Genshin Impact Fan Makes the Game Playable on Nintendo Switch

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One avid tinkerer has found a way to make Genshin Impact playable on the Switch with the help of another console. The news of their achievement permeated social media weeks after the third anniversary of the Genshin Impact Switch trailer.

Back when the Switch port of Genshin Impact was announced, HoYoverse was still called miHoYo, and its breakthrough game was yet to leave open beta. Since then, Nintendo has more than doubled its lifetime Switch sales, which went from 52.5 million in early 2020 to 122 million as of February 2023. And while the Switch install base is becoming more attractive to developers—especially those specializing in free-to-play games—by the day, Genshin Impact is still nowhere to be found on the eShop.

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One fan has now gotten tired of waiting and opted to take matters into their own hands, subsequently managing to get HoYoverse's hit ARPG to run on a jailbroken console with homebrew software. This feat isn't a first of its kind, seeing how Genshin Impact was already seen running on a jalbroken Switch back in 2022. However, while the previous demo used an Android emulator which resulted in abysmal performance, the newly shared setup «runs smoothly» and with no noticeable lag, according to Reddit user Kiararenee, who said they paired their Switch with a PS5 using a homebrew version of the PlayStation Remote Play Android app.

Given how Genshin Impact has been available on the PS4 for a long time and considering the fact Nintendo's hybrid console recently surpassed Sony's last-gen system by global sales, it's plausible that HoYoverse's inability to port its hit game to the Switch isn't rooted in a lack of perceived profitability, willingness, or