PS5 users gifted free new-gen upgrade for beloved 2017 title

A classic 2017 PlayStation game is getting a free upgrade for all PlayStation 5 players, as revealed by the publisher.

Bandai Namco dished out a lot of new Little Nightmares-related reveals and announcements this week, alongside the release date for next entry in the series, Little Nightmares III.

The game is now scheduled to launch on 10 October this year, but that’s not the only thing folks will be getting on the same date.

Alongside the release date reveal, Bandai Namco also announced that players who pre-order Little Nightmares III will also get access to the “Enhanced Edition” of the original 2017 release of the first Little Nightmares.

Turns out that pre-ordering Little Nightmares III only grants you “early access” to the Enhanced Edition of Little Nightmares though.

Bandai Namco revealed in an official post on their blog that all players who already own Little Nightmares on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC will actually receive the upgrade for free on 10 October, regardless of if they pre-order Little Nightmares III or not.

“The early access is only accessible throughout Little Nightmares III digital pre-orders,” Bandai Namco stated on their blog.

“However, at launch, players who own Little Nightmares (2017) on PlayStation, Xbox and PC will receive the upgraded version for free.”

Weirdly, however, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 owners won’t be getting any kind of free upgrade, regardless of if they pre-order.

Why? Technical constraints, apparently.

“Due to technical constraints, owners of Nintendo Switch consoles and Little Nightmares (2017) won’t be able to get access to Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition”, Bandai Namco stated.

“They will need to buy again the game on Nintendo Switch 2. As a reminder, Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition is only playable on Nintendo Switch 2 and not Nintendo Switch.”

Huh. Bit odd. Not sure what they mean by “technical constraints”, exactly, but it’s weird that they’re being so generous about giving away the Enhanced Edition for free everywhere else, yet not for Nintendo Switch owners.

I wonder if said technical constraints are actually due to Nintendo not wanting to release the upgrade for free on their platform? No way to know exactly, considering how vague they’re being, but hopefully that’s not the case.