No Man's Sky updates for Switch, Switch 2 and Steam Deck require 2-3x more development time due to memory limitations.
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Portability that defied expectations
No Man's Sky arrived on the Switch against all odds, proving that ambitious ports can exist. Today, updates for Switch, Switch 2 and Steam Deck require more technical effort, thanks to the smaller memory of these platforms.
Effort multiplied by each update
Martin Griffiths, engine engineer at Hello Games, said that 2-3x more time of engineering is required to make these updates work with the same quality as other platforms and PC/Mac. The challenge is made impossible by the memory on these platforms.
Switch 2 is not the same as last-gen consoles
No Man's Sky on the Switch 2 is far beyond what the original version offers, but it still falls short of what the Xbox Series X and PS5 deliver. Even so, the advances in lesser hardware continue to impress with every update.
Leave your comment: do you think this extra effort is worth it to keep No Man's Sky alive on these devices, or would you prefer to see efforts directed at more powerful platforms?
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