Just a week after we announced that The Outer Worlds was coming to Nintendo Switch this March, the company has peddled back and say that the game has been delayed without any hint as to how long the delay will be.
To clarify, the team at Virtuos is ok, but their office has remained closed during this time. We're working with the team to determine an updated development timeline, and will share more regarding a new launch date shortly.
— Private Division (@PrivateDivision) February 6, 2020
Fortunately, nobody at any of the company’s studios have been affected by the virus, so this is more of a preventative measure than anything else. So far, there isn’t word on an updated release plan, but it does look like the game will actually be released on a physical cartridge – a big and unexpected change as the original plan included only digital sales with physical copies being sold as download codes only. It’s cool that it will now come on a cartridge, but we’re guessing this is the result of negative feedback from the original announcement.
We’ve reach out to Private Division, the studio responsible for the Switch port of the game, for comment but have yet to hear back. If and when we received word about a new release date, we’ll be sure to update you accordingly.
