Dear Giants Software,

Hi. Longtime fan, part-time bale-stacker, full-time concerned digital farmer here.

You already know this, but for those reading along: Giants Software is the developer behind Farming Simulator, the wildly detailed, surprisingly addictive franchise where we plow, seed, harvest, and occasionally tip over tractors with our friends online. It’s one of the few games where precision farming and multiplayer chaos go hand-in-hand. And I love it.

Which is why I’m writing today — with a little dirt under my nails and a lot of hope in my heart — to say: please don’t mess up the Switch 2 launch.

“Signature Edition”? Sounds… a Little Too Signature.

You just announced Farming Simulator: Signature Edition for Nintendo Switch 2, set for release this winter. You said it’s “based on Farming Simulator 25.” That’s promising. But let’s be honest: that phrasing feels a little like saying margarine is “based on butter.”

What I (and probably thousands of other handheld farmers) want is the real FS25 — the full crop rotation, full multiplayer, full modding, full-server-support experience. Not a streamlined, siloed version missing key features like dedicated servers, crossplay, or mods. Not the “polite handshake” version of FS25. The real one. The muddy boots and buzzing bees version.

Because here’s the thing: Switch 2 can handle it now. This isn’t the old potato-powered Switch anymore. It’s got enough horsepower to drive more than just the low-res tractor menu.

I Want to Farm Anywhere — Not Just on a Console

Here’s my setup: I play FS25 on my PC when I’m home. I hop on the PS5 when I want to kick back on the couch. But when I travel, or just want to check in on my server while waiting for a coffee, I want that full farm life in my hands.

If Switch 2 can’t connect to my dedicated server, or load the same maps and mods I use elsewhere, I’ll end up reaching for the PlayStation Portal instead. Which, by the way, is just a screen glued to a DualSense — but at least it lets me log in.

The Switch 2 has the potential to be the portable farming device. But only if you plant the right version.

A Harvest of Hope (and a Wishlist)

So here’s what I’m hoping Farming Simulator: Signature Edition means — and not just from clever marketing copy:

• ✅ The real FS25 engine, not a custom cut
• ✅ Full multiplayer support, including dedicated servers
• ✅ Cross-save or progression syncing
• ✅ Mod support, or at least a curated mod hub
• ✅ Feature parity with other platforms (or darn close)

This isn’t just nitpicking. It’s about preserving the experience you’ve built — the community, the creativity, the late-night harvests and tractor parades and weird inside jokes about bale stacking.

Don’t Let the Handheld Field Go Fallow

You’ve grown something amazing with this franchise. And now, with a more powerful Nintendo console finally on the table, it’s the perfect time to give handheld players the full experience — not another bite-sized, family-friendly “edition.”

Because if I can’t check my sheep on the Switch 2 while eating tacos in the park, something has gone terribly wrong in the world of modern agriculture.

Sincerely, and Slightly Nervously,

Trevor Barnes

Farming Sim server host, crop rotation enthusiast, and guy who once bought a Logitech steering wheel just for baling hay

P.S. If you do give us the full FS25 on Switch 2? I’ll name a pig after you. And I’ll let it roam free.