Persona 3 Reload is en route to the Switch 2 later this month, and for anyone wondering about the chances of this remake getting a release on the original Nintendo Switch, it’s probably not going to happen.
If this wasn’t already clear after the initial Switch 2 announcement in July, the Persona team has now confirmed this in a recent interview with Japanese outlet 4Gamer, while also providing some reasoning behind the decision.
While it was originally planned for the Switch, “performance” issues got in the way. To get the game to look good and run well on an older system such as the Switch, it would have required a longer development cycle and a potential year-long delay.
As general producer Kazuhisa Wada further explains, the team wanted to release each version “as close to other versions as possible”, and getting a Switch 2 dev kit as quickly as possible allowed this to happen. Director Yoshihiro Komori also notes how a Switch port would have required redesigning the UI and art.
This would have apparently put the game’s release back by a year, but it’s now out this month because of the decision to cut the Switch version. So, if you want something to play on the Switch, it seems you’ll just have to settle with P3P or another entry in the series.
