Diablo 4 Arrives on Nintendo Switch 2, Director Says Port Concessions Are 'Barely Noticeable'

At the Q&A, Gibson said the team had wanted the game on the Switch for a very long time. “First off, it’s about damn time,” he said. “We’ve wanted it on the Switch for a very long time. It’s a big game. I think we’ve had moments where [we thought] it’s impossible. There’s no way we could do it. But the team that took that on? Boy, did they do an amazing job.”

Gibson explained that the team optimized the game for handheld play. He said there were issues it had to work around, but the team delivered and the wait was worth it. “The concessions we had to make are barely noticeable. I’m so impressed,” he said. “There are some things that we have to do for performance, obviously, but I think the expectation once you’re going to handheld, we nailed it; it’s locked.”

He described the result as fluid and easily readable, and praised the Switch screen. “It’s fluid. It’s easily readable. I love the Switch’s screen, and so it pops very nicely on that screen. It was challenging. But ultimately, I think it was worth the wait for how much work we had to put into getting it in there,” Gibson said, according to TechRadar.

The Switch 2 release comes as Blizzard has kicked off Diablo 4 - Season of Hell’s Legacy, the game’s 15th season, which arrived on September 15. Diablo 5 is slated to launch in 2029.

Gibson addressed concerns about Diablo 4’s future after the Diablo 5 announcement. He said players do not need to worry about the game’s future. “If you’re wearing the sign in the middle of Times Square that says ‘The End is Nigh’, the end is not nigh,” he said. “We have a lot coming.”