Why digital only"

Our aim was to get the game into players' hands as soon as possible and a digital launch allowed us to do that. We haven't ruled out doing a physical release in future and would strive to make sure it would have added value which takes time to get right.

The Switch port has been subject to quite a lengthy dev period - what issues have you encountered during the transition"

It's never easy developing for a new console, especially when you're one of the first indie games of this scale on the platform. But thanks to support from Unity and Nintendo, plus Team 17, we think the hard work has paid off. The Playtonic team has personally handled development on Switch and spent months adding really significant optimisations and dozens of updates, so we think this version has turned out really great.
We definitely needed assistance from Unity to get the game performing up to our standards, but you can see from the final results they gave us the support we needed to make Yooka-Laylee on Switch our most optimised release yet. We realise it's been a long wait but we hope our fans on Nintendo Switch will be pleased.

We spent a lot of time adding tons of optimisations to ensure that Switch players will enjoy a smooth experience. On top of that, there's single-Joy-Con support across our eight multiplayer games, the ability to play on-the-go, plus a massive list of updates since launch such as a brand new camera mode, control impro...