TennoCon 2025 dropped some truth bombs this weekend, and one revelation hit Nintendo fans like a Void blast to the feels: Warframe won't be making its native debut on the Switch 2 anytime soon. During a candid Q&A session, Digital Extremes CEO Steve Sinclair revealed the painfully simple reason - they don't have a freaking dev kit! 🤯 Talk about being locked out of your own dojo. This feels especially rough considering how quickly they ported Warframe to the original Switch back in 2019. That handheld version became my go-to during commutes, and imagining those slick particle effects on Switch 2 hardware? Absolute pain.

For non-developers wondering why this little box matters so much, let's break it down:

• Dev kits = golden keys 🔑: These aren't your average consoles! They're supercharged debugging machines with direct hardware access that let devs optimize games properly

• No kit = no party 🚫: Trying to port without one is like building a Necramech blindfolded - technically possible but guaranteed disaster

• Customization is king 👑: Each studio's dev kit gets tailored specifically for their workflow and testing needs

Sinclair's admission hit me right in the Tenno heart: "Our programmers are just like 'Oh, I can't wait'." You can practically feel their frustration radiating through the screen! These devs clearly love Nintendo's ecosystem - they proved it with that lightning-fast original Switch port. Yet here they are, professionally cockblocked by a hardware shortage. The real kicker? They don't need a whole arsenal of dev kits. Sinclair confirmed they'd be thrilled with JUST. ONE. SINGLE. KIT. to kickstart development. That's like having all your Warframe blueprints ready but missing one Argon Crystal. 😫

What stings extra hard is imagining what could've been. Switch 2's rumored specs could finally handle Warframe's endgame chaos without melting like a Corpus crewman in Solaris. Those open-world landscapes? Butter-smooth. Those Eidolon hunts? Crispy. Instead, we're stuck playing the waiting game while other titles waltz onto the platform. The irony? Digital Extremes remains weirdly optimistic despite the radio silence from Nintendo HQ. They've publicly pinky-sworn that a native port IS happening... eventually. No timeline, no promises, just developer purgatory.

Honestly? This whole situation smells like Vay Hek's locker room. When a veteran studio with proven Nintendo porting skills gets ghosted on dev kits, something's fundamentally borked in the distribution system. Maybe Nintendo's playing favorites? Maybe they underestimated demand? Whatever the reason, Sinclair's candor deserves props - most studios would feed us corpo-speak about "evaluating opportunities.

So here's the real question haunting every Tenno: When we finally get that Switch 2 port, will cross-save FINALLY become reality? 🥺