Hi,
Are there any plans of adding console support (Switch/PlayStation/Xbox)?
Very interested in supporting the new Nintendo Switch 2.
Jesse
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No, and even if they do you’d have to get a specific license to release your games on consoles.
Skip to the end for the TLDR
Games made with GDevelop are programmed with JavaScript (even if the game engine hides this with a more user-friendly method of programming), and are exported as HTML projects.
HTML isn’t natively supported by PS5/XBox Series X (you can play web games in the console browsers, but that’s really it).
As for the Switch, it is possible to package HTML5/JavaScript games for the console, but if you want to do that, your going to have to do it yourself without GDevelop.
Here’s a link that might be able to help:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/bjby6c/does_the_switch_support_html5_or_javascript_based/
Seeing as the Switch 2 is backwards compatible with the Switch 1, I think it’s safe to assume that this will still work for the console.
As for if GDevelop is considering adding the option to compile for consoles, I doubt.
Also, you should probably do your own research on the topic if your interested, I’m not 100% sure if what I said is 100% accurate.
TLDR: No, but you can do it yourself, at least for the Switch, and most likely Switch 2.