Ubisoft Quietly Cancels Switch Game Steep

Ubisoft has canceled the Nintendo Switch version of the snowboarding and skiing extreme sports game Steep. The cancellation came quietly, via a message to a fan on Twitter.

Explaining the cancellation, Ubisoft said “We are wholly dedicated to supporting the live game, and made the decision to stop Steep development on the Nintendo Switch platform to focus on bringing new live content and challenges to Steep players instead.”

Steep launched in December 2016 and has seen a number of updates over time that added new content, while the big expansion Road to the Olympics was released in December 2017. The game exceeded Ubisoft’s sales expectations, though the company never said what it was projecting the game to sell or how many copies it’s moved to date.

The Switch version of Steep was announced in January 2017, at which time Ubisoft also confirmed that the Alaska DLC would come to Nintendo’s hybrid console. That’s all thrown out the window now as the game has been scrapped for Switch.

Steep is currently available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. For more, check out GameSpot’s full review, an except of which is available below.

“Steep is a game that’s never really sure what it is, and its vagueness and lack of meaningful rewards causes it to suffer in any comparisons to the likes of SSX,” reviewer Leif Johnson said. “But there’s a quiet thrill to exploring the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc, and snowed-in Alpine villages. It’s a strangely attractive approach for all its qualifications, and there’s a constant sense that Ubisoft is channeling George Mallory’s famous response when asked why he wanted to scramble up Mount Everest: ‘Because it’s there.'”

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