Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: A (small) Step In The Right Direction Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:00:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:00:03 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b77a3d1a589c1e6a48ea355158cb7f68"; logging-data="3242578"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+349Trv9KLYBEGnIWcP3H2Y7fGQE9SuTTzNntSEOLgsg==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:aXbelfX0/6gYzn/mUK6Rrxq3G3s= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 15:36 this Thursday (GMT): > > 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. > > > > > > * here's more details about it > https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-virtual-game-cards-will-let-you-share-digital-games/1100-6530424/ Yeah, I was really surprised seeing that in the direct yesterday.. I still prefer physically being able to use my cartridge anywhere, but having this is definitely nice. -- user is generated from /dev/urandom