Being able to let your friends play your digital games is pretty cool. The implementation seems fair.
this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2025
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Do you think so? First, it seems a cumbersome feature. Second, you are NOT the owner of the game since you do not even have the possibility to sell the game, should you wish to.
I can see the advantage over regular DRM games, where you can lend the games. But depending on the price range nothing beats having the physical cartridge.
And that's why I love GOG. It would have been interesting if you can completely transfer the ownership of the virtual card, but I don't think Nintendo will permit such thing.
If I want to own the game I can always buy the cartridge.
For me personally, I buy about 80% of my switch games digitally. I'm not someone who replays games. The ease of access is to me a known and worthy trade-off to not owning the game and essentially only renting it till their servers shut down.
Only the games I know that I want to revisit I'll buy on cartridge. That way I don't fill up my shelves with games I'll never touch again. (I also don't like dealing with selling games through eBay. It's a hassle and I've had some bad experiences)
I have however had a few times where I wish I bought the cartridge not so I can replay it myself, but so that I can share it with a friend who seems interested but is not willing to pay full price for something they're not sure they'll like. So for me this feature is something I'll actually use. And it seems fair that the limits are trying to mimic mostly the same limits you'll have when sharing a cartridge.
I understand your point. Though honestly DRM-locked games should have some kind of compensation, like lower price. Games like Zelda or Mario don't usually have such treatment, whose digital version always has full price.
I always wonder who buys a Mario or Zelda game digitally at full price.
People who think experiencing the game is worth enough to pay full price. Most Mario and Zelda titles are of high enough quality that I do think they are worth that. You can think of it like going to the movies. You'll pay a lot and you only get to see it once, but for a lot of people that's worth it if the film is good enough. But for other people it's not worth the money.
Personally I do buy the mario and Zelda games on cartridge. They are some of the few games that I might actually want to replay in 10-15 years. And I do support DRm free options like GOG. Especially when there is no physical option available.
Me. Well, Zelda, at least.
You see a cool feature, I see a potential new vector for Switch hacking.
Double win