The Switch 2’s first year hasn’t been quite the open season for current-gen ports that some had expected. That’s starting to change, however. A rumored Switch 2 version of Starfield has just been leaked by the Taiwan ratings board a week after Bethesda’s sci-fi epic finally hit PlayStation 5. Will it have more success on Nintendo’s hardware than it’s had so far on Sony’s platform?
As spotted by Universo Nintendo, the RPG was recently rated by the Taiwan Entertainment Software Rating Information Board. Bethesda has yet to officially confirm the game is headed to Nintendo’s newest console, but it’s not surprising given that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be arriving there next month. The Microsoft-owned company’s also been busy with ports for Fallout 4 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, which is slated to arrive on Switch 2 sometime later in 2026.
While ports will help Bethesda’s bottom line as it works on The Elder Scrolls 6, the staggered release schedule may have dampened the reception of some of its games on non-Xbox consoles. Data analyst Rhys Elliott at Alinea Analytics recently estimated that Starfield had only sold around 140,000 copies on PS5 in its first week, a drop in the bucket compared to its over 15 million existing players previously reported.
That’s a lot better than Avowed but pails in comparison to ports like Forza Horizon 5. Were PS5 players just not buying the Starfield hype, or is there some loss of novelty as Sony’s platform becomes flush with blockbusters that were previously Xbox exclusives? Or maybe some players are just waiting for all of the crashes to be fixed before hopping into Bethesda’s latest RPG adventure.
We don’t know when Starfield will arrive on Switch 2 but it’s likely to be only one of many new ports coming to the hardware in 2026. The Indonesian ratings board recently leaked that Diablo 4 is also set to make the jump at some point this year.
