{"id":1773882,"date":"2026-02-16T12:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1773882"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:12:41","slug":"stellar-blade-on-xbox-and-switch-2-developer-shift-ups-plan-to-broaden-audience-reach-could-see-the-game-hit-new-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1773882","title":{"rendered":"Stellar Blade on Xbox and Switch 2? Developer Shift Up&#8217;s plan to &#8220;broaden audience reach&#8221; could see the game hit new platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/stellar-blade\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Stellar Blade<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Stellar Blade on Xbox and Switch 2? Developer Shift Up&#8217;s plan to &#8220;broaden audience reach&#8221; could see the game hit new platforms<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">The second phase.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/ss_2d4ad1a81618920416e7b68d02dc266ac898f144.1920x1080.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Eve floating in Stellar Blade\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"ss_2d4ad1a81618920416e7b68d02dc266ac898f144.1920x1080.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Shift Up Corporation<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-02-16T12:12:41+00:00\">Feb. 16, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"50f4e9ca-71a8-485b-859f-99e538df015a\" data-name=\"Stellar Blade\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Stellar Blade\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Stellar Blade\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Stellar Blade\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Stellar Blade\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Stellar Blade\" title=\"Follow Stellar Blade\"><br \/>\n  Follow Stellar Blade<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Like it or not, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/stellar-blade\">Stellar Blade<\/a> was a hit. Developer Shift Up (and PS5 publisher Sony) has been trying to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/stellarblade-trademark-lawsuit-sony-shift-up\">all sorts of drama<\/a> since its release, but with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/as-stellar-blade-reaches-3-million-sales-shift-up-ceo-rewards-all-300-employees-with-a-switch-2\/\">over 3m copies sold<\/a> overall by mid-2025, it&#8217;s safe to say the action-adventure game found an audience.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before its PC release last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/stellar-blade-developer-confirms-sequel-plans\">Shift Up confirmed the game would get a sequel<\/a>, and that plans were already underway. Now, thanks to the Q&amp;A section in <a href=\"https:\/\/shiftup.co.kr\/eng\/ir\/ir.php?ptype=view&amp;idx=339&amp;page=1&amp;code=ir_eng\">the company&#8217;s last financial report<\/a> (hat tip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/it-sounds-like-stellar-blade-may-launch-on-xbox-and-nintendo-switch-2-this-year\">IGN<\/a>), we&#8217;ve gotten confirmation that the powers that be are looking at expanding to platforms beyond PS5 and PC&#8230; which essentially means current-gen Xbox consoles and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> are in their sights.<\/p>\n<p>The Korean studio has once again described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stellar-blade-guides-tips-tricks-9430\">Stellar Blade<\/a> as a &#8220;steady, long-tail IP&#8221; which will be capitalised on in the coming years. Since the sequel is (predictably) a way off, we don&#8217;t find the news of tentative Xbox and Switch 2 ports particularly shocking. Again, this doesn&#8217;t mean they&#8217;re 100 percent happening, but the move makes sense and is definitely on the table. &#8220;This approach is expected to both introduce the title to new players and gradually build anticipation for the next chapter in the series,&#8221; Shift Up added, before explicitly mentioning advances on that front will happen as soon as later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the developer is also working on <a href=\"https:\/\/in.ign.com\/project-spirits\">Project Spirits<\/a>, an all-new &#8220;flagship title&#8221; which will be published by Level Infinite and is targeting consoles, PC, and mobile. Whether the new versions of Stellar Blade would be self-published is up in the air too, but if I had to bet, I&#8217;m not expecting Sony to be involved after helping out with the PS5 and PC launches.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In December, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/shiftup-ceo-receives-presidential-commendation-for-stellar-blade-and-nikke\">Shift Up&#8217;s CEO received<\/a> &#8220;a presidential commendation for boosting the South Korean games industry&#8221; following the game&#8217;s exceptional financial performance and its impact on making the Korean games industry another heavyweight to watch out for in the AAA space, with Neowiz and Round8 Studio&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stellar-blades-runaway-success-on-pc-proves-south-korea-is-positioning-itself-to-become-a-major-force-in-global-gaming-and-experts-agree\">Lies of P<\/a> also adding to that conversation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Like it or not, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/stellar-blade\">Stellar Blade<\/a> was a hit. Developer Shift Up (and PS5 publisher Sony) has been trying to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/stellarblade-trademark-lawsuit-sony-shift-up\">all sorts of drama<\/a> since its release, but with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/as-stellar-blade-reaches-3-million-sales-shift-up-ceo-rewards-all-300-employees-with-a-switch-2\/\">over 3m copies sold<\/a> overall by mid-2025, it&#8217;s safe to say the action-adventure game found an audience.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before its PC release last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/stellar-blade-developer-confirms-sequel-plans\">Shift Up confirmed the game would get a sequel<\/a>, and that plans were already underway. Now, thanks to the Q&amp;A section in <a href=\"https:\/\/shiftup.co.kr\/eng\/ir\/ir.php?ptype=view&amp;idx=339&amp;page=1&amp;code=ir_eng\">the company&#8217;s last financial report<\/a> (hat tip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/it-sounds-like-stellar-blade-may-launch-on-xbox-and-nintendo-switch-2-this-year\">IGN<\/a>), we&#8217;ve gotten confirmation that the powers that be are looking at expanding to platforms beyond PS5 and PC&#8230; which essentially means current-gen Xbox consoles and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> are in their sights.<\/p>\n<p>The Korean studio has once again described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stellar-blade-guides-tips-tricks-9430\">Stellar Blade<\/a> as a &#8220;steady, long-tail IP&#8221; which will be capitalised on in the coming years. Since the sequel is (predictably) a way off, we don&#8217;t find the news of tentative Xbox and Switch 2 ports particularly shocking. Again, this doesn&#8217;t mean they&#8217;re 100 percent happening, but the move makes sense and is definitely on the table. &#8220;This approach is expected to both introduce the title to new players and gradually build anticipation for the next chapter in the series,&#8221; Shift Up added, before explicitly mentioning advances on that front will happen as soon as later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the developer is also working on <a href=\"https:\/\/in.ign.com\/project-spirits\">Project Spirits<\/a>, an all-new &#8220;flagship title&#8221; which will be published by Level Infinite and is targeting consoles, PC, and mobile. Whether the new versions of Stellar Blade would be self-published is up in the air too, but if I had to bet, I&#8217;m not expecting Sony to be involved after helping out with the PS5 and PC launches.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In December, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/shiftup-ceo-receives-presidential-commendation-for-stellar-blade-and-nikke\">Shift Up&#8217;s CEO received<\/a> &#8220;a presidential commendation for boosting the South Korean games industry&#8221; following the game&#8217;s exceptional financial performance and its impact on making the Korean games industry another heavyweight to watch out for in the AAA space, with Neowiz and Round8 Studio&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stellar-blades-runaway-success-on-pc-proves-south-korea-is-positioning-itself-to-become-a-major-force-in-global-gaming-and-experts-agree\">Lies of P<\/a> also adding to that conversation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Stellar Blade Stellar Blade on Xbox and Switch 2? 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