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..../v]andrak|?... <jfwaldby@gmail.com> wrote:
> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> > 
> > Honestly, I wouldn't have expected this from Nintendo. While they're
> > best known for their unique style of games, but they are probably
> > second-best known for the tightness of their grip around their
> > properties.
> > 
> > So, learning that you will soon be able to share your games with
> > others on the Switch (and soon-to-be-released "Switch 2") seems
> > incredibly out of character with them.* Essentially, every game will
> > have a 'virtual card' associated with it, and if you drag that card to
> > a friend's Switch, they'll be able to play that game. It's a digital
> > equivalent of yanking a cartridge out of your console and handing it
> > over to your buddy to take home from the night.
> > 
> > Obviously you won't be able to play it in the meantime, but that's
> > only fair, right? There are some other restrictions too (for instance,
> > you can only transfer within your 'family group', which can contain a
> > maximum of 8 members, and there's a limit on how often you can add or
> > remove people, but still, it's an admirable concession...especially
> > for families with children that don't want to have to buy the same
> > game for each kid.
> > 
> > I personally adore the visual simplicity of the method too. It
> > re-captures the feel of 'cat ridge games that adds an almost tactile
> > feel to the sharing. I've used library sharing for family on Steam,
> > but it's much less personal: "Here, have access to this huge list of
> > games." Being able to virtually hand over a game I think is good and
> > worth playing to somebody has an appeal all on its own.
> > 
> > But it does raise the question: if it can be made so easy to share
> > games between family members... shouldn't it be just as easy to SELL
> > those games? Because, ultimately, all you are doing is transferring
> > licenses, and if all of a sudden it's okay to move licenses between a
> > select group of people, why can't I do it with anyone... and maybe get
> > a fee for the privilege? Steam's "you're only sharing the entire
> > library" method adds a certain distance to this that shields them from
> > these questions, but by allowing single-game license-transfers,
> > Nintendo opens themselves up to this next step.
> > 
> > I'm not sure Nintendo has considered this, but I do hope that this new
> > scheme of theirs sets precedent that can one day be used to give
> > gamers back their rights to sell their games again.
> > 

> That would be good.  When I visited Ant in the hospital he had a bag of 
> games some of them from 1985.

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