Nintendo was surprised at how often DC Universe Online received updates

DC Universe Online is coming to Switch in just a couple of days, giving Switch owners the chance to enjoy a genre not well represeted on the platform. As most know, DC Universe Online is a living, breathing experience that requires constant attention and updates from developer Daybreak Games. In an interview with NintendoEverything, creative director SJ Mueller, and executive producer Leah Bowers mentioned how surprised Nintendo was with the frequency of updates for the game.

Bowers: We definitely update the game quite often.

Mueller: Which is not that usual on Switch. They were like, “You update the game how often?” We have massive episodic content drops 3 or 4 times a year. But even in between that, we do seasonals for holidays. Right now summer’s coming up soon, we have a whole Atlantian theme summer event. Stuff like that is constantly coming out. And even weekend events. There’s always something happening. We want you to be able to log in next weekend and it’s a little bit different from last week. Double rewards, special boss fights – things like that – constantly updating the game.

Bowers: ...I think it was just a conversation because we are a larger game. We do have consistent updates, and ensuring that they were prepared for how our game was gonna grow, how we were gonna handle all of that with them.

Mueller: It’s exciting because there’s nothing like this on the Switch. It’s kind of like a whole new world.

Bowers: I think it was just a surprise to them.

Mueller: It’s a very active, living, breathing community.