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Developers Reportedly Still Struggling To Get Switch 2 Dev Kits

Developers Reportedly Still Struggling To Get Switch 2 Dev Kits

Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube832k We’re almost three months on from the Nintendo Switch 2’s release, and while we have plenty of third-party games to come on the newer hybrid console, many developers say that they’re still having issues getting hold of dev kits. This comes from the folks at Digital Foundry in response to a …

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Developers still reportedly struggling to get Nintendo Switch 2 dev kits

Developers still reportedly struggling to get Nintendo Switch 2 dev kits

We’re a few months behind the launch of Nintendo Switch 2, but apparently getting development kits hasn’t gotten any easier. Digital Foundry shared its latest findings following Gamescom 2025 last week. The outlet’s John Linneman, after speaking with various developers, has heard that Nintendo is encouraging teams to simply ship their games on Switch 1 and “rely on backwards compatibility.” …

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Nintendo Reportedly Being Stingy With Switch 2 Dev Kits

Nintendo Reportedly Being Stingy With Switch 2 Dev Kits

The Switch 2 launched just a few months ago and was immediately a smash hit, selling more than 3.5 million devices within four days of launch. Since then, Nintendo’s sold nearly twice that much, sitting at roughly around six million machines. Those are great numbers for Nintendo, which is why it’s strange that a recent report indicates that the console …

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