Pearl Abyss is working on getting Crimson Desert running on Switch 2, but it's early days — CEO Heo Jin-Young confirmed during a corporate briefing that the team is focused on reaching a point where "basic gameplay is possible".
The studio isn't treating this as a straightforward port. Heo was clear that the Switch 2 version needs significant optimisation work before Pearl Abyss can commit to any release schedule. R&D on the Switch 2 build started earlier this year.
Crimson Desert is Pearl Abyss's upcoming open-world action-adventure — a large-scale project from the studio behind Black Desert Online. The game has been in development for several years and targets current-gen hardware, which makes the Switch 2 version a non-trivial technical challenge rather than a routine platform expansion.
No release window has been set for the Switch 2 version. Until the optimisation work matures, Pearl Abyss isn't in a position to put a date on it.
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