{"id":57649,"date":"2018-10-26T02:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/elder_scrolls_online_isnt_coming_to_the_nintendo_switch_because_it_will_not_fit"},"modified":"2018-10-26T02:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T02:15:00","slug":"elder-scrolls-online-isnt-coming-to-the-nintendo-switch-because-it-will-not-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/26\/elder-scrolls-online-isnt-coming-to-the-nintendo-switch-because-it-will-not-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"Elder Scrolls Online Isn&#8217;t Coming To The Nintendo Switch Because It &#8220;Will Not Fit&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/97b2c8af5efbf\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/97b2c8af5efbf\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Elder Scrolls Online IMG\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/97b2c8af5efbf\/elder-scrolls-online-img.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/97b2c8af5efbf\/elder-scrolls-online-img.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Elder Scrolls Online IMG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Bethesda has done a fantastic job supporting the Switch since it was released. So far, the company has been able to bring across multiple big-name titles &#8211; all of which have been positively received. As you might recall, the first of the lot was <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/elder_scrolls_v_skyrim\">The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim<\/a><\/strong> in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s success led to the reveal <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/bethesda_brings_the_elder_scrolls_legends_to_switch\">The Elder Scrolls Legends<\/a><\/strong> was also on the way to Nintendo&#8217;s platform. This has since raised questions about the chances of the massive multiplayer experience <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/reviews\/ps4\/the_elder_scrolls_online_summerset\">Elder Scrolls Online<\/a><\/strong> releasing on the Switch. Speaking to GameSpot at this year&#8217;s PAX Australia, ZeniMax Online Studios&#8217; Game Director Matt Firor said it wasn&#8217;t going to happen due to the game&#8217;s large file size, which takes up about 75 GB:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We have thought about Switch but ESO is an enormous game, and it just will not work&#8230; I would love for it to because I love Switch. It is one of the largest games ever made, and it just will not fit on Switch.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As GameSpot point points out, <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/nba_2k19\">NBA 2K19<\/a><\/strong> is just under 32 GB and is one of the biggest games on the system right now. In contrast, ESO is more than double this size. It&#8217;s a possibility the internal storage limitations of the Switch and game card sizes are deterring companies from releasing larger MMO-like experiences on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Are you disappointed to hear ESO won&#8217;t be making the Switch? Tell us below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethesda has done a fantastic job supporting the Switch since it was released. So far, the company has been able to bring across multiple big-name titles &#8211; all of which have been positively received. As you might recall, the first of the lot was The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in 2017. The game&#8217;s success led [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}