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New footage believed to show the Switch 2 version of the PS5 action game “Stellar Blade” was released, sparking discussion on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry board (Geha).
While some pointed out degraded graphics, others noted that since the game had already been shown running on UMPCs (handheld gaming PCs), a port had been expected. The thread also covered the restrictions on costume mods, the backstory of the PlayStation exclusivity deal, and comparisons with how other companies have handled similar ports.
Quality looks great
Source: youtu.be / Original article here
What people said
Glad to see you sounding so bitter about it
Oh, you mean the PS5 version of GTA6!
UMPCs range wildly in quality, from top-tier to bottom-of-the-barrel
Even though Shift Up (the developer) basically egged fans on about costume mods, the sad truth is the only mods that showed up were lower quality than the outfits already in the game
Why'd you suddenly bring up PlayStation out of nowhere?
I thought it was just a joke from Shift Up
https://www.4gamer.net/games/035/G103535/20260821055/index_2.html
There's an official press release out too, so it's not a joke
Thought this was the Raven boss fight, but it's the Great Desert.
Still, everything just turns to dust here huh lol
That's every single flaw of DLSS on full display
Wait, no, this is the Wasteland.
The Great Desert is where that final boss, Adam, drops his suggestive hints
No way they'd pull a stunt like that, that's more of a Sony move
That super-degraded, garbage leftovers of a Switch 2 version won't even sell a tenth of the PS version cumulatively, digital included
https://imgur.com/SPDLqbM.jpeg
https://imgur.com/z0wB22U.jpeg
The later-released PS5 version won't outsell the Switch 2 version either, you know. There's hardly ever a game that sells well as a late port, right?
Nope, doesn't exist
There's bound to be more games dropping PlayStation exclusivity going forward too
If Chinese/Korean mobile games ever dropped PlayStation exclusivity, people would really lose it
Wasn't there already a leak about a Switch 2 version of Genshin Impact or something?
No idea when it'll actually come out though
A mobile game 'dropping PlayStation exclusivity' doesn't even make sense — it was never PS-exclusive to begin with
Even FF7 Revelation and Kingdom Hearts 4 are coming out on it, so there's probably no game that truly can't be ported.
If a game isn't coming, it's just out of deference to PlayStation
Background and Key Points
Stellar Blade runs on Shift Up’s own engine and had been a PS5 console exclusive since its 2024 launch, a deal that made it one of the higher-profile “PlayStation exclusivity” titles when Sony was actively courting console-selling third-party partners. Switch 2 launched in mid-2026 as Nintendo’s successor to the Switch, built around Nvidia hardware capable of running scaled-down current-gen titles, and it has already pulled in ports of other formerly PS-exclusive or PS-associated games; Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Kingdom Hearts titles are cited in the thread as further examples of that trend. Shift Up had also promoted the PC version’s costume mod support as a selling point, which matters here because mod availability (or its absence) became a specific point of comparison for the console port.
The thread doesn’t split on whether a port makes sense — most posters treat that as inevitable given the game’s prior UMPC (Windows handheld) showings — but on whether the footage shown is a fair or damning representation of it, with disagreement over whether visible artifacting is genuine DLSS-upscaling degradation or just compression from the promo video itself, and separately, sniping over whether a downgraded Switch 2 version could still outsell, or undersell, a PS5 release.
What’s likely to get lost on readers unfamiliar with the Japanese gaming press: Shift Up is a South Korean studio, not Japanese, and “PlayStation exclusivity” for a multiplatform-minded developer like this is typically a marketing/timed arrangement rather than an ironclad technical lock-in, which is why posters treat these drops as unsurprising rather than newsworthy. Also unaddressed in the thread: no release date or price for the Switch 2 version was confirmed, only that a press release exists.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, “Geha”) thread “Switch 2 Stellar Blade new footage released.”
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