Nah, I don't find digital all that convenient, honestly.
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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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
What if I can't be in the same room to link systems together? My friend lives in a different state now.
And too impatient to have a physical good shipped to them. Gotta play it pre-release or at 12:01 AM release day, else you're a loser.
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.
Isn't that what the weird little novelty publishers were already doing?
Oh? I've saved hundreds on games because of digital and console sharing. Buy for one, play for two.
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I play solely on a lite and have had no issues reading text. I like it more than the regular switch since it's lighter and has a Dpad. I do wear glasses for everyday use though.
