman 3 Cloud Version “wasn’t as successful as Nintendo had expected”

In making the decision to bring Hitman World of Assassination to Nintendo Switch 2, IO Interactive felt like it had “unfinished business”.

You may recall that at the start of 2021, Hitman 3 Cloud Version launched on the original Nintendo Switch. There was a push at the time to release games that wouldn’t normally be possible on the console via the cloud. At least in the case of Hitman 3, IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak said that it “wasn’t as successful as Nintendo had expected.” Now with Nintendo Switch 2, fans can play Hitman World of Assassination “in a proper way”.

Abrak told The Game Business:

“Nintendo had a cloud solution at one point [for Switch], so we got Hitman on the cloud there. But without hurting anyone’s feelings, the cloud solution on Switch wasn’t as successful as Nintendo had expected. We felt it was such a shame that it didn’t take off, so we felt there was unfinished business, really, to get Hitman: World of Assassination on Switch in a proper way for players who have that as their preferred platform. There’s also [various Hitman modes] that lend themselves really well for a platform like Switch 2. We thought we had a game that was very compatible with playing on-the-go, and that we owed our players to deliver that in a native way on the platform. So that’s what we did.”

Hitman World of Assassination won’t be the only IO game on Nintendo Switch 2. The company previously confirmed First Light 007 as well – you can check out the first trailer that was recently released here.