Just last week, a number of lucky Xbox One users got their chance to be the first to participate in the timed beta for Bethesda's upcoming Fallout 76 during a select number of time slots. Those planning to play on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC will have their opportunity to jump into the testing period over the next few days, and now it seems those are the only platforms capable of running the multiplayer game.

While talking on a panel during PAX Australia, VP of Marketing at Bethesda, Pete Hines, confirmed there are no plans to put Fallout 76 on the Nintendo Switch. While a select number of titles released by Bethesda have made their way onto Nintendo's newest console, Hines declared the task of porting the game to the Switch wouldn't be feasible. However, he did go on to say that every game in development goes through the discussion of whether or not a Switch version is realistic.

"The Switch is something I can say with certainty that it's a part of every conversation with every dev we have now about what we're doing going forward because we consider it to be a viable platform........If game will work on it, we want it to be on every platform possible."

Bethesda has certainly been one of, if not the most supportive in terms of third-party developers looking to create Nintendo Switch ports. Some of the best games to come from the studio this decade have made their way to the hybrid console, such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Doom, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Future games have also been confirmed for the Switch, with Doom Eternal and spin-off title Wolfenstein: Youngblood releasing in the next couple of years.

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It shouldn't come as a shock that Fallout 76 isn't coming to Switch. From early reports, the beta for the game appears to be rough around the edges, and with the inferior hardware specs compared to the Xbox One and PS4, the Nintendo Switch probably wouldn't be able to run the game at all.

Another reason to speculate Nintendo's exclusion is because the Nintendo Online service just went live this past September, meaning a number of Switch owners who don't have an online subscription couldn't play. Hines has also confirmed Fallout 76 will have continuous support, and having to fit constant updates into a system holding much less internal storage compared to its competition is another blow to the possibility of a Switch version.

Fallout 76 releases on November 14th for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Source: Gamespot