The battle royale game arrives totally free this March 9 to Nintendo Switch via eShop. We know the technical details of the Panic Button port.
Apex Legends launches this Tuesday, March 9, on the Nintendo Switch eShop for free. The successful multiplayer battle royale video game from EA and Respawn Entertainment lands on the hybrid platform just two years after its premiere on other platforms, a port that has taken a long time and that promises to respond to those who seek the experience of the title in a system with portable capacity. We already know the resolution and FPS rate in TV and laptop mode.
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Panic Button, experts in the realization of ports of consoles superior to Nintendo Switch, has been in charge of this task, but it has not been until now that concrete details have been offered in Famitsu (via NintendoEverything) of what we can expect from their experience of game. According to Andy Boggs, director of the technical department of the North American developer from Austin, Texas, confirms the commitments of the Nintendo Switch version: 720p resolution on desktop and 576p in portable mode. In both cases the objective will be 30 FPS.
- Apex Legends for Nintendo Switch on the dock (TV) – 720p resolution
- Apex Legends for Nintendo Switch (and Lite) in handheld mode: 576p resolution
- Apex Legends for Nintendo Switch on dock / laptop: 30 FPS
How does Apex Legends work on the rest of the consoles?
For context, Apex Legends has a resolution between 648p and 720p on the standard Xbox One, while on the original PS4 the resolution is dynamic between 720p and 1080p. Here the performance is between 30 and 50 FPS. It is in the superior consoles of the last generation, PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, where we can expect a resolution of between 1080p and 1440p; in both cases at 60 FPS. You can know a complete technical comparison in this article.
Those responsible for ports such as DOOM Eternal, Rocket League, Warframe, DOOM, Wolfenstein II or Subnautica on Nintendo Switch are very satisfied with what they have achieved, as they said last week on the occasion of the first gameplay trailer of the game in this version: “We are very proud of what the team has achieved with some intelligent optimizations so that the migration to Switch can offer a complete and portable Apex Legends experience, ”argued Chad Grenier, game director of the title.
Apex Legends is available on PS4, Xbox One and PC (also PS5 and Xbox Series X | S via backward compatibility. From this March 9 it will also be available on Nintendo Switch for free and with guaranteed cross-play.
Fuene | Famitsu; via NintendoEverything
