Fans of the Payday series have been up in arms over what appears to be an older version of the game with newer textures coming to Switch. After someone streamed the game early, eagle-eyed players started picking apart details and referencing specific version numbers of the game to determine what’s absent. Polygon reached out to developer Starbreeze for clarification and they sent over the following”
“Payday 2 is releasing on Switch with content up to and including the ‘Most Wanted’ update, which is equivalent to the content released through mid-2017 on PC. PS4 and Xbox One received one additional update after that, the ‘Master Plan’ update, which released near the end of 2017. So Switch is one update behind other consoles, which are slightly behind PC.The reasoning for the Switch content: we’re making continuous updates to a game that’s turning 5 years old this year, and to get the game out in early 2018 on Switch meant that our team had to go with the content ported and available at the time of console submission. The PS4 and Xbox One versions are now almost up to par with PC content, and Switch is close behind those versions. There are future content updates planned for Switch, as well.”
So there you have it. Make of it what you will, but Payday 2 is releasing on the Nintendo Switch on Feb. 27 here in the US regardless of what players may think.
Source: Starbreeze confirms Switch is getting an older version of Payday 2
