Nintendo also removed game sharing with a primary and secondary Switch so pretty much don't update if you haven't already because it just makes things worse. I don't know what happens to users you've added on your switch that have their login information but I just know that if I update, I can no longer game share with my friend who lives far away and access all his games and vice versa.
by freezetime311
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It’s not that different than last gen Switch shipping games on a 4GB cart with a 10GB download. But yeah, it’s BS regardless.
There’s a simple fix though. If enough people like myself refuse to buy this crap, they will stop doing it.
Nintendo is the one publisher that _isn’t_ going to be using game key cards. They just made them available because the alternative is either _much_ more expensive games or games simply not coming to Switch because those carts are simply too expensive for publishers.
There is no good answer here. They could have gone digital-only and people would have complained. They could have taken a loss on game carts and shareholders would have complained. They could have pushed for even higher game prices and everyone would have complained. They could have gone with codes in boxes and everyone would have complained.
At least the game key cards can be shared, traded and sold.
Good thing the physical media has no affect on the actual gameplay of the game… which is the point of gaming… to play games…
So if he is going to release his games on Switch 2, they will be on regular carts right? Right?!
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This implies far cry on disc isn’t just a download key
This is the over reaction of the decade with games jesus christ.
Ps5 and xbox have been doing this for YEARS and no one so much as spoke about it.
I just dont get it, this is a VASTLY better than the code in the box.
Trust me im no bootlicker, nintendo has done PLENTY wrong with this switch, but *this* being the thing that is getting the most hate? It just doesnt make any sense its such a non issue
I think game key cards are dumb, but if physical gaming is what makes gaming special then almost all platforms have been unspecial for years. Steam? Forget about it!
Isn’t it up to the developer though whether they use a key card or not?
You can still game share you just need to manually enable it again
This is terrible advice, if you’re buying a Switch 2 you need this update because it includes the system transfer features as well as a new option to upload all your data to a cloud server in case you’re selling or trading your Switch 1.
I don’t get what the big deal is, you still get to play and resell your videogame if you so choose.
All you have to do is turn on online licenses. Also the game keys are not as bad as people as crying about 1st of all it eliminates the digital code in a box thing and it let’s you lend or sell a digital game if you want. 2nd of all cartridges are very expensive because they are essentially proprietary SD Cards so for a lot of developers especially small games its much more attractive to put it on a game key card instead of using the big cartridges which are much more expensive to use.
> I can no longer game share with my friend who lives far away and access all his games and vice versa.
Yes, you can. Just turn on the online license in the settings. It will work like the older way of share games, except you can’t play the same game at the same time. Other games are still able to be shared like before.
This post is just full of desinformation. Game key cards aren’t the best, but they don’t make playing a game less special. Specially when this system is already used in some games on switch (e.g. Batman Arkham trilogy, 2/3 of the games are download only like game key carts).
Are they going to get away with it? Most people I know were deflated when they learned of
1. Price
2. Key cards
3. No 1st party heavy hitter releases
>Trading Game Boy cartridges at school, or, you know, DS for the modern audience. There’s something nice about that.”
Nothing about Game Key Cards prevents this from happening.
If you don’t update, you can’t do anything with games online. So the fact is “game share with [your] friend who lives far away” is already out of reach.
Nintendo isn’t doing it on first party games, it’s the choice of the developers. The PS6 and Xbox Next more than likely wont have physical media at all.
Gotta say man, looking at your account, negative karma farming sure is a strategy
Your post makes it seem like you’re mixing up the Switch 2’s Game Key Cards with Virtual Game Cards. They’re two completely different things.
>While better than a one-use code-in-a-box, the system is eerily similar to what Microsoft attempted to do with the Xbox One back in 2013.
>“It’s funny that Nintendo is going to get away with it,” Hutchinson said. “It just shows you the power of nostalgia in our business that the way they will beat up Microsoft versus Nintendo is just not the same, especially in Europe. It’s like, ‘oh, Nintendo’s doing it, alright we’re not gonna say much.’”
>“I hate it,” the developer said. “I think it’s sort of lame. I don’t know, I just feel like it’s getting away… we’re losing some of what made the business special. Trading Game Boy cartridges at school, or, you know, DS for the modern audience. There’s something nice about that.”
Hold on, do either the author or the developer even have a clue how the cards work, or what people were complaining about back when Microsoft proposed their “always-online” console? Microsoft’s system was the equivalent to a code-in-a-box and would require the system to constantly check in with the internet to ensure that you could play the game, meaning that the entire console would be unusable in areas without internet. That was the part that people were complaining about. Meanwhile, this system DOES allow “trading Game Boy cartridges at school”, albeit requiring a download so you can’t play it the moment you plug it in. But once you’ve got the game downloaded, you can go live in a hut in the woods and play for as long as the battery will last, since the “check-in” is with the key on the cartridge itself.