There is another argument to be had here.
If we had Nintendo Switch support right now, how many games would make any money on that platform. The answer is probably not something people want to hear.
I am not trying to be an asshole, but simply curious. Does anybody have examples of financially at least moderately successful games made for Nintendo Switch in something like Game Maker, Godot, or any other. ( say games that made over $25,000 and were developed by a one or at most 2 guys )
I know that Unity accounts for 30% or so of all Switch games, but my guess would be that 95% of them made no real money.
I would like to be proven wrong.
My point is simply, that it is very likely, as Ashley stated, that this would take a lot of time for Scirra to develop and in the end would be of very little use for any of us. Most successful games on Switch are games developed by teams of up to 200 people and take 2 years or more to develop. I doubt that describes anybody here.
Nah, I mean, if your game is good/really good, and it's on the Switch, it's way more guaranteed to be successful than on a platform like Steam. Anyway, everybody who's taking issue with the problems of construct, just get Game Maker Studio, seriously. Game Maker can do way more than construct, it's a lot looser in how you design games, hell I figured out how to mimic Skyrim's saving system in the engine to a T. And plus, you can ACTUALLY export your games to console, especially the Switch.
So yeah, take the time to learn Game Maker, and you'll be rewarded greatly for it. Oh, and be sure to keep an eye out for their humble bundle deals. You can get the engine cheap af when you keep an eye out for their sales.
Seriously, don't be forced to limit yourself because of stuff like this, y'all have games you wanna make and share with people, don't wait on staff who aren't gonna be helpful, even if Nintendo somehow allowed Construct games to be ported onto the Switch, Construct is a jank ass engine that's gonna have a lot of dumb problems.
Believe me, you'll thank me later, y'all'll be more happy if you make that change.