Diablo 4 game director says ‘it’s about damn time’ it came to Nintendo Switch 2 — and the ‘concessions we had to make are barely noticeable’

Diablo 4 game director Brent Gibson says, "it's about damn time" the game comes to Nintendo Switch 2 He says there were moments when the team thought it "impossible," but they managed to overcome the issues Gibson admits there are some "concessions," but they're barely noticeable is very happy with the result Diablo 4 is finally available on the Nintendo Switch 2, and while porting the game to the handheld console came with some hurdles, game director Brent Gibson is quite pleased with it.

"First off, it's about damn time," Gibson said during a press Q&A at BlizzCon that TechRadar Gaming attended.

"We've wanted it on the Switch for a very long time.

It's a big game.

I think we've had moments where [we thought] it's impossible.

There's no way we could do it.

But the team that took that on? Boy, did they do an amazing job." Gibson went on to explain how the team optimized the game for handheld, admitting that there were some issues it had to work around, but overall the team delivered, and it was worth the wait.

"The concessions we had to make are barely noticeable.

I'm so impressed," he said.

"There are some things that we have to do for performance, obviously, but I think the expectation once you're going to handheld, we nailed it; it's locked.

"It's fluid.

It's easily readable.

I love the Switch's screen, and so it pops very nicely on that screen.

It was challenging.