Star Wars Outlaws Out On Switch 2 In Days And Footage Is Being Kept Secret

Star Wars Outlaws arrives on Switch 2 imminently as Ubisoft's first major Nintendo port for the new hybrid handheld. Pre-orders place the game among the platform's top sellers, but public access at PAX West is limited with the demo tucked behind closed doors. Hands-on testing reported prohibited capture and over-the-shoulder recording, frame-rate drops often below 30fps, and visual quality that oscillated between good and unimpressive. Ubisoft Red Lynx handles the port, and earlier previews offered minimal direct gameplay, leaving technical downgrade concerns versus PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions.

Star Wars Outlaws is coming to Switch 2 in just a few days. It's Ubisoft's first big Nintendo port of the new handheld hybrid cycle. So why isn't the company talking more about its 2024 blockbuster coming to the best-selling console of 2025? Maybe because it's the latest Switch 2 port to reportedly run less than great. Star Wars Outlaws, a stealth adventure about gangsters and bounty hunters on the fringes of the Galactic Empire, is currently the 10th best-selling game on the Switch 2 eShop thanks to digital pre-orders, but you won't find it anywhere on the show floor at PAX West this weekend.

Even worse, the outlet was prohibited from sharing any direct capture footage of Star Wars Outlaws running on Switch 2. Over-the-shoulder recording wasn't allowed either. The demo GVG tested included an early section inside of a Star Destroyer and a ship fight in space. The frame rate often appeared to dip below 30fps and while the visual quality varied from good to unimpressive depending on the scene. And GVG didn't even get to try any of the open world sections down on planets.

There have been some potential red flags around Star Wars Outlaws performance on Switch 2 for a while now. At a Partner Nintendo Direct earlier this summer, Ubisoft only showcased the game for two minutes, and most of that was developers (Ubisoft Red Lynx is doing the port) talking into the camera rather than direct feed of gameplay. What little snippets the publisher did share didn't look outstanding either.

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