Obsidian, Virtuous Games, and Private Division have announced that the Nintendo Switch port of The Outer Worlds has been delayed, but not by much. Originally revealed to be hitting Nintendo’s console on March 6 for $59.99, the game will face a delay. Due to the coronavirus, Virtuos, the Singaporean company creating the Switch version of the game, has had to close some of its studios temporarily. No word yet on when the new launch date.
The good news in all of this is that the game will now be releasing as a physical copy, rather than being released as a physical box with a download code as it was originally intended. The game will also be released digitally via the Nintendo eShop.
The Outer Worlds is also available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
We’re delaying @OuterWorlds on Nintendo Switch due to the coronavirus impacting the Virtuos team working on the port, to provide them enough time to finish development. We’ll now be releasing the physical version on cartridge. Once we have a new launch date, we’ll let you know!
— Private Division (@PrivateDivision) February 6, 2020