I know you can move games on the system itself over to a MicroSD card, though I don't know if it's possible to take that data from a MicroSD card onto another one via PC.
Lego City Undercover Switch cover mentions 13GB download [Up3: Full game on card]
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I know you can move games on the system itself over to a MicroSD card, though I don't know if it's possible to take that data from a MicroSD card onto another one via PC.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Or play the Wii U version. It's only $20 these days.
Flintty
Member
But it is. This is pure bad behaviours by WB. They should eat the cost or subsidise with a small price increase, at least that's honest.
This ^
Marty Chinn
Member
Nintendo has complete control over approving the game. Nintendo sure as hell can do something about it. It's their eco system.
Truth be told, the nice thing about WB "taking" this game "back" is that it's now subject to the normal ebb and flow for prices on LEGO games, so it stands to reason that it'll be $20 by the end of the year. The only discount the Wii U game got was when it finally hit Nintendo Selects, and that was after the price rose and rose years after the original release went OOP.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
I was expecting the same.
I don't want to appear like I"m blaming only Nintendo here; Warner Bros. is doing a scummy tactic. It's annoying that space is an issue less than a month after launch for people who didn't buy an SD card.
The calculations floating around of Nintendo pushing an $X cost increase to retailers, which in turn markup the product by 2*$X, are nonsense.
The market is semi-competitive in both the publisher and retailer side. There's no reason why Nintendo would pass-through ALL of the cost *and* retailers would double the increase in cost as well.
The market is semi-competitive in both the publisher and retailer side. There's no reason why Nintendo would pass-through ALL of the cost *and* retailers would double the increase in cost as well.
Other retailers have it at the same price or the other versions cheaper. Check Toysrus, Base, GAME. There's no publisher-issued discount.
frankie_baby
Member
I said in the other thread they know lego games do most of their selling at a discount, so its kind of understandable they cheaped out on the cart
Jonneh3003
Banned
Yeah you're right it does seem to mostly just be Amazon pricing PS4 and XBO as more expensive, sorry for the post earlier.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Yeh, that's not happening.
Grampa Simpson
Banned
If you want resale potential it's not worthless. It becomes a resaleable licensing dongle.
My PS4 has 500 GB.
frankie_baby
Member
There is nothing dishonest though, its clearly stated on the box
Because it's a combination of both. WB cheaping out by forcing a download in order to use smaller carts wouldn't be as big of a deal if it wasn't requiring roughly HALF of the system's storage.
Sure, it's not as big a problem for those who bought micro SD cards to have more than 32GB storage, but a lot of people are going physical in order to avoid having to spend additional money on micro SD cards to make up for Nintendo's decision to skimp on storage, and this is essentially forcing those people to buy micro SD cards anyway.
i wonder if consumers at large are more used to having limited storage on tablets.
hell, it may even be seen as a plus that you have the ability to upgrade storage at all.
to be clear, nothing about this situation is a good thing but i wonder if there might be a big difference between the perspective of long time gamers and general consumers.
hell, it may even be seen as a plus that you have the ability to upgrade storage at all.
to be clear, nothing about this situation is a good thing but i wonder if there might be a big difference between the perspective of long time gamers and general consumers.
Well, that's unfortunate.
But, I'm still getting the game. Got it very cheap, and I still have 24gb free on my Switch plus a 64gb mSD with 59gb free, so no problem with space.
Thats true, so still worth it physically. Plus, I got it for $35 via the GCU/VisaCO promo.
But, I'm still getting the game. Got it very cheap, and I still have 24gb free on my Switch plus a 64gb mSD with 59gb free, so no problem with space.
Thats true, so still worth it physically. Plus, I got it for $35 via the GCU/VisaCO promo.
frankie_baby
Member
Every single switch game puts data down on to the system, be saves, patches, dlc or whatever, the point of game cards is to have a nice box and give it a resale value
I am 100% positive I read in an interview relating to the switch that Nicalis said it was an extra $4-$5 cost when bringing games to Switch, but for the life of me I cannot find it, so I'll toss that out the window now.
All I have left is this, which requires you reading in to it that $40= $36+manufacturing costs, but that doesnt explicitly state it costs more to bring out on Switch so i'll drop it now
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=228474638&postcount=20
Shadow Broker
Banned
WB: hey, approve our game.
Nintendo: uhhh, dude. You need a bigger cart for the game. You have a 13 GB day one download. We used a bigger cart for our latest Zelda game and it worked out perfectly.
WB: so are you going to certify the game or not?
Nintendo: No (?)
WB: get fucked! We're cancelling all of our future Switch ports and we're going to make a press release burning you which will lead the internet to do nothing but talk shit about you! Eat shit and die!
Nintendo: damnit...
Internet: Nintendo has no games. Nintendo doomed! Wtf Nintendo!?!?!?! Trolololo something something fanboys.
I see it playing out something like that.
Well it basically is already. The benefit of a retail version is shelf space advertising.
Jonneh3003
Banned
What would you have used?
Give me the equation of when a mandatory install goes from being acceptable to not.
'cause it will be the best-selling version of the game, physically.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
That 500GB could store 5-10 games easily.
Flintty
Member
The storage and downloading really aren't an issue for me. It's the fact they're doing it. As a consumer, I don't like it. You can blame carts till you're blue in the face but it's WB at fault and potentially Nintendo for allowing it to happen.
Outside of this incident, carts work for me. I like the push and play aspect of 3DS and the Switch should be no different.
Sorry, I didn't mean honest as telling the truth, poor wording in my part. Honest as in consumer friendly business practice.
stan423321
Member
I didn't imagine that would be the answer, but apparently Nintendo didn't implement moving software between the two:
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/N...system-memory-to-a-microSD-card--1208704.html
Living the Dream
Member
So even going physical you're still screwed over by Nintendo's design choice of insultingly small size of onboard storage hahahaha. One game fills the entire storage. You can't make this shit 😂😂🙂🙂🙂
Joelstinton14
Member
All the retailers i have checked so far, Amazon, Game, Argos etc have the Switch version at 39.99 and X1/PS4 version at 44.99 (argos have a lego kit version for the x1/PS4). Game /argos tend to always sell at RRP prices so it seems to me at least in the UK the game is actually cheaper.
Gamezone
Gold Member
I guess they had to use cartridges, but approving this?
Jimmyfenix
Member
and this is a early wii u game
if there is further support from WB would it just be a code in a box?
if there is further support from WB would it just be a code in a box?
Visualante2
Member
I would guess a lot of parents prefer purchase physical games for their children still.
Glass Shark
Banned
Nintendo needs better enforcement against shit like this. It's commonplace on other platforms, but that doesn't mean it has to be here.
The digital only part of the game, yes.
You can't transfer data from internal memory to the microSDXC card. You can only archive it and then redownload the game where it will automatically download to the SD card.
Oh, OK, yeah, I totally misread that earlier. Bizarre, to say the least, since this is a considerable step back from even the 3DS.
UnemployedVillain
Member
I am 100% positive I read in an interview relating to the switch that Nicalis said it was an extra $4-$5 cost when bringing games to Switch, but for the life of me I cannot find it, so I'll toss that out the window now.
All I have left is this, which requires you reading in to it that $40= $36+manufacturing costs, but that doesnt explicitly state it costs more to bring out on Switch so i'll drop it now
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=228474638&postcount=20
But there's more to manufacturing a physical game than just the cost of the media...So your link doesn't really prove anything because we have no breakdown of the other costs (cases, manual, etc)
Marty Chinn
Member
Even if this is how it played out, which is not even close to how I think it went down, Nintendo still has blame in this.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Does this include saves?
Kids games like Lego are a great present and some parents might not get along well with digital storefronts (of course, those are becoming less and less). Not releasing a retail version would not be very wise.
On Switch they are also very lucky to release between Zelda and Mario Kart. That's basically 1.5 months with no notable releases outside of this game; this is obviously more in the focus than on other platforms. Coupled with the Nintendo extras and the Nintendo audience, it would be a huge mess up if they did not release a retail version.