{"id":281752,"date":"2024-05-22T06:32:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=332838"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:27:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:27:35","slug":"why-did-nintendo-buy-the-studio-that-made-the-switch-version-of-hogwarts-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/why-did-nintendo-buy-the-studio-that-made-the-switch-version-of-hogwarts-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did Nintendo buy the studio that made the Switch version of &#8216;Hogwarts Legacy&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For months it was the buzz of the Internet: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-is-the-incredible-real-wand-obtained-by-a-fan-of-hogwarts-legacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&#8216;Hogwarts Legacy&#8217;<\/a> didn&#8217;t run well on Nintendo Switch, for obvious reasons: the graphics quality was worse, the loading times went up to 50 seconds, and the overall gaming experience <strong>couldn&#8217;t have been the same in any way<\/strong>. However, along with that general mockery came another assertion: it could be much worse. And that&#8217;s the key point.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Hogwarts Legacy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8c2675d1-0f81-4680-9c7e-1c936a239994\/3365180451\/hogwarts-legacy-Hogwarts%20Legacy-icn.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Hogwarts Legacy<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/hogwarts-legacy.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/hogwarts-legacy.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preparing engines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Shiver Entertainment was in charge of porting not only the &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; game to Switch, but also <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/mortal-kombat-1-finally-shows-us-homelander\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mortal Kombat 1<\/a> and &#8216;Mortal Kombat 11&#8217;, <strong>with decent results once again considering the capabilities of the console<\/strong> today. But beyond how well or poorly they do ports of others, why has Nintendo decided to make them an internal studio from now on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Logic indicates that this is a strategic step towards, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/we-already-have-a-release-date-for-the-nintendo-switch-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Switch 2<\/a>. Basically, everything that those games left to be desired was not Shiver&#8217;s fault, but Nintendo&#8217;s own and what it can offer right now. Basically, <strong>the fact that &#8216;Hogwarts Legacy&#8217; is playable is already impressive for the big N.<\/strong> And they need launch games. Now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PRIMERA HORA ? HOGWARTS LEGACY en NINTENDO SWITCH GAMEPLAY ESPA\u00d1OL Parte 1\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NlaKNETED6s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But does it make sense to bother acquiring a studio that also does ports for third parties? According to reports, Nintendo <strong>wants to reduce the gap between current consoles and their own<\/strong>, and that includes AAA games being released late or with worse features. In a gaming world that, except for a couple of exclusives, will increasingly focus on cross-platform, the Japanese company needs to compete by any means necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does Nintendo want to break, even a little, its bubble and fully immerse itself in the current gaming landscape? It seems so. For now, <strong>the countdown for Switch 2 continues to sound<\/strong>, and rarely has a console brought so much hype with it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Hogwarts Legacy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8c2675d1-0f81-4680-9c7e-1c936a239994\/3365180451\/hogwarts-legacy-Hogwarts%20Legacy-icn.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Hogwarts Legacy<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/hogwarts-legacy.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/hogwarts-legacy.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Nintendo wants to narrow the gap between current consoles and its own, and that includes AAA games being released late or with worse features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":281753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3330,6321,1084,6624],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-281752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionhogwarts-legacy","tag-hogwarts-legacy-2","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-shiver"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313047,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281752\/revisions\/313047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281752"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=281752"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=281752"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=281752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}