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another reminder that 256gb of space is almost nothing in these days.
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A lot of the first party games are pretty dang small. Donkey Kong Bananza is 10GB. Mario Kart World, so far, is the biggest first party game at just under 24GB. As long as you don't leave every game you buy installed, there's enough room to have about 20 decent games installed at the same time. Less so if one of them is Cyberpunk 2077.

That said, I plan to get at least a 256GB card... though I probably could easily make due with less and, again, just not keep everything installed.
 
I just gotta wonder why Sandisk and Samsung waited so long and don't even have anything bigger than 256gb micro sd express cards ready

Lexar knew this was coming, as we saw from their leaked advertisement before the Switch 2's official announcement, so they had cards up to 1tb in size ready (though apparently not very many). GameStop apparently also knew it was gonna be a thing, because they have their own generic micro sd express cards up to 1tb. So why not Sandisk or Samsung?
 
TheKbob said:
Would you all give up physical carts if Nintendo allowed resale of your digital games?

I'm thinking that's one step farther than their lending program they've offered. I can see people "renting" their games to people through account sharing style stuff again like the old days on other systems.

I know Nintendo had some local networking requirements, but I imagine those will get bypassed in some time.

I don't think I'd trust Nintendo enough to go full digital, but with enough effort, I could be convinced at this point. Seems like it's a losing battle, what with the key carts and stuff, and that's probably part of Nintendo's design TBH.
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Nah, I don't find digital all that convenient, honestly.
I don't need access to more than one game at a time and if I want to play something else, Picross is my go to palette cleanser. Not to mention, with how big my Switch collection is, I'd have to divide it across multiple SD cards and it'd be a massive hassle to organize vs simply moving boxes on a shelf.
I like playing various genres and looking for obscure games, so with digital I think I'd wind up sacrificing the bigger, more mainstream games or less important Nintendo franchises and stick to small indies and a handful of must-haves like Super Mario, Grezzo Zelda, SaGa, Dragon Quest, and anything from known developers like Suda, Swery, Kamiya, ect. to stay under whatever limit on the one SD card I'd buy.
Personally I'd rather avoid that if I could, but on the bright-side there'll be enough games under [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅5̲̅)̲̅$̲̅] to keep me busy.
To actually answer your question; I don't ever sell games unless I decide that I won't ever start/finish them. I guess I would benefit if it kept prices lower but I wouldn't give up physical ownership for it.
 
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I do feel we are coming down to one of the last generations with physical product sadly. Systems are becoming so much like PCs nowadays and it's very obvious digital rules the PC realm. Digital space doesn't go as far nowadays for sure and I feel more than ever on the PS5/Switch/whatever that no matter the size it gets full easier and easier. I will get a Switch 2 someday, but I'm not super excited for all these virtual game cards and such. Sony is watching and seeing how all this works of course.
 
Well the new system update with virtual cards messed up game sharing on 2 consoles with the same account. Before the update I had my account set as primary on my sister's switch so she could download my games and play them on her account. My switch has my account but it would do an online check before it would load any digital game. We could play something like Portal 2 Co-op together online with her on her account and me on mine with no issues. The new system even with the online check thing selected in the user settings whoever is the primary console will default to that. For example I just tried to load Portal 2 on both systems and my sister's who is set as primary loaded fine but it wouldn't let me load the game saying someone else was playing it. I could be missing something in a setting but from other people I see the same issues happening to them. Very disappointed I had a feeling Nintendo would stop this loophole with the new virtual cards. Playing different games still works it's just playing the same game at the same time that's now nerfed. Also when setting everything up you will need both systems with your account physically next to each other to set up the virtual card system. If you gameshare with someone not immediately near you you'll need to meet up in person with your switches to set it up.

System Settings -> User Settings -> Online License Settings -> Use Online License (How to enable the online check system like it was before)
 
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ArmorForVictor said:
Well the new system update with virtual cards messed up game sharing on 2 consoles with the same account. Before the update I had my account set as primary on my sister's switch so she could download my games and play them on her account. My switch has my account but it would do an online check before it would load any digital game. We could play something like Portal 2 Co-op together online with her on her account and me on mine with no issues. The new system even with the online check thing selected in the user settings whoever is the primary console will default to that. For example I just tried to load Portal 2 on both systems and my sister's who is set as primary loaded fine but it wouldn't let me load the game saying someone else was playing it. I could be missing something in a setting but from other people I see the same issues happening to them. Very disappointed I had a feeling Nintendo would stop this loophole with the new virtual cards.
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Oh crap this is really bad news. There are plenty of games that I game share with a friend that I haven't played yet. Nintendo doesn't Auto download the update though right? You have to accept it? I haven't turned on my switch yet today.
 
Yeah… this is frustrating. I like the idea of having all digital titles in one spot for the lost part. Unfortunately, I have my kids Switch Lite as primary so they can use my games from the eShop and we could play together on occasion. Seems like an unnecessary step for digital and not the family friendly Nintendo of the past. Wtf Nintendo? Way to over complicate things. Hoping I’m also missing something.
 
Freeze Time said:
Oh crap this is really bad news. There are plenty of games that I game share with a friend that I haven't played yet. Nintendo doesn't Auto download the update though right? You have to accept it? I haven't turned on my switch yet today.
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As long as you're not playing the same game at the same time you should be ok. You will probably have to update eventually as I'm pretty sure to use certain online things the system will prompt you to update. Just make sure to turn on the online check setting for the account you use to gameshare on System Settings -> User Settings -> Online License Settings -> Use Online License

Moofboy said:
Yeah… this is frustrating. I have my kids Switch Lite as primary so they can use my games from the eShop. Apparently I now have to “eject” the game I bought on that console to play it on my OLED. Seems like an unnecessary step for digital and not the family friendly Nintendo of the past. Wtf Nintendo? Way to over complicate things. Hoping I’m also missing something.
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Turn on the online check setting for your account System Settings -> User Settings -> Online License Settings -> Use Online License and you will have to do the online check on your OLED like you used to for virtual cards not loaded onto your system. Your kids switch should have virtual cards loaded onto their system. As long as you're not playing the same game at the same time it should work like before.
 
Not too surprising they closed the loophole for sharing and playing the same game at the same time. The free ride is over. But, if it's just a couple games you like to play together... wait for a sale and buy them a copy. Portal Companion collection has been as low as $4.99 and goes on sale regularly. It's the heavy hitters like Mario Kart, Smash Bros, and so on where it gets cost becomes an issue.

I've been reading through all the nintendo support docs on the update... they covered a lot of stuff. The game lending within a family requires the systems be physically near each other when lending each game. So that adds a wrinkle. But if it's just two people, you make the other persons system your second and they make yours their second, then at least you can insert/eject games back to the vgc library so you can more easily share a pool of games. Or you stick with the current system with online checks to see if the game can be played.
 
It’s just Nintendo assuming you only have one kid (like in Japan, had a hell of a time getting a room for 4 people, 3 people is much easier there).
We shared between 3 systems here so it will suck for digital. We don’t have much digital luckily, but do have some DLC.
 
Twilightsparkle said:
It’s just Nintendo assuming you only have one kid (like in Japan, had a hell of a time getting a room for 4 people, 3 people is much easier there).
We shared between 3 systems here so it will suck for digital. We don’t have much digital luckily, but do have some DLC.
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If you all live in the same household, then it's at least easier for that. And sharing dlc is easier now at least with the gamecard stuff.
 
nightc1 said:
If you all live in the same household, then it's at least easier for that. And sharing dlc is easier now at least with the gamecard stuff.
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My daughter was so happy to be able to use our games on her switch lite without internet now. I have my OLED as my home console so the only game she was able to use without was Mario Kart because of my brothers account. This morning we updated both and just put the games she wanted on the lite as virtual cards and tested with the wifi off and now she has access regardless of connection.
 
nightc1 said:
Not too surprising they closed the loophole for sharing and playing the same game at the same time. The free ride is over. But, if it's just a couple games you like to play together... wait for a sale and buy them a copy. Portal Companion collection has been as low as $4.99 and goes on sale regularly. It's the heavy hitters like Mario Kart, Smash Bros, and so on where it gets cost becomes an issue.

I've been reading through all the nintendo support docs on the update... they covered a lot of stuff. The game lending within a family requires the systems be physically near each other when lending each game. So that adds a wrinkle. But if it's just two people, you make the other persons system your second and they make yours their second, then at least you can insert/eject games back to the vgc library so you can more easily share a pool of games. Or you stick with the current system with online checks to see if the game can be played.
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For me it's not a big issue but parents and couples sharing games with each other to play together will be rough. Not everyone has money to double dip on copies of games and this helped ease that burden. it was even on their FAQ on how to do it which is now gone after the update. Nintendo should have left it as is for Switch 1 and moved to the new system for Switch 2. That's the problem I have with them they're not giving us options. They're also trying to push DK's new look and removed his old look in the avatars. Why not have both old and new looks? If I'm going to side with someone it's not the huge corporation who makes billions instead of the users who just got shafted on something that's been a thing for a very long time. PS5 and Xbox can gameshare and it's been a thing on there since the PS3/360 days.
 
jlazenby1 said:
My daughter was so happy to be able to use our games on her switch lite without internet now. I have my OLED as my home console so the only game she was able to use without was Mario Kart because of my brothers account. This morning we updated both and just put the games she wanted on the lite as virtual cards and tested with the wifi off and now she has access regardless of connection.
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Thanks for posting that. It seems like this will be really ideal for a lot of families.
It's nice that you only ever have to install the game once on each system and the swapping of the virtual game card after that is really quick. It took me some digging to find a video to demostrate it, but that was my main concern. Not having to do the online check outside of when you are putting the vgc in the first time, is a pretty big deal.
 
ArmorForVictor said:
As long as you're not playing the same game at the same time you should be ok. You will probably have to update eventually as I'm pretty sure to use certain online things the system will prompt you to update. Just make sure to turn on the online check setting for the account you use to gameshare on System Settings -> User Settings -> Online License Settings -> Use Online License



Turn on the online check setting for your account System Settings -> User Settings -> Online License Settings -> Use Online License and you will have to do the online check on your OLED like you used to for virtual cards not loaded onto your system. Your kids switch should have virtual cards loaded onto their system. As long as you're not playing the same game at the same time it should work like before.
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Have you confirmed this or has this been confirmed elsewhere? Did you also gameshare with a friend that lived in a different place than you? The way I had it set up, I had him as my primary and mine as secondary and I was able to play all his digital games and vice versa by going to his saved profile on my Switch and then going to the eshop and redownloaded whatever game he bought. Then I could play that game on my profile. Is that handled in the same way? If I update, do we both need to change the settings like you posted? What if he doesn't update but I do?
 
Freeze Time said:
Have you confirmed this or has this been confirmed elsewhere? Did you also gameshare with a friend that lived in a different place than you? The way I had it set up, I had him as my primary and mine as secondary and I was able to play all his digital games and vice versa by going to his saved profile on my Switch and then going to the eshop and redownloaded whatever game he bought. Then I could play that game on my profile. Is that handled in the same way? If I update, do we both need to change the settings like you posted? What if he doesn't update but I do?
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You need to set up virtual cards and that requires you to be physically be in front of each other to link your systems together. Whoever is primary for the account will have the virtual cards loaded for them and secondary will not so you will need to turn on the license setting thing I posted. It will function like before with a license check before starting games on the secondary system. You just can't play the same game at the same time anymore even if you play under a different user. The update stuff I don't know but eventually you will have to update. Turning on the online license thing in user setting should turn it on for the account no matter what system it's on.
 
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You need to set up virtual cards and that requires you to be physically be in front of each other to link your systems together. Whoever is primary for the account will have the virtual cards loaded for them and secondary will not so you will need to turn on the license setting thing I posted. It will function like before with a license check before starting games on the secondary system. You just can't play the same game at the same time anymore even if you play under a different user. The update stuff I don't know but eventually you will have to update. Turning on the online license thing in user setting should turn it on for the account no matter what system it's on.
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What if I can't be in the same room to link systems together? My friend lives in a different state now.
 
Just watched the video someone posted here
and it seems like turning the online license check to On does make it function like before. From that video he hasn't set up virtual cards and even tells you how to download games without setting up virtual cards since you can't redownload from the eShop anymore. You redownload from the virtual cards menu. It should work like before besides not being able to play the same game at the same time. Hopefully this works for you and your friend and you don't need to meet up in person with your switches.
 
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Deltom 3030 said:

It looks like a work around has already been discovered. With a few extra tweaks in the settings.
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Yeah but the other system has to be in airplane mode. The days of playing Splatoon with my kid are over.

Crazy that we lost split screen couch co-op (or the even better multi screen coop on WiiU), and so many families just bought multiple devices for multiplayer. Now we have to buy multiple copies of the same game to play the game together on multiple consoles... on that same couch. At least I don't have to buy a second couch ...yet.
 
JohnnyCage said:
Nothing good will ever come from digital games. Can't believe we're going to lose physical games within a few years all because people are too lazy to swap out a game for 2 seconds.
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An obscene amount of games wouldn't have been made/seen the light of day if it weren't for digital storefronts that significantly reduced the barriers to entry into the industry, and these games can thrive by becoming overnight sensations where consumers can quickly purchase these titles through digital storefronts instead of needing to go to a store and hope that they carry the game or order online and wait for days or weeks for the game to arrive.
 
I'll probably never be on board for this Digital Key-Card Crap.. but many others will and Nintendo is forcing physical gamer people to head down a river with no paddle.

Maybe charge physical game collector's a little more for the option ?? I'd pay up to have my game Complete on Cartridge and I'm sure others would as well.. right ?
 
Citizin said:
I'll probably never be on board for this Digital Key-Card Crap.. but many others will and Nintendo is forcing physical gamer people to head down a river with no paddle.

Maybe charge physical game collector's a little more for the option ?? I'd pay up to have my game Complete on Cartridge and I'm sure others would as well.. right ?
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Isn't that what the weird little novelty publishers were already doing?

In theory, nothing is stopping anyone from doing a "full release", and these carts are replacing all the stupid "10% of the game is on the card, download the rest" we had on the Switch. I mean, I feel like it's hard to blame Nintendo when Nintendo is releasing games that are actually on the card...
 
JohnnyCage said:
Nothing good will ever come from digital games. Can't believe we're going to lose physical games within a few years all because people are too lazy to swap out a game for 2 seconds.
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Oh? I've saved hundreds on games because of digital and console sharing. Buy for one, play for two.

Even Nintendo begrudgingly added that feature to Switch now.
 
For myself, I find it easier to just focus on playing on a single system. I did the switch lite thing for a while as a second system but I'm to the point where I don't want to play handheld games anymore. My eyes are getting too old for small screen details like text without wearing readers. At least Nintendo made it easier with that option for double-press-home to magnify... but... it's not something I want to constantly rely on.

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