The Witness and Braid creator open to bringing the games to Switch, but not in a rush to do so
Posted on October 10, 2017 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop
Jonathan Blow is the man behind the critically-acclaimed games The Witness and Braid. Both aren’t being ruled out for Switch, but you shouldn’t expect them on the system anytime soon.
The Witness in particular has started to branch out into various platforms. Because of that, GameSpot asked Blow if he’s thought about bringing the game – or his previous title Braid – to Switch.
Blow responded by saying that he’s given the idea some consideration. However, since Thekla is a small studio, the team has to ensure that a port would make sense. Blow also isn’t sure “if there would really be a sizeable audience there, and we’re not sure about that right now.”
Blow’s full words:
“There certainly have been thoughts in the past. There’s something I could say there, but I’m not sure if I can say it. You know, we would consider it. We’re not doing that right this second. We’re a very small studio and you can tell this iOS port took us a while. I think we did some other stuff before that, like we did the PS4 Pro HDR patch and upgraded stuff, and with Xbox One.
We have limited work power to deploy for various things, we just need to know if there would really be a sizeable audience there, and we’re not sure about that right now. I don’t know; if it seems like it would be a potentially successful thing then we would look at it, but we’ve also been working on this game for a while. We’re kind of ready to do new stuff, so it’s not high on the priority list, but I’m not saying we won’t ever do it.”
