Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Virtual Game Card announced from Nintendo (Switch 1 & 2 Supported)
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SEGAvangelist
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Virtual game card is cool, but I wish they'd just set it up so you can just log in the game owner to play any of their games on another account like how Xbox does it. PlayStation and Switch still haven't figured this out. So annoying.
RagnarokIV
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so just the same thing with extra steps
AngelMuffin
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This is for households that have multiple people with Switch consoles. If you bought digital games for the Switch and no longer own one, I'm sure you'll be able to download those games for the Switch 2.
Mownoc
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Before you could share just like Xbox and Playstation with a primary console that let anyone play offline, and then on other consoles you could only play with the owner signed into the internet.
So you just used your own console always online and then set your friends console to be your primary so they could play all your games too.
This new feature lets you lend games to other people's consoles and they can play them offline on any account.... But it's also limited to a single game and while you lend a title you can't play it yourself.
It has advantages but also disadvantages to what was already in place....
Not sure I like it more. Useful for sharing between more consoles but people that only shared with one friend it's worse as you will lose access to the game you are sharing and can't give your friend your entire library.
So you just used your own console always online and then set your friends console to be your primary so they could play all your games too.
This new feature lets you lend games to other people's consoles and they can play them offline on any account.... But it's also limited to a single game and while you lend a title you can't play it yourself.
It has advantages but also disadvantages to what was already in place....
Not sure I like it more. Useful for sharing between more consoles but people that only shared with one friend it's worse as you will lose access to the game you are sharing and can't give your friend your entire library.
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LordCBH
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Oh ok. My plan is to buy the switch 2 and then jailbreak my switch 1 after I transfer all my stuff like Pokémon's ages over if they let me transfer them.
rabbity-thing
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Over-engineered solution says what?
Punished Miku
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Sounds cool as hell.
RoadHazard
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Seems like a good idea in principle with some very weird limitations. What's with the 2 week limit?
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Dacvak
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This will either be fine, or horrible. I let my buddy borrow my second switch, and it's annoying that we can't both play games at the same time (unless the main switch is offline).
But it'll be even more annoying if I "lend" him a game, and then I can't play it until he "lends" it back. But as long as I can reclaim the game on my main switch, this will be fine.
But the whole thing does seem cumbersome. I've got hundreds of switch games to manage…
But it'll be even more annoying if I "lend" him a game, and then I can't play it until he "lends" it back. But as long as I can reclaim the game on my main switch, this will be fine.
But the whole thing does seem cumbersome. I've got hundreds of switch games to manage…
Banjo64
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Says you can share with 1 other Switch (same as now)
Or with members of your family group. I have no idea how the family group works, can these be multiple adult accounts? I don't set up kids accounts for my kids as they don't migrate to adult accounts when they hit 18
will we need the family online membership?
Or with members of your family group. I have no idea how the family group works, can these be multiple adult accounts? I don't set up kids accounts for my kids as they don't migrate to adult accounts when they hit 18
will we need the family online membership?
John Bilbo
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If you have a group of eight friends within the family group this works fine as a way to sample a game for two weeks every now and then.
Need switch online family plan which has an 8 account limit to it - adults or kids.Says you can share with 1 other Switch (same as now)
Or with members of your family group. I have no idea how the family group works, can these be multiple adult accounts? I don't set up kids accounts for my kids as they don't migrate to adult accounts when they hit 18
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graywolf323
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what do you mean? I can do this on PlayStation, I have my SEA account logged in and can play digital games I've installed from it while logged in under my main account just fine (and even get trophies for my main account)
Mitsurux
Member
Having a actual interface to facilitate this type of sharing/lending will (or could) be great.
I need to watch that segment of the video again, but did it say something about the save data from a lent game being deleted when it is returned? That kinds stinks if true.
I need to watch that segment of the video again, but did it say something about the save data from a lent game being deleted when it is returned? That kinds stinks if true.
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The game is deleted. Not the saved data.
So, basically a new scam of Nintendo, and a DANGEROUS movement for gaming industry (If Sony/Microsoft copies this, we're fucked up)
This turns the games into pure licenses, so it works like the old Steam Family, if i lend you the game, i cannot play it, since it nows recognises on which console is the license, so, now millions of people who are sharing their games with their families, or families with 2 sons which were sharing their digital games with the primary/secondary account method because they cannot afford to purchase 2 copies, will lose access to those games
This turns the games into pure licenses, so it works like the old Steam Family, if i lend you the game, i cannot play it, since it nows recognises on which console is the license, so, now millions of people who are sharing their games with their families, or families with 2 sons which were sharing their digital games with the primary/secondary account method because they cannot afford to purchase 2 copies, will lose access to those games
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Sleepwalker
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Thats not what he means, im not sure how to explain it correctly but on xbox you can have more than 1 account logged in at the same time so you can log into the account that bought the game then switch over to another one and play that game.
Without having to make it a primary account.
Astray
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On the same machine you mean? You can already do that on PlayStation.
My wife logs onto my PS5 Pro and can play all my installed games just fine.
darrylgorn
Member
This is some Apple level metaphorical bullshit.
If I have a Steam account, I can install the game on as many platforms as I like and it will simply notify me if a game is already being played on one of those platforms.
This is Nintendo inconveniencing you because they don't want to invest in a better solution.
If I have a Steam account, I can install the game on as many platforms as I like and it will simply notify me if a game is already being played on one of those platforms.
This is Nintendo inconveniencing you because they don't want to invest in a better solution.
kevboard
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that's different, that's your home/main console. this feature exists on all current consoles.
if an account has a system set as its home console everyone that is logged into that system can play that account's games.
on Xbox you can log in on a non-home console with an account that owns a certain game, and as long as this account is logged in everyone can start and use that account's games.
this is not possible on PS4/5. on those only the owner of the game can start the game. essentially, the account that owns the game has to be player 1.
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Zacfoldor
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I like this. So basically it's a way to house your digital license and loan it out, then get it back, using a physical game card.
That's fucking sweet. I wish Sony would let me do that with USB sticks or something.
It's like a NFT. Basically a way to convert a digital game to physical. For people who have friends to exchange games with, this is super easy to understand and super accessible.
Now let me do it in reverse. Let me convert physical to digital!
That's fucking sweet. I wish Sony would let me do that with USB sticks or something.
It's like a NFT. Basically a way to convert a digital game to physical. For people who have friends to exchange games with, this is super easy to understand and super accessible.
Now let me do it in reverse. Let me convert physical to digital!
Hollowpoint5557
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Just another reason to stick to physical games when it comes to the Switch.
SEGAvangelist
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On Xbox, my wife can play all my games on my Xbox even if it's not set as the home console. It just requires that my account is signed in at the same time as hers on the same Xbox. You can't do this on PlayStation and Switch.
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Trogdor1123
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why not just do something like on iOS where you just family share an application? It's easy to use and doesn't require the first party to do something
Trogdor1123
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This sounds even worse when you put it this way…
jshackles
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"We've made something that's as easy as handing over Switch cartridges, but for digital games!"
Proceeds to explain elaborate details of "Virtual Game Cards", internet requirements for sharing, Bluetooth requirements for pairing consoles, and locking yourself out of digital games.
Proceeds to explain elaborate details of "Virtual Game Cards", internet requirements for sharing, Bluetooth requirements for pairing consoles, and locking yourself out of digital games.
Banjo64
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And just having 2 Switch consoles yourself (an Oled for at home play and a Lite for the commute) is now completely cumbersome.
Fess
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Or like on Steam
Unless I misunderstood Nintendo won't allow two accounts to play the same game, you eject the game from one Switch when sharing to the other Switch. And only two systems can share games.
Calverz
Member
That's what I took from this video as well. Its like Don Mattrick's Xbox wet dream manifest. Especially with the whole "2 weeks" thing.
PhillMeCream
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Still rather have physical copies
ReyBrujo
Member
They didn't say they will stop supporting primary and secondary accounts though. Until that is clarified you should be able to login in a secondary console and still use it while online. And today you cannot play a game that's being played by a primary or secondary account at the same time so that restriction is still there.
I got two Switches but never really played in the old one with the new oled one. I know some people had to carry their primary on travels because they don't always have access to internet so this will be useful for them, instead of carrying the primary oled one they can carry a secondary Lite that doesn't require internet to play games. Not something I'd use myself, though.
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