I'd like to speculate that the whole Switch hardware holding back some things at release wasn't intended. We know that civ VI on the Switch was a huge success for 2K - obviously, I dare to say as it's such a natural combo of platform, game, and target group. Hence, the decision to bring the next civ to a hybrid Nintendo platform is all but unexpected. My speculation now is that FXS expected that the Switch 2 would be out by the time civ VII hits the market, and the game would be released for Switch 2 (with maybe a backwards compatible version that runs in some way on the original Switch). Which isn't too far fetched: some industry people expected a release in 2023 already and many more expected a release in fall 24. This is not going to happen, as we now know. Current speculations are March 25, so after civ VII releases. Some people may have decided to bring it to *a* switch right at release nonetheless and that's what we are getting now. Yeah, wishful thinking and baseless speculations, but it has some sense to it for me.